Celebrate Florence Bessmer Day with a free concert for preschoolers and their families by award-winning musician Jim Gill, 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 4! Pick up your free tickets at the front desk starting March 17. Jim is well-known for celebrating active play. In concert, he strums energizing rhythms on his banjo while everyone sings, dances and…
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Please join us Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 5 p.m. for our first book event of 2022: the Mystery Lovers Book Club discussion of Mr. Mercedes, by Stephen King! All library book clubs are open to the public; no need to RSVP. And if you didn’t quite finish the book, please come anyway! No judgment. 😉…
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Netflix’s Korean-language drama “Squid Game” has become the top-rated TV show in nearly 100 countries. If you can’t get enough of deadly games – and social satire – give these books a try! Click the title links to go directly to each book’s entry in the online catalog. You can use log in and use…
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Newton Public Library and Kauffman Museum are pleased to debut the Book Walk! Read a picture book while taking a walk, starting in front of the museum. The first selection is The Other Side, by Jacqueline Woodson. Thanks to Graber’s Ace Hardware for providing materials.
Excited to share this update! Staff are returning to the library building and preparing for a phased reopening. The first phase will be to offer no-contact pickup of library items. Please stay tuned for more information. For now, the NPL building is still closed, and physical books and DVDs are not circulating just yet. The…
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Return to previous page. • Libby: Libby is an app for Android, iOs and Windows. For most people, Libby is the easiest way to access the Sunflower eLibrary, a collection of thousands of ebooks and streaming audiobooks that we share with other Kansas libraries. You can also access Sunflower eLibrary content through the Overdrive app, or…
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Yes, it’s only Fall, but Christmas is coming! And this project could be adapted for many seasons by changing the leaf shape and adornments. Supplies: old book pages, scissors, acrylic paint, tape, wire, glue, and beads or other adornments. Step 1: To make 3 holly leaves, cut two identical (for the front and back…
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