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Continue reading →: Books You Never Knew Existed
One of my favorite things about helping sort books before our big book sales is getting to see a snapshot of what our community is reading. I also love discovering books I never knew existed, like Creative Cooking The Costco Way – Favorite Recipes Using Costco Products (who knew Costco…
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Continue reading →: Thank you!
Once again, our community and volunteers have contributed to an excellent book sale – thanks to everyone who donated books, sorted books, moved books, bought books, sold books…the list goes on, and we couldn’t have done it without any of you. Speaking of lists and fundraising, here’s a list of…
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Continue reading →: Good Reads
If you’re an avid reader, you probably already know about GoodReads.com, where you can track and rate the books you’ve read and hope to read, and find recommendations for books you might like based on your past choices. It’s a pretty fun tool if you’re a book-geek like me. Using…
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Continue reading →: Book sale coming up!
Our big Spring Book Sale is coming up this Saturday, May 5th, at the Montclair branch. We’ll be open from 10:30am-3:00pm (no early birds, please!) with all sorts of delightful gently used books, most priced under $2. Choices include children’s books (board books, picture books, easy readers, chapter books, non-fiction),…
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Continue reading →: Rabbits at the library?
Join us this Saturday, April 28th, at 2pm to celebrate Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), a family literacy project. The gentle animals of the Little Explorers Petting Zoo will be on hand for children to meet. Every child will go home with a book.
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Continue reading →: Put a poem in your pocket!
Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets as part of National Poetry Month. Stop by the Montclair Branch today to pick up a poem — we have kids’ versions and grown-up ones — to carry in your pocket and share with family and…
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Continue reading →: Parking Update
We know parking at the Montclair branch can be tricky. We worked with the city last year (thanks, councilmember Libby Schaaf!) to get the green 12-minute zone in front of the library repainted, so you have a fighting chance of finding a quick spot to park while dropping off books…
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Continue reading →: Spring Book Sale!
Our big Spring Book Sale will be Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 10:30am-3pm. Stop by the library for great deals on gently-used books – fiction, non-fiction and children’s. And if you’re doing some spring cleaning, please bring your book donations to the library next week during business hours so we…
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Continue reading →: Legos at the library
Have you ever dreamed of playing with endless Legos? Here’s your chance! Instructors from Play-Well Teknologies will be at the Montclair branch with tubs full of Legos and techniques for making wild and crazy things this Wednesday, April 4, from 3-4:30pm.
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