Back to School | Foreign Film Sunday | All Ages Fun
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Let's Get Learning
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Whether you're heading back to the classroom or just love to learn, the library is here to support your journey. Explore booklists for all ages, skill-building resources, and programs to spark curiosity year-round. From preschool to post-grad (and everything in between), it’s always a good time to grow your knowledge! 
 
The Library staff hopes you have a wonderful school year!

by Emily Oster
The Family Firm
From the bestselling author of Expecting Better and Cribsheet, the next step in data driven parenting. Economist, Brown professor, and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities,
and more.
 
by Paul Tough
Helping Children Succeed
From the New York Times best-selling author of How Children Succeed comes an essential handbook of successful strategies to help kids overcome issues, learn, and thrive in today’s chaotic
learning environments.
 
by Kathleen Cushman
Fires in Our Lives
A sequel to the classic Fires in the Bathroom that illuminates what adolescents most need from teachers in today's upsetting times.
 
by Lea Ann Garfias
Everything You Need to Know About Homeschooling
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more families than ever before are considering or reevaluating homeschooling. Lea Ann Garfias, homeschooling mom of six and herself a homeschool graduate, has all the information you need to succeed. This complete reference guide will provide you with everything you need to successfully tackle homeschooling in your own style, filling your experience with confidence, grace, and the joy of learning.
 
by Meghan Cox Gurdon
The Enchanted Hour
A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.
 
by Nicholson Baker
Substitute
Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, in pursuit of the realities of American public education, signed up as a substitute teacher in a Maine public school district.
 
 
 
 
Get ready to go Back to School with these books here.
 
Get Together with Friends
Movie image from The Matchmaker.
SUNDAY, AUG. 17 • 1–3:30 P.M.
MONDAY, AUG. 18 • 6:30–8:30 P.M.
THURSDAY, AUG. 21 • 10–11:30 A.M.
THURSDAY, AUG. 21 • 6:30–8 P.M.
FRIDAY, AUG. 22 • 10–11:30 A.M.
 
Just for Teens
Hands holding an iphone showing the control center features. A notebook,  cup of coffee, and a fake plant are on a glass-top desk in the background.
THURSDAY, AUG. 21 • 6–7 P.M.
 
Get to know the iOS Control Center on your iPad or iPhone to use your device to its full potential.  
 
All ages fun
Open comic book.
THURSDAY, AUG. 21 • 6–8 P.M.
Whether you're into superheroes, silly adventures, or everyday fun, you'll learn how to create your own characters, write exciting stories, and draw your very own comic book. No drawing experience needed—just bring your creativity! Use how-to-draw books and premade templates to guide your creations—whether you’re a budding artist or just love to tell stories!

READ WITH US
FAMILY STORYTIME (ALL AGES)
TUESDAY, AUG. 19 • 6:30–7 P.M.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20 • 9:30–10 A.M.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20 • 10:30–11 A.M.

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
SATURDAY, AUG. 16 • 9 A.M.–2 P.M.
GIGGLES & WIGGLES FOR LITTLES
(BIRTH-2 YEARS W/CAREGIVER)
REFRIGERATOR
ART CLUB (ALL AGES)
TUESDAY, AUG. 19 • 6–8 P.M.
FRIDAY, AUG. 22 • 10:30–11:15 A.M.
 
 
 
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