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Coming Up In June @ PFPL June 2026 |
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 Saturday, June 20, 10:00am - 12:00pm Unearth a story as we kick off summer reading with a Dig into Magic Show! Patrons of all ages are invited to join us for a fun morning full of magic, games, temporary tattoos, and more - plus enter to win our door prize: a family membership to Walters Park Pool! |
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 Thursday, June 18, 6:00pm This month, join us as we turn a simple straw hat into a beautiful floral wreath! Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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 Tuesday, June 23Kids: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Teens & Adults: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Come learn about dinosaurs and some of the famous fossils found in New Jersey with the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum. Everyone will have the opportunity to engage with scientists and touch real fossils and specimens that are over 66 million years old! |
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 Spice of the Month: Star Anise Turn kitchen scraps into something exciting by creating sweet, tangy, spiced pickled watermelon rind with star anise! Visit the library beginning Wednesday, June 3rd to pick up a spice packet and recipe, and watch the Library Chef program live from home on June 10 at 7:30pm! New to Library Chef? Visit https://my.librarychef.com/Phillipsburg to sign up with your library card, and sign up for this and other great cooking, nutrition, and wellness programs! |
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 Sky Gazers: Tuesday, June 2 , 6:00pmEarth Explorers: Tuesday, June 23, 6:00pm Join the Nurture Nature Center as we explore the Sky and Earth each month in 2026. There’s something for all levels of interest and experience! Sky Gazers will learn about objects we can see in the night sky and will have the opportunity to complete a challenge each month to earn a stamp in their Adventure Passport. Earth Explorers will learn about land based phenomena including rocks, animals, and more, and will have monthly |
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Little Movers
Monday, June 22 & 29, 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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Yoga Story Adventures
Tuesdays, June 23 & 30, 10:00am
Ages 3 - 8
Join us this summer for a Dino Yoga Adventure! Each week, young explorers will transform into a different dinosaur and journey through a prehistoric yoga adventure. Breathe-Move-Read-Create-Connect with your inner dinosaur as we roar, stretch, stomp, and soar through summer! |
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Art Adventures
Wednesday, June 24, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Ages 7 - 12
Drop in and get creative! Each art session will feature art activities such as rock painting, dinosaur process art, and more! Come anytime during the session to explore and create something special. All materials provided. No registration required-just bring your imagination. |
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Preschool Storytime
Thursday, June 25, 10:00am
Ages 2 - 5
Our Storytime programs are filled with stories, flannel boards, songs, and fun! |
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| Bad Art & Pizza
Tuesday, June 30, 4:30pm Join us as we create some dreadful art and eat pizza. No art skills needed-just your imagination and creativity! Open to teens from 11-18 years old. Registration required for this month! Register online or in person at the teen spot. |
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PFPL Writers Group
Monday, June 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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Dungeons & Dragons
Monday, June 8 & 29, 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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Classic Book Club: A Wrinkle in Time Wednesday, June 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 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. |
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Thursday, June 11 & 25, 6:00pmJoin our Chess Club, where strategy meets community! Come and enjoy casual matches, friendly competition, and great conversation with fellow chess enthusiasts. For ages 13+. Call the library for more information, or register online!
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Stitch & Sip Yarn Group Friday, June 12 & 26, 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: Heated Rivalry Saturday, June 13, 10:30am 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 10:30am-11:30am. This month's selection is Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid. |
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Game Night Tuesday, June 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's featured game is Sorry! 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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| EveryDay Art Wednesday, June 24, 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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Happy Bookers Discussion Group: Automatic NoodleWednesday, June 24, 7:00pm You 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. Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See |
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This recipe is all about those nights when you need to get dinner on the table quickly. I have seen a lot of recipes for shakshouka and kept meaning to try one of them. This is a very quick and simple version of that. When I forget to plan for dinner and need to eat NOW, this is one I frequently turn to. Not only is it easy, I usually have everything I need on hand. Maybe not the fresh spinach, but I have used frozen spinach and it works just fine. I like that this is a recipe that is adaptable to your tastes. You can even leave out the spices and still have a good meal. But don’t skimp on the crusty bread! It is necessary for getting every last bit of the sauce out of the bowl. |
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Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee BakerIn this lyrical, wildly inventive horror novel interwoven with Japanese mythology, two people living centuries apart discover a door between their worlds. October, 2026: Lee Turner doesn't remember how or why he killed his college roommate. The details are blurred and bloody. All he knows is he has to flee New York and go to the one place that might offer refuge--his father's new home in Japan, a house hidden by sword ferns and wild ginger. But something is terribly wrong with the house: no animals will come near it, the bedroom window isn't always a window, and a woman with a sword appears in the yard when night falls.October, 1877: Sen is a young samurai in exile, hiding from the imperial soldiers in a house behind the sword ferns. A monster came home from war wearing her father's face, but Sen would do anything to please him, even turn her sword on her own mother. She knows the soldiers will soon slaughter her whole family when she sees a terrible omen: a young foreign man who appears outside her window. One of these people is a ghost, and one of these stories is a lie. Something is hiding beneath the house of sword ferns, and Lee and Sen will soon wish they never unburied it. Selected by Carly, Library Assistant
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestownby Candace FlemingHow did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit revolutionary suicide by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history. Using riveting first-person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming reveals the makings of a monster: from Jones's humble origins as a child of the Depression... to his founding of a group whose idealistic promises of equality and justice attracted thousands of followers... to his relocation of Temple headquarters from California to an unsettled territory in Guyana, South America, which he dubbed Jonestown... to his transformation of Peoples Temple into a nefarious experiment in mind-control.-- Selected by Zully, Library Associate
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Death's Daughter by S. A. BarnesThe steamy mythology of Neon Gods meets the dark academia of Ninth House in this contemporary romance from USA Today bestselling author S.A. Barnes. There's no escaping Death... After a lifetime of chaos, Jocasta has finally found her home with good friends, great classes, even a messy situationship with her former TA--a normal life. Well, as normal a life as the only child of Death can have. She's always refused to embrace her father's legacy. Instead of lives, she instead feeds on her classmates' disappointments, failures, and rejections. Finals week has her feasting, and all is good. Until Death ruins her life. Again. Without warning, Death names Jocasta as his sole successor, making her a powerful ally... and a massive target. Devon, a descendant of Lust, claims to want to help her--for a price. Jo will do anything to protect the people she loves and the life she's worked so hard for. Even if it means becoming a monster. Selected by Norah, Library Assistant
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The Once and Future Queenby Paula Lafferty22-year-old Vera is at a crossroads: waiting tables, grieving her previous relationship, and jogging aimlessly each morning as if toward an uncertain future. Then an odd man shows up at her workplace, insisting that she was once the legendary Queen Guinevere of Camelot, and that her lost memories hold the key to changing both the past and the present. Somehow, it all feels like the direction she's been looking for. But when she asks the mysterious man to tell her more about Lancelot, Arthur, and a faithless queen, he can only say that much of what she's heard about Camelot is wrong. The truth, he claims, is something she must see for herself. After jumping through a portal in Glastonbury's historic center, Vera is not prepared for what she finds. Magic is everywhere, but a curse on the kingdom means it dwindles every day. She has no idea how to perform a queen's duties. Her fast friendship with Lancelot sets gossip flowing, and the stranger she must call husband often refuses to meet her eye. Arthur is a puzzle: cold, forbidding, and, while angry to her face, keeps leaving secret tokens of tenderness in her chambers. Worst of all, Vera's memories--and the answers locked within them--show no signs of returning. If Vera is truly destined to save Camelot, she'll have to trust her instincts. And her king will have to trust her . . . Selected by Elana, Library Associate
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West of Wicked by Nikki St CroweNo one is safe on the Yellow Brick Road. Dorothy Gale doesn't know where she came from. At the age of five, she was dropped on Em and Henry's doorstep while a terrible storm rolled across the Kansas prairie. Now as an adult, Dorothy has made the most of her life on the farm. But when a cyclone tears through the night, ripping her, her dog, and the farmhouse away, Dorothy wakes to find herself far from home in the strange, cursed land of Oz. Desperate to find her way back, Dorothy takes the advice of the Witch of the North and sets off on the yellow brick road to find a wizard...with a warning to avoid forest monsters, heartless mercenaries, and wicked witches. It isn't long before Dorothy encounters the dark side of Oz, stumbling on a man beaten and bloody, tied to a pole in a cornfield. Not unlike the scarecrows on the Kansas farm. With no memories, the mysterious stranger joins Dorothy. Rook is ridiculously handsome, endlessly charming, and somehow understands Dorothy in a way no one ever has. But when they cross paths with the infamous Tinman and his axe, Rook proves he may be hiding his own secrets. Nothing and no one is what they seem in the cursed land of Oz...maybe even Dorothy herself. Selected by Lori, Supervising Library Assistant |
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Landlines: The Remarkable Story of a Thousand-Mile Journey Across Britainby Raynor WinnThe powerful story of a 1,000-mile healing walk--from the lochs of Scotland to England's southwest coast--in a remarkable evocation of modern-day Britain. Raynor Winn knows that her husband Moth's health is declining, getting worse by the day. She knows of only one cure. It worked once before. But will he--can he?--set out with her on another healing walk? The Cape Wrath Trail is hundreds of miles of grueling terrain through Scotland's remotest mountains and lochs. But the lure of the wilderness and the beguiling beauty of the awaiting glens draw them northwards. Being one with nature saved them in their darkest hour years earlier--and their hope is that this experience can work its magic again. So Raynor and Moth embark on an incredible thousand-mile journey: from Scotland to the familiar shores of the South West Coast Path, from Northumberland to the Yorkshire moors, and from Wales to home again. As they map with each step the landscape of their island nation, they find themselves facing existential questions--about themselves and about their country--during this epic, inspiring odyssey. Selected by Kim, Senior Library Assistant |
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The Scone Queen Bakes: 100 Recipes for Scones, Muffins, Cookies, and Cakes from the Founder of the Hungry Gnome: A Cookbook by Danielle SepsyNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - When Danielle Sepsy started baking scones for friends one day she would have her own successful whole-sale and online bakery, The Hungry Gnome—or that her scones would be sold in hundreds of coffee shops all over the tristate area and celebrated on a hit television show. Here, in her first cookbook, The Scone Queen Bakes, Sepsy gives us over 100 recipes for scones, muffins, cookies, bars, breads, snacking cakes and other sweet treats. Selected by Cindy, Senior Library Assistant
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Eldritchby Keri LakeIn the grimly captivating sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller Anathema, Maevyth and Zevander must navigate the perilous mortal lands to deliver Zevander from the clutches of an ancient, malevolent power that threatens to shatter both worlds. An eldritch magic has awakened, turning the mortal world darker. Colder. Famished. With flesh-eating monsters and a sinister curse spreading like a plague, the last glimmer of humanity in Foxglove Parish has long-since faded. For Maevyth and Zevander, the only chance of escape is through The Eating Woods. But fate has woven a new web, tangling the threads of destiny, and crossing the mystical boundary to Aethyria might not be so simple. As the bones of Maevyth's past are unearthed, and truths unravel with unsettling clarity, the possibility of never leaving Mortasia is becoming more of a reality. Unfortunately for Zevander, time is running out. The longer he stays in the mortal lands, deprived of essential vivicantem, the more he succumbs to the encroaching specter of madness. Or maybe those chasing shadows are someone hunting him. A wretched evil closing in, threatening to pull him into the darkest corners of his mind. Only, this time, Maevyth may not have the power to save him.Eldritch is a full-length, gothic dark fantasy, the second book in The Eating Woods trilogy. Selected by Shannon, Library Associate
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My Husband's Wife
by Alice Feeney
Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn't fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife. One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying. Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person's date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs. Selected by Laura, Library Assistant
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