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  • Check out our Staff Picks & Sign up for Summer Reading!

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    Have you checked out one of our Staff Picks yet?  The Staff Pick of the Week can be followed on our blog, Facebook Album, or you could look at one of our Staff Pick Bookmarks.

    We have 12 bookmarks broken up by genre, including: Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, YA, Nonfiction, and Classics.  They’re even color-coded!  Nonfiction titles are blue, fiction is green, and YA is black.  Bookmarks can be found at the Circulation Desk, the Reference Desk and in the YA room on top of the display.   Not every bookmark is out all the time, so keep checking back!

    We also want to know what YOUR favorite books are.  Tell us on Facebook or Twitter, and maybe one day we can have Patron Pick Bookmarks too!

    Don’t forget to sign up for this year’s Summer Reading!  Registration just opened, get started today and earn some great prizes – check out our Summer page and look at the prizes you could win in your category. Please note that Children’s is broken into Toddlers and older children… both titled “Fizz Boom Read”.

     

  • Know What’s Happening at FTPL

    Don’t miss out on all the great classes and events FTPL offers!  Join our “Happenings at FTPL” biweekly newsletter that highlights all the things you don’t want to miss out on.

    Go to  our webpage, www.franklintwp.org, then click on “Newsletters” in the dark blue banner to the right of our logo.  A pop up window will appear, and “Happenings at FTPL” is the top selection.  After filling in your email and selecting the newsletters you’re interested in, click the dark blue “Subscribe” button at the bottom and you’re done!  If those were slightly confusing instructions, look at the graphics below.  Red arrows are next to the required fields.

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    Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and/or to follow our blog to keep up with all the great stuff we have going on at FTPL!  Like our new Summer page!

  • Have you visited the Library’s Magic Tree House?

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    Have you met our utterly wonderful Children’s Librarians yet?  Not only do they love their work, they love their crafts – as you can see from their program room decorations!  Come in any time when the Library is open or come to one of their many great programs, like tonight’s Magic Tree House Night at 7pm.   Check out their calendar and  check out their fantastic programs which run all year.

  • Happy Memorial Day!

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    Happy Memorial Day!  It’s officially time to turn on the grill and start barbecuing!  We hope that whatever plans you have for this weekend are happy, safe, and entertaining.

    If you’d like to know more about the history of the holiday, you can check out the holiday’s website here or check out our collection.

    The Library is closed today in honor of the holiday.  We will be open tomorrow, Tuesday May 27, 2014 at 10 AM.

    Don’t forget to follow our Facebook, Twitter, and/or blog.

  • Come join in on our Family Film Cafe: The Wind in the Willows, May 27!

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    Come join us as we watch The Wind in the Willows on Tuesday, May 27.   The movie is 7 – 8:15 PM in our Community room.  Bring your own picnic supper or just a dessert or snack to munch on while you enjoy this classic children’s novel brought to life on our large screen.

     This Martin Gates film (1996) is closely based on the book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and takes place in the woods near a riverbank, where we meet Ratty, Mole, Badger – and Mr. Toad, whose love of fast cars lands him in jail.  Can his friends help save Toad Hall from the stoats and weasels?  Will Mr. Toad break out of jail?

    Please register so that we can set up a table for your group.

    Parent must accompany children at all times during the film.

    Suitable for families, this film runs approx. 71 minutes.

  • Author Visit! Manny Luftglass of “Gone Fishin’ “

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    Author Manny Luftglass will discuss his book series, ‘Gone Fishin,” disclosing some of the best fishing spots in the area as well as regional fishing tips and success stories for salt and freshwater anglers. Registration is required.

    A former Franklin Township resident, Manny Luftglass has written 17 books in his ‘Gone Fishin” series. His column, ‘Gone Fishin”, appears in a variety of weekly newspapers in several states. Articles have appeared in magazines such as ‘The Fisherman’, ‘Fishing & Hunting News’, ‘North American Fisherman’  and many others. Manny is popular on the lecture circuit in five states and specializes in teaching his double-anchor style of fishing.

    He will be here tomorrow, Wednesday, May 21 at 7 PM.  Register now and come meet a local fishing legend!

     

    We have several of his titles, check some out today!

     

  • Our next two movies… The Monuments Men and Philomena

    Don’t forget to register for our next two movies, The Monuments Men and Philomena! Click on the blue links below to do so.

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    Friday, May 23, 2 – 4 PM : The Monuments Men

    Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. As the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements. Rated PG-13 for some images of war violence and historical smoking; 172 minutes.

     

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    Friday, June 6, 2 – 3:45 PM : Philomena

    Based on the investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, Philomena focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock—something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of—and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn’t allow for any sort of inquiry into the son’s whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee meets Sixsmith (Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her long-lost son.

     

    We have a lot more going on, check out our adult and children’s calendars to see our other great events!

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  • Poet to Poet and Poem a Day… Fun stuff from the Academy of American Poets!

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    As you can see when you walk in and look at our latest display, April is National Poetry Month.  If a whole book seems like too much work, why not try the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day website?

    Or if you are in grades 3-12 why not share your poems with other poets at Poet-to-Poet?  Watch award winning poets from the Academy of American Poets’ read their poems, which are fun and accessible, then let them inspire you to write your own! You can email the poems to poet2poet@poets.org with your name and which poem/poet inspired you by April 30.  Some will be posted on the website in May!  If you’re a teacher, the website also comes with Common Core lesson plans for the project.

    If you LOVE poetry, April 24th is Poem in Your Pocket Day! Carry a poem with you in your pocket and share it throughout the day.

    Don’t forget, we have a great selection of poetry year round.  Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and our blog via WordPress.

  • Are you creative?

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    It’s safe to say that many poets are creative. In honor of National Poetry Month, here’s a look at some of some characteristics that creative people possess according to Huffington Post.  Taking the time for “solitude” and “getting out of their own heads” translates well to reading something new, trying something different, maybe watching a movie by yourself to fully absorb it and get inspired.  Are you creative? Tell us what you do!

    If you want to be creative in a structured setting you could always sign up for one of our classes like jewelry making, yarn club, bookclub, bobbin lacemaking… or one of the other great programs we offer.

    Find us on Facebook for more ideas.

  • Congratulations Contest Winners!

    The Franklin Township Public Library would like to thank all of the photographers who submitted work for this year’s “Picturing Franklin” photography contest. The Library received 43 eligible entries, all of which are on display in the Library’s lobby and Historical Room display cases. The winners were announced during a reception at the Library on January 29th. First and second prize winners were announced in each of five categories: Architecture/Landmark, Judges’ Choice, Landscape, Nature/Animals, and People.

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