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Coming Up In December @ PFPL December 2025 |
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 RESCHEDULED to Thursday, December 11, 10:30am Are you passionate about the environment? Would you like to learn and do more? The Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program could be the perfect fit! Join us on December 2nd, at 10:30 for a free information session with program coordinator, Lynn Waclawski to learn more about the program and answer any questions. Call the library for more information, or |
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 Saturday, December 6, 9:30am - 1:00pm The Friends of PFPL's annual Holiday Book Sale is back! Come check out the gift quality books hand selected for you from a variety of genres, including fiction, children's literature, history, gardening, and many more! |
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 Available December 3 This month, we are pleased to offer three Take & Make ornament kits: a Santa, reindeer, and snowman! Please visit our front desk during December to request your kit to take home. Supplies are limited and available on a first come, first served basis. |
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LEGO Club
Wednesday, December 3, 3:30pm Grades 1 - 5
Any day with LEGOs is a good day! Come show off your building skills! |
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Preschool Storytime
Thursday, December 4, 11, & 18, 10:00am
Ages 2 - 5
Our Storytime programs are filled with stories, flannel boards, songs, and fun! |
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Little Movers
Monday, December 8 & 15, 10:00am Ages 6-24 months
An active program of rhymes, music, play, and stories for babies and their adult caregivers. |
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Curious Minds STEAM Club Wednesday, December 10, 4:00pm Ages 5-12
See what the Phillipsburg High School Girls Who Code Club has in store for us this month! Welcome to our Kid’s STEAM Club, where curious minds explore the wonders of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Join us for hands-on experiments, creative projects, and exciting adventures that spark imagination and learning. Our club offers a fun and safe space for kids to discover, create, and grow together! Registration required. Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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Annie, Jr. MusicalSaturday, December 13, 11:00amFamily & Friends ages 4+ With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. Children are invited to sit story time style at the front, there will be limited chairs for adults and plenty of standing room. This is a free program, no tickets required.
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Storytime with Santa
Wednesday, December 17, 6:00pm Children of all ages and their families Join us at the library for a magical evening filled with stories, songs, and holiday sparkle! Cozy up with Santa as we set off on a holiday reading adventure. There will be a special candy cane treat to take home. |
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Teen Volunteer Hours!
Monday, December 1, 10:00am - 12:00pm
We are looking for helpers to help us decorate for the Christmas/Winter season. See Ms. Kim to sign up. Volunteers will get pizza! After December 1, our teen department will take a programming break. Stay tuned for new events coming in January, including a Winter Reading Challenge, Take & Make Crafts, and Winter Wellness programs! |
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Dungeons & Dragons
Monday, December 1 & 15, 5:00pm
Adults - join us for an exciting 2nd Edition Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in the enchanting world of the Forgotten Realms! Whether you’re a seasoned adventurer or a curious newcomer, this is the perfect opportunity to dive into a rich storytelling experience where roleplaying takes center stage over mere dice rolls. Space
is limited. Registration is required. Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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PFPL Writers Group
Monday, December 1 & 15, 7:00pm D o you have a story to tell? Join the PFPL Writers Group! We welcome all levels of writers from beginner to published professionals. We'll discuss fiction, poetry, nonfiction (including memoir), and more. Bring your ideas, a notebook, and your magic pen! This event will be held on Zoom. Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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Movie Monday: Dial M For Murder
Monday, December 8, 5:30pm
Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) wants to have his wealthy wife, Margot (Grace Kelly), murdered so he can get his hands on her inheritance. When he discovers her affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her. He blackmails an old acquaintance into carrying out the murder, but the carefully-orchestrated set-up goes awry. Now Wendice must frantically scheme to outwit the police and avoid having his plot detected. Film will start PROMPTLY at 5:30 pm! Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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Classic Book Club: Silas Marner Wednesday, December 10, 7:00pm
“Classic” books are classic for a reason – their literary excellence transcends passing fads, and they continue to engage readers generation after generation. If there are classics you have always meant to read “someday,” or if you read them in school before you were ready to appreciate them, now is the time to enjoy them with other adult readers. This month we're reading Silas Marner by George Eliot. |
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Game Day/Game Night Thursday, December 11, 1:30pm Tuesday, December 16, 5:30 pm Join us for some lively game sessions where people bring their favorite games to share! Some games will also be provided for your enjoyment. This month, the featured game will be Ticket to Ride. You are also welcome to bring any game of your choosing or select from our library-provided games. It's a fun and friendly day where new friendships are formed and old friendships are rekindled over shared games, quests, and friendly competition. Registration is strongly recommended! |
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Stitch & Sip Yarn Group Friday, December 12, 10:00am
Calling all knitters, crocheters, and other fiber artists! Join us on the second and fourth Friday of each month - Bring your latest WIP, and help yourself to a cup of tea provided by us! Call the library for more information, or register online!
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Flirty Fiction Book Club:Kiss Her Once for Me Saturday, December 13, 10:00am Phillipsburg Free Public Library’s Flirty Fiction Book Club will be reading a wide variety of romance novels — ranging from second chance to romantasy to thrillers and more. If you’ve been looking for a place to discuss the many aspects of romance with other readers, this is the book club for you! We meet every second Saturday of the month from 10am-11am. This month's selection is Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun.
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EveryDay Art Wednesday, December 17, 6:30pm
EveryDay Art workshops focus on mindfulness, intention, preparing a work of art with purpose; maybe to give to someone as a gift for outstanding service or just because we care or love the other person. We also can keep the artwork for ourselves! Each month usually has a topic or theme, and it is always a surprise! **Please Note** Bring your own coloring pencils or markers-some will be available. Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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Adult Lego ClubThursday, December 18, 6:30pm Join us on our building adventures as we explore the world through the library and Legos. This is an adult Lego program, for 18 years and up. Registration is strongly recommended! Call the library for more information, or register online!
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It’s been a while since I’ve shared a peppermint recipe and this cake doesn’t scream “candy cane.” And anything with Oreos is always a good idea. I didn’t want the crunch of candy canes so I used Hershey kisses in the cake, but feel free to use candy canes for a stronger peppermint flavor, in the cake and as the topping. I like Bundt cakes because they look fancy but they are easy to bake, making them perfect for a night at home or for a holiday dinner. |
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy SnyderA historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism.The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. Mr. Snyder is a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present. Selected by Rosemary, Library Assistant
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One True Lovesby Taylor Jenkins Reid In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They built a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest. On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever. Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma's second chance at happiness. That is, until Jesse is found. He's alive, and he's been trying all these years to come home to her.. Selected by Lori, Supervising Library Assistant
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Automatic Noodle by Annalee NewitzYou don't have to eat food to know the way to a city's heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food--the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around--for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war. But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they'll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other--and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn't built for them-- Selected by Elana, Library Associate
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Quicksilverby Callie HartTwenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen's reservoirs for as long as she can remember. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone. When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares...but it turns out they're real, and Saeris has landed herself right in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed. Selected by Carly, Library Assistant
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Before the Coffee Gets Coldby Toshikazu KawaguchiIf you could go back, who would you want to meet? In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a cafâe that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee--the chance to travel back in time. Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the cafâe in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn't so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold-- Selected by Stephanie, Reference Librarian |
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Available December 3
