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Summer Reading Club: Dream Big-READ!
It's almost that time of year again; Summer Reading Club 2012 is just around the corner! This year's event begins with our annual Kick-Off Party on Thursday, May 31 from 5:30 - 7:00pm. We'll have tons of activities like a story cave, face painting, a s'mores making station, bouncy house, and more! Free T-shirts will be available for children birth - 5th grade who have registered for the Summer Reading Club, and who have participated in 3 of the Kick-Off Party activities.
To be eligible for this year's wonderful array of prizes, children, tweens, teens, and adults must complete the reading goal they set for themselves. Create an account below, and log your books between May 31 - and July 31. Grand prizes include:
- Children birth-5th grade: a free book, small prize, and coupons for all who complete!
- Tweens 6th-8th grade: a chance to win Nintendo 3DS!
- Teens 9th-12th grade: a chance to win a Kindle Fire!
- Adults age 18+: the chance to win a year-long family membership to the Plainfield Recreation & Aquatic Center!
- *PLUS: Five lucky winners will receive a $100 Visa gift card, sponsored by Duke Energy.*
Pre-register now!
*T-shirts sponsored by the Friends of the Library and Brightpoint. Tween and Teen prizes sponsored by Duke Energy. Adult prize sponsored by the Town of Plainfield.*
 
Children's Book Week Challenge
How many books can you check out (and read) in one week? A Razor Kick Scooter ® or a Step Two Wagon for Two ® await those who attempt to set a check-out record during Children’s Book Week, May 7 – 13. To enter the drawing, simply staple your check-out receipt to an entry form each time you check out books, with your library card, during the week. Prizes include a scooter and a wagon!
New Databases
ChiltonLibrary provides an auto repair solution for the 'do-it-yourselfer.' The database includes a parts finder, domestic and imported models from 1940 on, diagrams, monthly updates, animated videos and detailed graphics. Your library card provides you with 24/7 access to this simply designed, easy-to-use auto repair database.
Books & Authors lets users find new books and authors, rate and review books, find read-a-likes, view bestseller and awards lists, and participate in a social network focused on readers!
LegalForms provides convenient, 24/7 access to attorney forms. These professionally-written documents include forms for divorce, bankruptcy, power of attorney, wills & estates, landlord-tenant, name change, real estate, sample letters, and incorporation. Forms can be downloaded with Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Price It! Antiques & Collectibles is the ultimate online resource for pricing antiques. Including more than 60 million images, 127 searchable categories, and superb search functionality, this resource will be your best friend! Using data gathered from Worthopedia, eBay, TIAS.com, and dozens of auction houses, you'll have accurate, free, 24/7 access to the latest information on antiques and collectibles.

The Value Line Institutional Investment Survey Online™ strives to provide accurate information to help with your investment decisions. Including detailed and continuously updated data, analytical tools, ranks, expert analysis, and a professional staff of researchers, Value Line will allow you to gain confidence and be in control of your financial decisions. Click here to access Value Line from home.
Cypress Resume
Click here to access Cypress Resume.
Cypress Resume allows users to create professional-quality resumes in three quick steps.
2012 Annual Friends of the Plainfield Library Garden Tour
The 2012 Plainfield Garden Tour will be on Saturday, June 23 & Sunday, June 24.
Tickets available online starting May 1 for $12.00. Tickets available the week prior to the tour at the following locations:
- Plainfield-Guilford Twp. Public Library*
- Marsh Supermarket in Plainfield*
- Ferguson Hardware*
- Gear Up Cyclery*
- Cox's Plant Farm*
- Plainfield Chamber of Commerce
*Tickets available at these locations the days of the tour
For more information about the Garden Tour, visit the Plainfield Garden Tour website.
On Display in the Gallery....
Annual Exhibit of Artwork
by The Students from The Plainfield ‘Sketch Pad Art Center’
On Exhibit May 13 - June 9, Meet the Artists Reception Wednesday, May 30 from 5-7pm in the upstairs gallery
 
Library Newsletter
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