• Girl Scouts: Earn Your Badge!

    Saturday, Feb. 21 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
    Franklinton Branch | 1061 W. Town St.

    Calling all Brownies: Come learn about families and earn your “My Family Story” badge! We’ll read stories, then discuss how families can be big or small, can include biological family, chosen family, friends, teachers, neighbors, and even pets! Share your family story through art and illustration. Bring a photo of a person or people that you consider family. Click below to register.

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  • On View at Main Library: Americans and the Holocaust

    Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.

    We’ve been selected as one of 50 U.S. libraries to host a special traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association. The exhibit challenges commonly held assumptions and provides a portrait of American society that shows how the Depression, isolationism, xenophobia, racism, and antisemitism shaped responses to Nazism and the Holocaust. On view through March 19.

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  • Free Resources for Young Readers

    Looking for fun ways to help your young readers? BookFlix and OverDrive Kids help kids build reading skills while bringing their favorite stories to life.

    Click below to check out more tools and resources, all free with your library card.

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  • Have You Tried eBooks?

    We have thousands of titles of eBooks and eAudiobooks ready for you to enjoy from the comfort of your home!

    Curious to try? Download the Libby app to your smartphone, tablet or eReader and follow the instructions to get started. Click here for additional support.

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