Which member of Jory John and Pete Oswald’s Food Group series are you? Take our quiz to find out! Keep track of which letter you choose for each question. After you’ve answered all the questions, tally up how many of each letter you chose. Once you’ve...
Are you looking to “go green” or spend more time outside in 2025? Our Library of Things has a variety of items to help you out! We’ve highlighted a few items we think are cool below, but don’t forget to check out the complete list...
Starting Monday, May 12th, the book drop in the library driveway will be unavailable. The concrete has begun to deteriorate, and a pothole is forming. The book drop will be unavailable for 3-5 days during this repair work. No materials will be due during this...
Every spring, we celebrate Green Week to promote sustainability and educate people about the environment. This year, Green Week is April 20-26. We compiled a list of books below that focus on the three "R"s of the environment: reducing, reusing, and recycling. Click on a...
The April silent auction of the Friends of the Plainfield Library (FOL) has new offerings for you to browse. There are several “vintage” books including Good-bye Mr. Chips and Other Stories (copyright 1934 and 1938) and James A. Michener's Sayonara (copyright 1953, 1954) and Hawaii (copyright 1959). For Gone with the Wind fans, the auction has author Margaret Mitchell’s Lost Laysen. She...
Teen Central has more than just a large selection of books and manga to choose from, there are also quite a few kits as well. Kits are equipment or activities that are available to check out with your library card. Each kit can be checked...
Planning a family road trip? Keep the backseat boredom at bay with some great audiobooks the whole family can enjoy! The first 18 titles on our list are CD audiobooks available right on the shelves at PGTPL. The rest are eAudiobooks you can stream or download...
Elizabeth Lim was born in San Francisco and currently resides in New York with her family. She was raised on fairy tales and myths and began writing her own fan fiction at the age of 10. She has composed music for films and video games...
Every year during Financial Literacy Month, we celebrate Money Smart Week to empower people with the knowledge and skills necessary to make well-informed personal finance choices. This year, Money Smart Week is April 15-21, so we’ve compiled a list of books about one of the...
Would you like your child’s screen time to promote literacy and encourage a love of reading? We have an app for that! Your PGTPL library card gives you access to TumbleBooks, which is a digital collection of books featuring narration, music, and animation that bring the stories...
