Weekend Fun: Bubble Wands!Warmer weather is on its way, so it’s time for some outdoor fun! Blowing bubbles is a great outdoor activity but let’s take it to the next level and make our own bubble wands. What you need: 1 pipe cleaner (a.k.a. chenille strip) 12 pony beads or […]
Monthly Archives: March 2022
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Our current gallery display at the DeMott Lane branch features books that are related to all things music! Books about the history of music and specific music scenes, the lives of famous musicians, the careers of bands, and much more are featured in the display pictured below. Stop by the […]
This past Wednesday (3/23/22), the library hosted Basic Cartooning for Adults on Zoom. Corrine Roberts, a professional illustrator working in children’s books and games, led a presentation that demonstrated basic shape construction and line drawing techniques to create characters and scenery. If you were unable to attend this presentation, or […]
Weekend Fun: Potato Print Eggs Spring is full of flowers, eggs, and new life – and it arrives during Youth Art Month! Celebrate art (and spring) with paper and paint and plenty of good books that feature art and artists. There are lots of interesting projects to try in Art […]
April is National Poetry Month! Show your creativity and earn a chance to win one of 2 $20 Amazon giftcards! Students ages 12-17 are invited to submit poems to our Teen Virtual Poetry Jam. Submit your poems to kbilton[at]franklintwp[dot]org. Please don’t use school email accounts to submit. Each submitted poem […]
Teens who love kids and reading and are interested in volunteering as a Teen Reading Buddy this summer, please click here for more details!
Genre: Thriller and Suspense Read-Alikes: Bring Me Back by B. A. ParisThe Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie DonleaThe Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks “After Claire Scott’s millionaire husband of almost 20 years is killed by a mugger, she’s devastated. Paul was her rock, and the happiness she felt […]
Weekend Fun: Mixed Media SunflowerMarch is Youth Art Month as well as Women’s History Month, so let’s have some fun with art history! One well-known woman artist is known for her large, close-up paintings of flowers – Georgia O’Keeffe. Here is one of her paintings, Oriental Poppies, painted in 1927 […]
Weekend Fun: Llama Drama! Llamas are similar to the camel, but They live an ocean (and a continent) away in the Andes mountains of South America. They also feature prominently in literature: Ariadna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series is popular with preschoolers. A storytime favorite of ours is Llama Destroys the […]
The lobby display of our main branch now features the fantastic photography of Corrine Prochazka. In the following interview, we as Corrine about her work, her life, and what makes a great photograph. Franklin Twp Public Library: How long have you lived in the Somerset area? Corrine Prochazka: I have […]