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New Mindfulness and Yoga Classes Miss Tamar is leading a four-week Yoga Storytime full of music, movement, and of course, stories! This program is for ages 3-6 and registration is required. Classes will take place on the following Thursdays in the Town Hall Community Room: 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22. Register your child(ren) for one session or for all four! Bring a yoga mat or towel if you have one, but we'll have a few to spare. AND for Adults: Join Tamar, Associate Librarian and experienced Yoga instructor in this class to learn the benefits of mindfulness & meditation. You will be guided through meditation, breathing exercises, and instruction on how to incorporate a simple and easy meditation practice into your daily life. Come as you are, leave feeling a greater sense of calm and empowerment. Class size is limited to 6 participants. Waitlist available. We will be closing at 7:00pm on Wednesday May 7 for our staff meeting. Thank you for understanding. |
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Composting for your Garden
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 11:00 AM
How and why you should compost for your garden with Sydney Freeman of the Board of Health.
This is a How-to class. Get a small bag of compost for free just for attending.
There will be an opportunity to purchase composting equipment after the program from the Board of Health (cash or check only)
Register online between 4/28/2025 9:00 AM and 5/31/2025 10:00 AM.
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Make Cookie Mix in Jar for Adults
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 6:30 PM
Did you know National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is May 15? Celebrate by making a Country Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookie mix in a jar. We will have other "mix in a jar" recipes for you to take home and samples to try that night at the library. If you have a favorite cookie recipe bring it with you and we'll copy it for everyone to take home. Feel free to bring your favorite coffee or tea to enjoy and chat.
This free program is for adults and registration is required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Plainville Public Library, Inc.
Register online between 2/1/2025 12:00 AM and 5/12/2025 9:00 AM.
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Paint Night for Adults
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 7:00 PM
Adults can join us for paint night to make this 8x10 canvas of a wildflower field. Everyone can be an artist and we'll show you how to paint this step by step. Registration is required and there will be a $2 materials fee collected that evening.
Register online between 2/12/2025 12:00 AM and 5/19/2025 11:45 PM.
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The BIG Puzzle Sale
Get here early for best selection!
Saturday, May 24, 2025 8:30 AM—12:00 PM
Town Hall Community Room
The Friends of the Plainville Public Library will have a BIG Puzzle Sale at the Town Hall Meeting room from 8:30am-12:00pm. Items include hundreds of puzzles from 300 to 2,000 pieces. All puzzles were completed by our puzzle volunteers to ensure completeness and are in bags. Prices are $2 unless otherwise marked for single puzzles, $3 for new puzzles and $5 for multi-pack puzzles. CASH ONLY.
The sale will continue in the library’s conference room during normal library hours from May 27th - 31st with any leftovers.
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Banned Book Club
Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 6:30 PM
Are you interested in attending a book club where we read books that have been banned? Molly, our volunteer book club leader, has added this unique book club to our schedule. Are you Interested? Register here to let us know. The Banned Book Club would meet on the third Thursday of the month at 6:30pm at the Plainville Library.
Discussing: 1984 by George Orwell
Register online between 3/1/2025 12:00 AM and 5/15/2025 11:45 PM.
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Senior Book Club
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 1:15 PM
Senior Center
9 School St. , Plainville, MA, 02762
Melissa Campbell leads a book discussion at the Plainville Senior Center once a month. All are welcome to attend. Books in large print and regular format are available at the Library to checkout.
This month's title: The Paris Assignment by Rhys Bowen
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Page Turners Book Club for Kids
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 4:00 PM
Children's Room
The Page Turners Book Club takes place on the first Wednesday of every month from 4:00-4:30 pm. We'll choose from the Transitional Chapter Book aisle in the library (the green dot books). These books are generally rated at a 2nd grade reading level, so this book club is best suited for Grades 1-3 or others who read comfortably at this level.
For May's meeting we'll be discussing Time Jumpers: Stealing the Sword by Wendy Mass. This will be our last Book Club of the season.
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Molly's Book Club
Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Molly will be leading a book club for adults on the second Thursday of each month. She has volunteered her time to lead a lively discussion, while you can meet new people who love reading as well. Feel free to bring a beverage and relax in our comfy chairs while you talk about the book. If you would like a reminder about this program, please register below
Discussing - Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
Register online between 3/13/2025 12:00 AM and 5/9/2025 11:45 PM.
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Mystery Book Club
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 7:00 PM
Do you love a good mystery? Join the Mystery Book Club for a lively discussion of the book of the month. Feel free to bring your own refreshments to enjoy. Books will be available for checkout from the Library at the front desk or you can check for the eBook or eAudio version on Libby.
We will feature of an assortment of mystery genres and will meet the 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm
This month's discussion is: More Than you'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
Register online between 2/13/2025 12:00 AM and 5/30/2025 11:45 PM.
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Virtual Author: Dr. David Rosmarin
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 2:00 PM
David's innovative approach empowers individuals and organizations to embrace anxiety rather than avoid it, leading to greater resilience, courage, and thriving.
David is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of Center for Anxiety, which has served over 10,000 clients in multiple states. His most recent book is Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You.
Register for Link Here
Sponsored by the Friends of the Plainville Public Library, Inc.
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Mango
Language Learning for all! Choose from over 70 world languages on desktop or mobile, from anywhere, at any time. Enjoy native speaker audio and cultural context that will fully immerse you in the language.
You’ll get there in no time. All you need is a Plainville Public Library card to get started. Learn any (or many!) languages for free.
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Moms & Munchkins
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 10:00 AM
Calling all caregivers with new lil' babies in their lives! On the first Wednesday of every month, we'll be offering an unstructured social play group for grown-ups and their littles (ages 0-2).
Donuts will be provided and toys will be spread out on the storytime rug. So bring your munchkin, eat some munchkins, and make new connections!
Siblings are welcome, too!
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Painted Birdhouses: Session #1
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 3:30 PM
OR Session 2 at 5:00pm
Children's Room
Plainville Public Library
198 South St,, Plainville, MA, 02762
This favorite annual craft is back! We'll provide the birdhouses and paint, you provide the creativity! Registration is required; please sign up for only one session. Ages 5-12
Register online between 5/1/2025 9:00 AM and 5/29/2025 3:30 PM.
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Messy Makers: Bubble Wrap Stomp Painting
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 10:30 AM
In this fun monthly series for ages 2-5, we're saying YES to MESS! We'll feature a different hands-on craft each month that uses paint, glitter, etc. So wear clothes that can handle a little splatter, and get ready to play!
Registration is required.
This month's session is Bubble Wrap Stomp Painting. This is an outdoor activity, so if it's raining, Miss Cailin will have a different (indoor) craft ready!
Register online between 4/21/2025 9:00 AM and 5/21/2025 10:30 AM.
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Read to a Dog
Thursday, May 1 4:30—5:00 PM
Children's Room
Plainville Public Library
198 South St,, Plainville, MA, 02762
Pre-readers and experienced readers alike are invited to join Lori and her dog Mocha for our "Read to a Dog" program! Reading to a furry friend not only helps kids practice their literacy skills, but it builds reading confidence and reduces stress.
This program runs from 4:30-5:00. No registration required!
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Storytime & Craft
Mondays at 10:00—10:30 AM
Enjoy stories and a craft in the Children's Department every Monday morning at 10:00 am. This program is intended for ages 2-5.
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Rhyme Time
Tuesdays at 10:00—10:30 AM
Rhyme Time is a drop-in program intended for infants and toddlers. Every Tuesday at 10:00 am we will share stories, finger plays, music and movement activities, and more!
Children are welcome to engage with the program as much as they feel comfortable. Our intention is to introduce early literacy skills in a low-key environment, followed by social play time (for both children and caregivers!).
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Lego Club
Friday May 9 2:00 - 4:45pm
Saturday, May 10, 2025 - 9:00 AM - 12:45PM
Conference Room
For ages 5 and up - Come build and create with our 1000's of library legos. Meet new friends who like Legos, too. We will display your creations
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Dungeons & Dragons Club
Thursday, May 15, 2025 4:00—6:00 PM
Young Adult study area
Whether you're new to gaming or a seasoned pro, we encourage you to attend our monthly Dungeons & Dragons Club! This fantasy tabletop role-playing game is for grades 3-8 and all materials are provided; just bring your imagination! This club meets on the third Thursday of every month; no registration required.
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My friends : a novel
by Fredrik Backman
Jarrod has felt distanced from his daughter Liv since the death of Jarrod's partner Charlie, but when Liv finds boyfriend Zel murdered, Jarrod rushes to her aid and they comb for clues across the Coachella Valley while a killer's on the loose.
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The River Is Waiting
by Wally Lamb
Corby Ledbetter, grappling with addiction, prison life, and the tragedy that shattered his family, finds unexpected kindness and connection behind bars, as he seeks redemption and hopes for forgiveness from those he's hurt the most.
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The retirement plan : a novel
by Sue Hincenbergs
Three best friends turn to murder to collect on their husbands' life insurance policies, but the husbands have a plan of their own.
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The missing half : a novel
by Ashley Flowers
Nicole Monroe, still haunted by her sister Kasey's unexplained disappearance seven years ago, teams up with Jenna Connor, whose sister vanished under similar circumstances, as they unravel buried secrets and risk everything to uncover the truth about their missing loved ones.
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One golden summer
by Carley Fortune
Charlie was 19 when Alice took his photo near her Nan's cottage in Barry's Bay, but now he's a grown-up flirt who makes Alice feel seventeen again—warm nights on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice's soul, but she begins to worry for her heart.
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What happens in Amsterdam
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
"Falling in love with your husband is anything but convenient in this steamy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Business or Pleasure. Dani Dorfman has somehow made it to her thirties without knowing what she wants to do with her life. So when an office romance ends poorly and gets her fired, she applies for a job in Amsterdam, idly dreaming of escaping the mess she's created, but never imagining she'll actually get it. Except she does. By the end of her first week in Amsterdam, she's never felt more adrift or alone. Then she crashes her bike into her high school ex-boyfriend-and suddenly life is blooming with new opportunities. Wouter van Leeuwen was a Dutch exchange student Dani's family hosted, a forbidden love that ended in a painful breakup. Years later, there's still sizzling chemistry between them, and okay, maybe a little animosity. More importantly, Wouter needs to be married to inherit a gorgeous family home on a canal-and when Dani's job falls apart, she needs a visa. As the marriage of convenience pushes them together in unexpected ways, Dani must decide whether her new life is yet another mistake-or if it's worth taking a risk on a second chance"
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Parents weekend : a novel
by Alex Finlay
Five families gather for Parents Weekend at a small college in Northern California, but their kids—Libby, Blane, Mark, Felix, and Stella—never show up for dinner, and FBI Special Agent Sarah Keller must discover if the sins of their parents have caused them peril.
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The Tenant
by Freida Mcfadden
Blake Porter, desperate to keep his life afloat after losing his job, rents a room to the seemingly perfect Whitney, but as strange occurrences escalate and secrets unravel, he realizes too late that she's woven a deadly trap within his own home.
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Austen at sea
by Natalie Jenner
Two pairs of siblings, devotees of Jane Austen, find their lives transformed by a visit to England and Sir Francis Austen, her brother and keeper of her memories and surviving artifacts.
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The proposal plot : an Amish of Marigold novel
by Kathleen Fuller
"A headstrong young businesswoman. An unlucky-in-love bachelor. And the chaperoning assignment that keeps pushing them together. For someone so strong-willed and certain, Ella Yoder has never been more unsure of her life. It's been a year since she convinced her father to move with her and her younger sister Junia to Marigold, Ohio, to open E and J Grocery. Ella's got a keen eye for running a business and has big dreams to expand. But her plans are stalled because Junia refuses to lift a finger at the store--or listen to her about anything.Nelson Bontranger knows one thing for sure: creating his own artisan deli meats is his passion. Well, maybe one other thing: he's sworn off women forever. After two bouts of heartbreak, he's not willing to open up himself to a third. When he eyes his own butcher shop next to E and J Grocery in Marigold, he's surprised to learn that Ella has had her eye on the property for some time. He doesn't trust this stubborn, pushy young woman--and for her, the feeling is mutual. Against their wishes, Ella and Nelson's paths continue to cross when Nelson's nephew Malachi falls head over heels for Junia. Nelson and Ella are brought together to keep the lovebirds in check, but somewhere along the line, their frustration turns to something altogether more pleasant. But they will both need to come to terms with past pain before they can find their future happiness"
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The Dark Maestro
by Brendan Slocumb
Curtis Wilson, a cello prodigy from D.C. who rose to classical music stardom, is forced into witness protection after his drug-dealer father turns informant, but when the cartel remains untouchable, Curtis and his family must use their wits and his musical gifts to fight for survival.
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Run for the Hills
by Kevin Wilson
Madeline Hill and her mom have lived alone on their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee, since her dad left; one day Reuben Hill pulls up in a PT Cruiser and announces she's his half-sister, and he wants Mad to join him for a crazy road trip to find their father and half siblings.
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Marble Hall murders : a novel
by Anthony Horowitz
Back in England, editor Susan Ryeland is working on a continuation novel called Pünd's Last Case, in which writer Eliot Crace has concealed clues about his grandmother's death by poison, but when another murder follows, Susan becomes the number one suspect.
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Fever beach : a novel
by Carl Hiaasen
A dim-witted Proud Boys reject becomes entangled in a bizarre web of corruption and intrigue involving a hitchhiker, a con artist, an eccentric millionaire and a power-hungry politician in the new novel by the best-selling author of Bad Monkey.
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No one was supposed to die at this wedding : a novel
by Catherine Mack
When a bestselling mystery author attends her best friend's star-studded wedding on stormy Catalina Island, a chilling death ruins the celebration in the second novel of the series following Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies. 150,000 first printing.
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The heart's choice
by Tracie Peterson
"Rebecca McCutcheon is the first female court reporter in Montana. During a murder trial she's covering, she's convinced that the defendant is innocent, but no one but the handsome new Carnegie librarian, Mark Andrews, will listen to her. In a race against time, will they be able to find the evidence to free the man before it's too late?"
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The love haters
by Katherine Center
Video producer Katie Vaughn heads to Key West to profile Coast Guard rescue swimmer Tom“Hutch” Hutcheson, but between his family drama, her escalating lies, and their growing attraction, she must confront her fears and find courage in paradise.
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Whistle
by Linwood Barclay
A woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed.
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The doorman : a novel
by Chris Pavone
In a new novel from the bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon, a New York City doorman is drawn into a web of intrigue, robbery and murder.
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Line of Demarcation
by M. P. Woodward
In Guyana to secure a business deal, Jack Ryan Jr. is thrust into a deadly conflict involving Russia's Wagner Group and Venezuelan narco-terrorists after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter is destroyed, forcing him to unravel shifting alliances to stop a potential war.
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The Last Ferry Out
by Andrea Bartz
Abby travels to the storm-ravaged Isla Colel seeking answers about her fiancée Eszter's mysterious death, but as expats reveal chilling secrets and a key witness vanishes, she uncovers a web of lies that may put her own life in jeopardy.
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With each tomorrow
by Tracie Peterson
"Eleanor Briggs travels to Kalispell, Montana, with her conservationist father to discuss the formation of Glacier National Park, and sparks fly when she meets Carter Brunswick, despite their differences. As the town fights to keep the railroad, the dangers Eleanor and Carter face will change the course of their lives"
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Mansion beach : a novel
by Meg Mitchell Moore
Follows a young woman entwined in the opulent lives of her neighbors on Block Island, set against a backdrop of scandal, secrets and a not-so-subtle love triangle.
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Everybody wants to rule the world except me
by Django Wexler
"Davi has left the horde behind her, hoping to find a peaceful solution to keep the Kingdom from being destroyed this time. But her plan to guide the Kingdom is thwarted when her usual love interest, Prince Johann, is already married and the bloodthirstyDuke Aster is running the government. Johann's new husband is everything Davi is not, but he holds a key to the one mystery she can't solve - the origins of the time loop that has entrapped her. She must gain his trust, and swiftly. With restless armies at her doorstep, Duke Aster reaching for power, and an ancient magician hounding her every turn, Davi must scheme her way to peace and uncover the truth behind her curse if she is to break the spell that binds her once and for all"
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The Martha's Vineyard beach and book club : a novel
by Martha Hall Kelly
In 2016, grieving Mari Starwood visits Martha's Vineyard and uncovers a surprising connection to the Smith sisters, who, during World War II, balanced family struggles, romance, and whispers of espionage while running a farm and forming a transformative book club.
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The Busybody Book Club
by Freya Sampson
In a Cornish seaside village, Nova Davies and her dysfunctional book club members become amateur sleuths after a theft threatens their community center, a murder implicates a missing member, and secrets among them complicate their quest to solve the case and restore order.
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The Potting Shed Murder
by Paula Sutton
In the idyllic Norfolk village of Pudding Corner, Daphne Brewster, a newcomer and vintage shop owner, becomes entangled in a murder investigation after the local headmaster's death reveals secrets, scandals, and a killer threatening her close-knit community.
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Doggone bones
by Carolyn Haines
When a local pet activist's dog is stolen, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency race against time to find the thieves who are shady breeders involved in illegal dogfighting in the latest addition to series following Blue Christmas Bones.
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Return to sender
by Craig Johnson
When Blair McGowan, the mail person with the longest route in the country, goes missing, the Wyoming postal inspector tells Sheriff Longmire to investigate her disappearance; posing as a letter-carrier, the sheriff follows her trail and finds himself enveloped in an otherworldly cult.
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It's a love story
by Annabel Monaghan
"The heartwarming and hilarious story of Jane Jackson, who spent her adolescence as the funny girl, the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punchline on a B-list tv show, and learning that true love doesn't exist. Now a grown woman, she is determined to be the executive calling the shots, and never to be laughed at again"
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Beach House Rules
by Kristy Woodson Harvey
A mother-daughter duo learn to lean on their community of women—and each other—after their world is turned upside down.
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Plainville Public Library plainvillepubliclibrary.org/
198 South Street
Plainville, Massachusetts 02762
(508) 695-1784
Regular: Monday & Tuesday: 9:00am-5:00pm | Wednesday & Thursday: 10:00am-8:00pm | Fridays: 1:00-5:00pm |Saturdays: 9:00am - 1:00pm | Sundays: Closed. Closed Saturdays June 3 through Labor Day.
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