Sadly, summer is coming to the end. August 30 is the end of young adult summer reading! Don’t forget to log your books so you can collect your prizes and raffle tickets and be entered in the Grand Prize Drawing. August 30 is also the LAST DAY to collect prizes […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown is this week’s staff pick. Our staff member said she was totally absorbed by the book and learned about rowing, or crew, while immersing herself in Joe Rantz’s (one […]
Email notifications were sent out to all participants indicating that the 2014 Summer Reading Buddies Program has ended. All materials are now available for pick-up at the Main Library. Teen Buddies may pick-up their volunteer hour letter and certificate at the Adult Reference Desk. Little Buddies may pick-up their certificates […]
Join us to close a wonderful summer of reading with Daria’s World Music Concert! Thursday, August 21 @ 7:00 p.m. For Daria, Its all about empowering kids… letting them explore the world of music in a way that unlocks the amazing talent and inner beauty they naturally possess. For that […]
Come in and check out one of our great programs like Topics in Microsoft Word 2007 or Job Search: Returning to work. There’s also our upcoming Jewelry: Knotwork classes (Autust 18 and 25) or Adult Chess Club. We always have a lot going on, so check out the calendar and sign up […]
This week’s staff pick is Lexicon by Max Barry. And it’s a doozy. Our staff member read this a year ago and still can’t’ stop talking about it. “At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren’t taught history, geography, or mathematics–at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they […]
If you have a phone or tablet that runs on Android, and iPhone, iPod, iPad, or anything else that lets you download apps, download Bookmyne today! Bookmyne is a mobile app that allows catalog searching, placing holds, barcode scanning and more! You can learn more about it here. We like it […]
The Franklin Township Public Library’s 2014 Summer Reading Buddies Program is now finished. Thank you to all of our participants for making this year’s program another success. Email notifications will be going out shortly regarding certificates of completion and volunteer hours. We hope that everyone had fun reading at the […]
All too soon the summer is drawing to a close. Sadly, that means the FTPL Summer Concert series is coming to an end, but there are still two great bands you can come see! This week it’s Taikoza on Wednesday, August 13 at 7 pm. Can’t make it? Come to our last concert of […]
This week’s staff pick is “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” by Kate DiCamillo. Our staffer loved this book so much she told us all about it for days. Written by the author of “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Because of Winn-Dixie” this book has the same kind of characters […]