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June 2022
Book of the Day: Earth Friend Forever
The creators of Brains On!, the award-winning science podcast for kids, present a humorous, fact and fun filled look at the effects of plastic on Earth and how young readers can help protect their planet.
Find out more »Morning Yoga: Outdoors
Join us for some much-needed relaxation and gentle exercise! We will be holding our Thursday morning yoga classes outside on the Library’s side lawn. All ability levels from beginner to advanced are welcome, no sign-up is necessary. Please bring your own yoga mat and equipment, none will be provided.
Find out more »From Page to Screen: “The Price of Salt”/”Carol
From Page to Screen Book & Movie Club: “The Price of Salt”/"Carol" Join us via Zoom on Thursday, June 30 at 7 PM, for the “From Page to Screen” book and movie discussion series. We will be featuring “The Price of Salt,” written by Patricia Highsmith and first published in 1952 and brought to the screen in 2015 as "Carol" by director Todd Haynes and starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Both the book and the DVD are available from…
Find out more »The Declaration of Independence: The Whole Story
Celebrate the 4th of July holiday by learning about its reason for being - The Declaration of Independence! The Declaration is our nation's "birth certificate" and speaker Joel Farkas will tell us all about it, from conception to celebration. There is a whole lot of history in this document with roots in the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the French and Indian War and many more events. (Fasten your saddles and seat belts folks, this is going to…
Find out more »July 2022
Library Stamp Club
Do you enjoy philately? Join like-minded folks on the first Thursday of each month for stamp collecting fun and information. Members of the Jockey Hollow Stamp Club of Morristown (JHSC) will have sections of their collections to display and talk about. This event will take place in the lower level meeting room. Sponsored by the Jockey Hollow Stamp Club of Morristown, the American Philatelic Society, and the Friends of the Morristown & Morris Township Library.
Find out more »Book Lovers’ Circle
The Library’s popular “Book Lovers' Circle” is online! What is the “Book Lovers’ Circle,” you may ask? Participants of this long-running book club meet the first Thursday of each month to share about the books, good, bad, or indifferent, they are reading or have recently read. During the pandemic, we have been virtual. And our beloved Sue Lipstein, who created the group and has been leading it for almost 10 years, has retired and passed the reins to Louis Muñoz,…
Find out more »Summer Book Club (10th-12th Grade) – ‘Just Our Luck’ by Julia Walton
Join us for a discussion about Just Our Luck by Julia Walton! Registration required. Sign up to receive a copy of the book from the library. Summary from Goodreads: "Bad luck follows lies. That was the first rule for life that Leo's Greek grandmother, Yia Yia, gave him before she died. But Leo's anxiety just caused a fight at school, and though he didn't lie, he wasn't exactly honest about how it all went down . . . how he…
Find out more »Summer Book Club (7th-9th Grade) – ‘Finding Orion’ by John David Anderson
Join us for a discussion about Finding Orion by John David Anderson! Registration required. Sign up to receive a copy of the book from the library. Summary from Goodreads: "Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family. His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations, and his father makes funky-flavored jelly beans for a living. One sister acts as if she’s always onstage and the other is a walking dictionary. But no one in the family is…
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