This week’s staff pick is an old staffer favorite, and one that at least one of our staffer’s periodically rereads, because it’s that good. The novel is written entirely in letters and diary entries, and is completely engaging and utterly delightful. ““ I wonder how the book got to […]
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Are you signed up for Summer Reading? Sign up for your category and check out our awesome prizes! Then, obviously, get reading! We only have about a month left, so log everything you read this summer, today! (And collect your prize(s)) You can see on our homepage that we have an […]
Filled with magic, necromancy, ‘zombies’, a talking cat, and a teenage girl having to save her father and well, the world. This is a wonderful adventure and the beginning of the Abhorsen trilogy, although Sabriel can be read as a standalone novel. Perfect for young and old readers, this has […]
July 24 : 2:00 – 4:00 pm Join us for our showing of The Woman in Gold, starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. This is the remarkable true story of one woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for what happened to her family. Sixty years after she fled […]
July 15, 7 – 8:30 PM Take a musical tour through sunny Italy, brought to life by a string quartet from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra! Featuring everything from traditional tarantella dances to the soaring beauty of music by Puccini, Mascagni and Rossini, the ‘Una Festa Musicale Italiana’ program will […]
This week’s staff pick is weird but really good (reportedly). Hawkins has been repeatedly hailed as a cross between Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill, and the genre-bending The Library at Mount Char definitely reflects that. This is a novel where you won’t know what’s going on immediately, but it’s an […]
The main library (Demott Lane) will be closing at 4:30 pm on Thursday, July 2. Please note that both the main and branch locations of the Library will be closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. We hope you have a wonderful weekend and […]
Nina Et Cetera July 1, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Kick off the 2015 Summer Concert Series with Nina Et Cetera and ‘Hotter than a Pepper Sprout: America’s Music’. This duo of versatile musicians will present an upbeat program celebrating music by such greats as Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, Hank Williams, […]
This week’s staff pick is the debut from author Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes. Our staffer found it powerful, harsh, and multifaceted. On the surface, they said it seems like ‘one of those’ fantasy novels, but it quickly sucked them in, and they really enjoyed it. The first […]
This year’s summer reading theme for tweens & teens ages, 11 – 18 is “Young Adults Escape the Ordinary!” Visit the Library’s website at www.franklintwp.org (or click here) to register. Prizes are on display in the Main Library – Historical Room showcase. Earn prizes for every 250 pages you read […]