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Summer Reading Club Ends Friday at the Children’s Library!

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Summer Reading Club Ends Friday at the Children’s Library!

With over 650 registered, we can say that this year's Summer Reading Club was a success! If you haven't finished reading your 10 books, there's still time! The Club ends Friday, so hurry and read those books so you can...
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Remembering Nancy Kay Holmes

See Photos from This Event On Friday, July 25th, friends and family of the late Nancy Kay Holmes gathered in her namesake library for a very special celebration. This year is the 75th anniversary of Nancy Kay Holmes' birth, as...
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Movie Night at the Children’s Library

Tuesday, July 15th at 6PM Join for a showing of Happy Feet and freshly popped popcorn at the Lackawanna County Children's Library. For All Ages To register, call (570) 348-3000, ext. 3015.  
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ZooMobile! At the Children’s Library

The Children's Library had a visit with animals from the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park on Friday! Melissa started the presentation with Loretto the parrot. She loved hanging out on her perch, in fact she stayed put for the entire...
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Happy Independence Day!

The library will be closed on Friday, July 4th in celebration of Independence Day! The Albright Memorial Library and the Lackawanna County Children's Library will reopen on Saturday, July 5th at 9 am Library Express at 10 am.  The Nancy...
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Going On Now – Friends of the Scranton Public Library Used Book Sale!

Join us this week for the Friends of the Scranton Public Library Used Book Sale! Once again, the sale is at Library Express for your convenience. Stop by and browse through a large selection of used books and save with our...
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Summer Reading Club Lobby Displays!

Visit us this summer to explore our special Summer Reading Club lobby activities! This year's themes are: June 9th-June 28th- Color Play June 30th-July 19th- How Does Your Garden Grow? July 21st-August -9th-How's the Weather? Not only these activities fun, but...
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Upcoming Events for the Children’s Library

Join us for some exciting events including: Sciencetellers: Dragons and Dreams! Learn about the science of fire and ice by telling a story of Dragons and Dreams using experiments of flash paper, exploding bottles and “cool” dry ice on June...
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CANCELLED-Father’s Day Field Day at the Children’s Library

The Father's Day Field Day program, scheduled for Thursday, June 12,   has been cancelled.  We apologize for the inconvenience.
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JBOB aka Jr. Battle of the Books

WANTED! READERS! WHO: Readers going into 4th, 5th, or 6th grade WHY: To join the most awesome Children's Library team and challenge the other Lackawanna County Libraries WHAT:  Books to read City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Escape: The Story of...
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