We’re almost half way through the year and if you’re participating in the BookRiot 2016 Read Harder Challenge and have portioned out your reading, you should have read 11-12 books. Read more? Great! Read less? Don’t worry, you’ve still got half the year to hit your goals. Flyers can be found […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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Start recording your summer reading minutes online Wednesday June 15th! How does it work? Make sure you have your Library Card # and Pin. Visit www.franklintwp.org and click the link to sign-up. Login throughout the summer to record your hours and receive prizes. Record minutes and claim prizes until August 23rd. […]
Join us this Saturday, June 11th for a discussion of Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. Meetings take place from 11:00-12:30 in the Community Room. New members always welcome! This will be our last meeting before we break for July and August. ‘Lydia is dead. But they don’t […]
Want the convenience of paying your library fees by debit or credit card? The library is actively investigating making these payment options available to our users, but first we need your help! Please take a minute to complete this brief survey. Your feedback will help us to continue to improve […]
The 2016 Summer Reading Program is “On Your Mark, Get Set – Read!” Registration begins June 15 either online or in person at either library location. Kids spend time reading on their own, with family members, with friends, and log their reading time online. Kids: Can you read 1,000 minutes? […]
Whether you’ll be out grilling this weekend or want to get a head start on July 4th preparations, this week’s staff pick is sure to help! Here are some of our favorite grilling and BBQ books. Master of the Grill by America’s Test Kitchen The Essential New York Times Grilling […]
We invite you to enjoy the sounds of the season with the Syrtsova-Krivonos piano duet. Their program ‘Spring Rhapsody” features music written or transcribed for four hands by great composers – each with their own unique style and sound. Whether it’s the passionate and sublime ‘Fantasy’ by Schubert, the elegant […]
Dance Party Thursday May 26th @ 7pm Like music? Like to dance? Have some moves you like to show off? Celebrate the end of PARCC testing season and the beginning of Summer with a dance party at the library. We’ll have Spotify playlists, music videos, mood lighting, and more! No registration […]
This week’s staff pick comes from the writer Jay Asher and it’s his debut young adult novel Thirteen Reasons Why. Librarians from FTPL were lucky enough to hear him speak at this year’s New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference and he was fantastic! Funny, insightful and engaging, he made everyone […]
Have you kept yourself busy on these rainy days by spring cleaning and now have books to donate? We certainly appreciate your interest! Please bear in mind our guidelines for donation when you’re boxing them up. Books should be brought to the Circulation Desk during normal business hours. Out of […]