The bad news is the library will be closed Sunday and Monday. The good news is you can still search the catalog, place holds and renew your checkouts…all from your phone or tablet! Available on Android and iOS devices, Bookmyne is a mobile app that lets you review your account, search […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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This month’s movie is The Age of Adaline. Join us Friday, September 18th from 2:00-4:00 for The Age of Adaline. After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret. […]
The FTPL “Young Adults Escape the Ordinary” summer reading program ENDS on Monday, August 31, 2015. Be sure to turn in all raffle tickets! The grand raffle winners will be notified by phone on Friday, September 4, 2015. Grand Raffle Prizes: 1. Kindle Fire e-Reader 2. Barnes & Noble gift […]
To coincide with our current nonfiction gallery book display, this week’s staff pick is the hilarious travelogue A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. This is the story of what happens when two novices set out to hike the entire 2,100 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Bryson, while […]
“Fuel Your Mind” on display now in our gallery. Featuring an assortment of nonfiction titles and covering a variety of topics, it’s a great place to learn something new before heading back to school. You can also find bookmarks of the staff’s favorite nonfiction titles. Be sure and check it […]
This week’s staff pick is a dystopian page turner. The story travels back and forth in time to a period before the “Georgian Flu”, a deadly virus that wipes out 99% of the population, and twenty years after the end of civilization. Following several characters whose stories weave together in […]
Did you like the superhero theme for our 2015 Summer Reading Program? We had a lot of fun with it! Over 450 children participated in recording reading and attending library programs, and they all earned some prizes! If you attended a program that you really liked, would you take a […]
Have you heard about Thank You Neighbor yet? Our new program celebrates Franklin Township’s everyday heroes, and we need your help! 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 […]
This week’s staff pick is an enchanting adult fairy tale this novel was made into the movie Stardust. Utterly charming, this staff favorite is an adventure story like you haven’t seen before. We also have the audiobook read by the author, and it’s top-notch. “In the sleepy English countryside of […]
Our next free movie is Far From the Madding Crowd! Join us on Friday, August 21 before 2pm to watch this classic inspired film. Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts […]