Vacation Creations: What Color Is Your Unicorn? Unicorns are magical, mythical creatures that are like horses with long flowing manes and tails and a spiraled horn on its forehead. They are said to have healing powers. Once, long ago, merchants tricked people by selling them a narwhal horn and saying […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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Calling all SciFi fans! The winners for the 2020 Hugo Awards have been announced! As the most prestigious award in the science fiction universe, Hugo winners and nominees are closely followed by fans of the genre around the world. While there was no in-person ceremony this year, the online awards […]
Students ages 12-17 are invited to register for our Teen Take & Make craft – Faux Stained Glass on canvas using tissue paper! We’ll have all the supplies you need to make your own design at home available for pick up between 3-5pm on Wednesday, August 12 in the vestibule […]
Have you read 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith? Or perhaps you’ve seen one of the movie versions like the 1961 animated classic produced by Disney? Extend the story by making your own dalmatian art! What you need: Old newspaper (if there isn’t any old newspaper at your house, ask your […]
Test your knowledge of The Marvel CU! Students ages 12-17 are invited to participate in this trivia contest for a chance to win a $15 Starbucks gift card! This contest will close at 10am on August 17. You can earn up to 4 raffle entries for the contest! Click here to […]
Collage is an art form that involves sticking bits of paper and other materials onto a backing to create a new, bigger picture. Small pieces become part of a bigger whole. Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) and Lois Ehlert (Waiting for Wings) use collage techniques for the artwork in […]
Make a Fairy or Gnome House! Fairies and gnomes like to live close to nature, in the hollows of tree trunks, a thicket, or even in fields of flowers – or toadstools! Make a fanciful paper home for a fairy or gnome using the toadstool template below. If you can’t […]
Students ages 12-17 are invited to join us for online Kahoot Trivia games about Pop Music – using Zoom. At the end of the program, we will be raffling off two $5 Dunkin Donuts giftcards to two random game players. Go to www.franklintwp.org and click on the green “Online Programs on Here” button to […]
Are you in the mood to watch a good documentary series about American history? With your library card, you can stream the films of Ken Burns on Hoopla for free! In honor of the legendary filmmaker’s birthday (7/29), the library has put together a list of recommended works either directed […]
One of the best ways to encourage language development in your child is to act out nursery rhymes together. Nursery rhymes not only inspire with catchy rhymes and rhythms, they also introduce new words to your child. Talk about them and include similar words. An example: The Itsy Bitsy (or […]