This past Sunday kicked off Banned Books Week. What exactly is BBW? “Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting […]
Monthly Archives: September 2015
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Tired of the same old lunch? Feeling rushed in the morning trying to prepare a brown bag? Can’t stand to eat yet another PB&J? Then, try this week’s staff pick Beating the Lunch Box Blues: Fresh Ideas for Lunches on the Go! by J.M. Hirsch. Filled with simple, quick ideas […]
Join us on Saturday, October 10th for a discussion of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Meetings take place from 11:00 to 12:30 in the Community Room. New members always welcome! Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack onstage. […]
Did you know September is Self-Improvement Month? Take some time to improve yourself by browsing our gallery book display “Help Yourself”. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the classic Lewis Carroll tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Celebrate by checking out our display honoring all things Alice, across from the […]
This week’s staff pick is one our staffer read as part of the Reader Harder challenge, fulfilling the self-improvement category. It’s Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Life and Love from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed. The book is a collection of letters from “Dear Sugar” , an online advice column […]
Join us Wednesday, September 14th from 7:00-8:30 pm in the Community Room as we learn about the Solar System! Find out how each of our Solar System’s planets were discovered and how they were named. Learn about the space missions that have explored them and then learn all about Pluto […]
Volunteer letters & certificates of completion for the 2015 Reading Buddies program are still available for pick-up at the Main Library – Adult Reference Desk. Applications for next summer’s program will be available around May 1, 2016!
This week’s staff pick is the unnerving, psychological thriller The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich. Morgan Prager’s life was running smoothly, happily engaged and finishing her thesis on victim psychology, when one day she returns home to find her finance mauled to death and her three […]
Tomorrow is the final day to submit recognition forms for the Thank You Neighbor program. Celebrate Franklin Township, and the people who make it a great place to live, by honoring the kind things we do for each other every day. Through September 11th, the Franklin Township Public Library encourages all […]
This week’s staff pick is a two volume graphic novel from award-winning author Gene Luen Yang. Set in China during the Boxer Rebellion, Boxers & Saints details the history of both sides engaged in the conflict. In volume 1 readers follow Little Bao as he recruits an army of […]