Join us for the first meeting of the Franklin Park Branch Book Club! Thursday, 1/25 at 6:30pm. Franklin Park Branch. No library card or registration are required to attend! Our selection for the club’s first meeting will be Shiner by local author, Amy Jo Burns. Amy will be joining us as our […]
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If you need recipe ideas for our first ever Cookbook Club (3/29 at 6pm), we have you covered! We’ve put together a short list of some of the most popular cookbooks from last year to help give you a sense of what to bring to the meeting. All of the […]
We’ve had many new additions to our collection of book club kits over the past year. If you are interested in starting a book club or are in need of ideas for your ongoing club, take a look below at our newest kit additions! Each kit includes 10 paperback copies […]
YA Books Rock! READ YA books and have fun talking about them with other teens. Book club will be open to students ages 12 – 17 with a Franklin Township Library Card. To join the club and help decide meeting dates & times and what we should read please fill […]
October is National Reading Group Month! Reading groups are more important than ever in our socially distanced world, as they bring members together over the love of shared reading, great books, and great conversation. These groups are about more than discussing the book’s plot only; they are a chance for […]
The library has just acquired three brand new book club kits that are ready for checkout! Each book club kit includes ten copies of the book and resources designed to help your meeting go smoothly, such as discussion questions, tips for leading a discussion, author information, and more. You can […]
From virtual museum tours to educational resources, reading recommendations, free podcasts, content streaming, and more, we’ve posted quite a few things to do online over the past few weeks. We thought it might be a good time to recap everything we’ve shared up to this point in case you missed […]
Are you looking to start a book club over the summer? Have you already started one and are looking for new titles? The Library has you covered! Here are the newest Book Club in a Bag kits that we have available to checkout: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande “In […]
Have you read Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and want to discuss your thoughts with others? Then join us tomorrow, November 18th at 11:00 am in the Historical Room for the Second Saturday Book Club. Haven’t read the book but are interested in seeing what the book club is all […]
The Second Saturday Book Club is back from summer vacation! Join us on Saturday, September 9th at 11:00 am for a discussion of Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. New members always welcome! 1941. Leningrad, a once magical city besieged by war, cut off from aid, buried in snow. A city full […]