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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: October 5-11, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Pop Up TeenZone – 1:30-3:00pm Come visit the Montclair Branch for a Pop Up TeenZone to make crafts, hang out and share suggestions for serving you better! PAWS to Read with Bark Therapy Dogs – 1:30-2:30pm New & practicing readers read to Natasha the dog. Reading…
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Continue reading →: Alice’s birthday
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the 1865 publication of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. According to Stephanie Lovett, president of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, the two Alice novels are “likely the most frequently quoted works of fiction in the English-speaking world, standing alongside only…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: September 28-October 4, 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 PAWS to Read with Bark Therapy Dogs – 1:30-2:30pm New & practicing readers can read to Natasha the dog. Reading to dogs can help increase kids’ reading confidence, skill and enjoyment. Thursday, October 1, 2015 Toddler Storytime – 10:15am Songs, active rhymes and stories especially for…
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Continue reading →: Nordic Lit
All this hot weather has us day-dreaming about cooler climes. Something about Scandinavia, with its long nights, dramatic landscapes and practical furniture, captures the imagination of writers, too. Of course, when you mention Scandinavian lit the first thing that comes to mind for many people is probably Stieg Larsson’s The…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: September 21-27, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 PAWS to Read with Bark Therapy Dogs – 1:30-2:30pm New & practicing readers can read to Natasha the dog. Reading to dogs can help increase kids’ reading confidence, skill and enjoyment. Thursday, September 24, 2015 Toddler Storytime – 10:15am Songs, active rhymes and stories especially for…
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Continue reading →: Halloween Costume Swap
The Costume Swap is back! The Montclair Library will be having its annual Halloween costume swap on Saturday, October 24. In preparation, the library is now accepting donations of gently used costumes – they can be dropped off at the library anytime during open hours. This has been a great…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: September 14-20, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 PAWS to Read with Bark Therapy Dogs – 1:30-2:30pm New & practicing readers can read to Natasha the dog. Reading to dogs can help increase kids’ reading confidence, skill and enjoyment. Thursday, September 17, 2015 Toddler Storytime – 10:15am Songs, active rhymes and stories especially for…
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Continue reading →: College prep
The school year just started, but if you have a high school junior or senior you probably have college applications on the brain. With the deadline for most college applications looming November 1, now is a great time to look at some of the resources OPL offers to help college-bound…
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Continue reading →: “Great Courses” sale
We recently received a donation of a LOT of Great Courses materials, book and DVD sets about topics like art, history, literature, religion and science. We’ll be holding a special sale for these materials at the library on Saturday, September 26, from 10am–1pm. See a full list of what will…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: September 7-13, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 LIBRARY CLOSED (Labor Day) (No Lawyers in the Library this month.) Wednesday, September 9, 2015 LIBRARY CLOSED (Admission Day) Thursday, September 10, 2015 Toddler Storytime – 10:15am Songs, active rhymes and stories especially for ages 18 months to 3 years, followed by playtime! Make new friends…
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