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Food for Fines extended through April 20 One non-perishable food item = the fine on one item We are stocking the shelves of the Food Pantry based at the Wood School in conjunction with the Hockomock Y. Children are sent home from school with food to help families in need. Bring back your late or lost items before April 15 and NO fines will be charged! **NEW** Available online for our Plainville Public Library card holders: Scholastic BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. Includes puzzlers with fun games and questions to answers, as well as opportunities to learn more with safe links to related topics online and information about the author and illustrators.Browse by topic, lexile level, and grade level Scholastic Teachables—worksheets, lesson plans, learning games, and more! Offering printable activities for any subject: math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, writing, and beyond. Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade. Great for homeschoolers, parents, teachers, and care providers. Holiday Hours: Patriot's Day - Closed April 15
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Friends of the Library Meeting
Monday, April 2, 7pm
Conference Room
Lend a voice and idea to the Friends of the Library; a group which raises funds to support the things the library couldn't normally afford (ie: Museum passes, programs, performers, etc)
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Nature in your Neighborhood
Saturday, April 6, 11:00am
Plainville Public Library
Mass Audubon's Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary will be coming to give a great program on what you can find in your own backyard. Join us for a discussion at our library. AND follow this up with a town hike on Sunday, April 7 at the Eagle Scout Trail at 10am (located on Everett Skinner Road) led by Oak Knoll Natrualists. Register for this free program by calling 508-223-3060 or online Sponosred in part by a grant from the Plainville Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Pinterest Can't Fail Club
Wednesday, April 10, 7pm
For Adults & teens. Register online by April 6 at http://www.plainvillepubliclibrary.org/pinterestcantfail.html Materials cost see website
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Home School Families Meeting
Monday, April 29, 6:00pm
Children's Room
Homeschool Families meet to discuss activities, share ideas, find out what the library can offer and discuss how we can improve our support of homeschool families needs...plus build a great community of families who share information and resources.
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Purchase discounted Southwick's Zoo tickets at the library. The Friends of the Library purchase a bulk of tickets and you reimburse the Friends. Each family can purchase up to 4 tickets at $18 each once a year to allow the most families to go. Ticket Reservations can be made on our online booking site. Please enter how many tickets you will be purchasing (1, 2, 3, or 4) The Zoo Opens April 6, 10-5pm every day. Tickets are available until they are sold out. Sponsored by the Friends of the Plainville Public Library, Inc. Book online now
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Safety Week is School Vacation Week
Tuesday, April 16, through April 19
Plainville Public Library and the Public Safety Complex
Tuesday: Firefighter Storytime at 1:30pm and we'll go see the trucks after Wednesday: @ 4pm Home Alone Safety Program for ages 9 and up Thursday: Movie: Firehouse Dog (PG) @ 10:15am, bring your own snacks and pillows Friday: @2pm Bring your Bike to Storytime with Miss Laura and then we will go outside for bike safety in the public safety parking lot for a Bike Rodeo! Please check our ONLINE CALENDAR for the most recent info
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Lego Club for ages 5 and up
Saturday, April 13, 10am-Noon
Conference room
The library has 1000s of legos for you to build with. Meet new friends nad leave your lego creation on the table and we will display it here at the library
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Faux Book Club is Reading
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Hum if you don't know the words
by Bianca Marais
Growing up parallel but very different lives built on apartheid in 1970s Johannesburg, a white girl from a secure family and a Xhosa widow in a rural village meet by chance in the wake of The Soweto Uprising, during which the girl's parents are killed and the widow's daughter goes missing. A first novel.
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Senior Book Club is Reading
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Carnegie's maid : a novel
by Marie Benedict
An impoverished Irish immigrant in the industrial 1860s takes a job as a lady's maid in the home of prominent businessman Andrew Carnegie, with whom she falls in love before going missing, triggering Carnegie's search for answers and the establishment of his enduring legacy. By the author of The Other Einstein.
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Plainville Public Library plainvillepubliclibrary.org/ 198 South Street Plainville, Massachusetts 02762 (508) 695-1784
Regular Library Hours: Monday 10-8pm, Tuesday 10-5pm, Wednesday 10-8pm, Thursday 10-2pm, Friday 1-6pm, Saturday 10-2pm, Sunday - Closed.
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