Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor There haven’t been many more hotly anticipated arrivals on the literary scene than Zadie Smith. Her debut manuscript was purchased before its completion while she was still a student at Cambridge. Since then, her novels have continued to be...
How Talking Helps Your Child Get Ready to Read Talking to and with your young child is an essential part of helping them be ready to read. Babies learn their first words by listening to the people around them speak, and that’s also how toddlers increase...
Building Strong Bonds: Books about Friendship Bonding and connectedness are essential for a child’s healthy development. Fostering strong and resilient relationships can be challenging at any age, but learning how to overcome those challenges can allow children to navigate future relationships of their own. By working...
Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor The finalists for the 10th Annual Kirkus Prize are here! The Kirkus Prize is presented by Kirkus Reviews, the venerable book review magazine, and awards $50,000 to a work in each of its three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and young...
Hendricks County, Indiana is celebrating its 200th birthday in 2024! Visit the Hendricks 200 website for all things Bicentennial--Great activities, events, history, and more throughout 2024....
October is here and that means beautiful fall colors and cooler temperatures. It also means the Friends of the Plainfield Library silent action has a new selection of books! The books cover a number of subjects from slow cooking to dream interpretation to Jack Lemmon and more. Weddings and...
The Family History Hounds genealogy group will meet Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 1:00pm in the McMillan meeting room for our monthly program. This month we'll hear from Ron Prichard on researching with military records. Finding Your Father’s (or Grandfather’s) War: Researching Your Military Family The June...
Phase 1 on schedule Our first floor renovation continues! Phase 1 of the project, which includes the Children’s Room, the Indiana Room, the Quiet Study Area, the Study Rooms, and the Lobby Conference Room is on schedule. We expect this phase to wrap up by November...
Written by Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor James McBride has established himself as one of the great voices in 21st-century American literature. The son of a Black father and Jewish mother (whom he biographized in his 1996 work The Color of Water), he is acutely aware of...
New Kits Bring Storytime Home Would you love to bring your young child to a library storytime, but the timing just never works for you and your family? Are you looking for more ways to engage your toddler or preschooler in fun activities that will support their...
