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Coming Up In February @ PFPL February 2026 |
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 Sky Gazers: Tuesday, February 3, 6:00pmEarth Explorers: Tuesday, February 24, 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 challenges to earn their Adventure Passport stamp. Participants can do both Sky Gazers and Earth Explorers or just choose to do one. |
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 Wednesday, February 4, 6:00pm Create a beautiful handmade woven heart card to share with a loved one this Valentine's Day! This program is for adults 18+ and registration is required. Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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Friends of the Library memberships for 2026 are now available! Becoming a Friend is an easy way to support the library you love. Memberships help fund library programs and events, support special projects, and keep the library a place for connection, learning, and fun. Every membership makes a difference, and your support helps us continue offering meaningful experiences for patrons of all ages. If the library has ever helped you learn something new, find a great read, or feel at home in the community, this is a wonderful way to give back. If you’d like to volunteer or get more involved, the Friends offer a variety of opportunities to match your interests and availability. 2026 Memberships are $10. To join, you can attend our next meeting (February 18th at 6:30PM), stop by the Circulation Desk, or join online at https://bit.ly/FPFPL. |
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 PFPL is a VITA location again for 2026! Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) offers free tax help to low-moderate income individuals and families, including young adults, adults, senior citizens, persons with disabilities and those with limited English. An appointment is required. To schedule an appointment, please call 973-784-4900 ext. 2902. |
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Lego Club
Wednesday, February 4, 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, February 5, 12, 19, & 26, 10:00am
Ages 2 - 5
Our Storytime programs are filled with stories, flannel boards, songs, and fun! |
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Little Movers
Monday, February 9 & 23, 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: Build a Model CarWednesday, February 11, 4:00pm Ages 5-12 Welcome to our Kid’s Steam Club, where curious young 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 is required. Click here to sign up!
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Yoga Story AdventureWednesday, February 25, 4:00pm For ages 3-8 Breathe, Move, Read, and Imagine! Through stories, movement, breathing, and imagination, we'll explore what it means to be kind to ourselves, listen to our hearts, and celebrate who we are! This month's adventure: Finding Self-Love
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Bad Art & Snacks: Winter Glow Up
Thursday, February 19, 4:30pm
Teens are invited to a cozy winter wellness day focused on self-care and creativity. Think warm vibes, chill music, creating art such as a vision board, a bracelet, or a sugar scrub for yourself, and making a healthy treat to enjoy. A chance to recharge during the coldest part of the season! Register online at https://forms.gle/dJHQRg2FSVEvvxm38 |
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Dungeons & Dragons
Monday, February 2, 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, February 2 & 16, 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: Across the Universe
Monday, February 9, 5:30pm
The songs of the Beatles provide the sonic framework for this musical tale of romance, war and peace. When young British worker Jude (Jim Sturgess) sets sail for the United States in search of his father, he ends up meeting carefree college student Max (Joe Anderson) and his lovely sister, Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a cast of eccentric characters. As Jude and Lucy fall for each other, their relationship is threatened by the social upheaval that accompanies the Vietnam War. Runtime: 2hrs 13 min; Rated PG-13 Film will start PROMPTLY at 5:30 pm! Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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Classic Book Club: The Member of the Wedding Wednesday, February 11, 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 The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. |
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Game Day/Game Night Thursday, February 12, 1:30pm Tuesday, February 17, 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 Pokemon - Battle Academy! 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, February 13 & 27, 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: If Not for My Baby Saturday, February 14, 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 If Not for My Baby by Kate Golden. |
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Adult Lego ClubThursday, February 19, 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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EveryDay Art Wednesday, February 25, 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: Before the Coffee Gets ColdWednesday, February 25, 7:00pm In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café 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 café 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. Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See |
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With the winter weather we’ve been having, I’ve been baking a lot of bread recently. Baking bread seems to cause hesitation in a lot of bakers. I’m not sure if it’s the yeast or the kneading, but I have found that bread is actually quite forgiving. As long as the water isn’t too hot, you won’t kill the yeast. By dissolving it in the warm water before you add it to the dough, you will see that it’s active. If it doesn’t foam up, throw it out and use new yeast (check the expiration dates). You don’t want to let the dough rise too much, or else it will collapse and you’ll end up with very flat loaves. This is a recipe I’ve been using for several years and always have good results. The bread stays soft for several days. I will usually slice both loaves and keep one in the kitchen for eating immediately and one goes into the freezer for later. (I just place it in a freezer bag – no thawing needed if you’re toasting it.) If you haven’t tried making your own bread, I hope this encourages you to take the leap. Nothing smells better than fresh baked bread you’ve made yourself. |
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Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor by Christine KuehnA propulsive, never-before-told story of one family's shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Kuehns, a once-prominent Berlin family, saw the rise of the Nazis as a way out of the hard times that had befallen them. When the daughter of the family, Eberhard's sister, Ruth, met Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels at a party, the two hit it off, and they had an affair. But Ruth had a secret--she was half Jewish--and Goebbels found out. Rather than having Ruth killed, Goebbels instead sent the entire Kuehn family to Hawaii, to work as spies half a world away. There, Ruth and her parents established an intricate spy operation from their home, just a few miles down the road from Pearl Harbor, shielding Eberhard from the truth. They passed secrets to the Japanese, leading to the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. After Eberhard's father was arrested and tried for his involvement in planning the assault, Eberhard learned the harsh truth about his family and faced a decision that would change the path of the Kuehn family forever. Jumping back and forth between Christine discovering her family's secret and the untold past of the spies in Germany, Japan, and Hawaii, Family of Spies is fast-paced history at its finest, and will rewrite the narrative of December 7, 1941. Selected by Cindy, Senior Library Assistant
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Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogyby Brynne WeaverThe viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and sizzling chemistry--unlike anything you've read before. When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, they find something elusive--the friendship of two like-minded, pitch-black souls who just happen to enjoy killing other serial killers. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, and from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Selected by Carly, Library Assistant
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Ladies in Hating by Alexandra VastiCelebrated authoress Lady Georgiana Cleeve has achieved fame and fortune. Unfortunately, she’s also acquired an enemy: the enigmatic Lady Darling, whose spine-tingling plots appear to be pulled straight from Georgiana’s own manuscripts. What’s a stubborn, steely writer to do? Unmask her rival, of course. But unmasking doesn’t go according to plan―because Lady Darling is actually Cat Lacey, the butler’s daughter and object of Georgiana’s very secret, very embarrassing teenage infatuation. Cat Lacey has spent a decade clawing her family out of poverty. The last thing she needs is to be distracted by the stunning(ly pretentious) Lady Georgiana Cleeve. But Cat can’t seem to escape her infuriatingly beautiful rival―including at the eerie manor where they both plan to set their next books. The plot unexpectedly thickens, however, when the novelists find themselves trapped in the manor together. In between ghostly moans and spectral staff, Cat and Georgiana come face-to-face with real danger: the scorching passion that’s been haunting their rivalry all along. Selected by Elana, Library Associate
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The Nightingaleby Kristin HannahWith courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France-a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime. Selected by Lori, Supervising Library Assistant
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The Correspondent by Virginia EvansSybil is seventy-three years old, in the winter of her life. Sybil has always made sense of the world through writing letters and through this epistolary novel we see how she comes to terms with her past and present and learns forgiveness. Selected by Kim, Senior Library Assistant
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Impossible Creaturesby Katherine RundellChristopher discovers the Archipelago, a world where mythological creatures were secreted away by magic long ago, but those creatures are now dying, and it is up to Christopher and Mal, a girl from the Archipelago, to save both of their worlds. Selected by Shannon, Library Associate |
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The Wright Brothers by David McCulloughDavid McCullough once again tells a dramatic story of people and technology, this time about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. Selected by Rosemary, Library Assistant
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Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomyby Mary RoachThe body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what's available--sculpting noses from brass, borrowing skin from frogs and hearts from pigs, crafting eye parts from jet canopies and breasts from petroleum by-products. Today we're attempting to grow body parts from scratch using stem cells and 3D printers. How are we doing? Are we there yet? In Replaceable You, Mary Roach explores the remarkable advances and difficult questions prompted by the human body's failings. Selected by Stephanie, Reference Librarian
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