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OUTDOOR YARD SALE: PUZZLES The Friends of the Plainville Library are having a Yard Sale on Saturday May 1: 8:30am - 12:30pm featuring Puzzles for all ages DVDs CDs Books on CD Come early for the best selection! The Friends purchase copies of the Book Page for you to take each month as a way to find out about new books and authors. The May issue will be available May 1. |
Walk-in Hours Monday: 10:00am - 3:00pm Tuesday: 10:00am - 3:00pm Wednesday: 10:00am - 3:00pm and 4:00-7:00pm Thursday: 10:00am - 3:00pm and 4:00-7:00pm Friday: 1:00-5:00pm Yes, they have expanded! |
Contactless Takeout Available Monday, Tuesday 9-3pm Wednesday and Thursday 9-7pm Friday 1-5pm **Saturday 9-1pm** ReturnsPlease note that any items returned to us will be quarantined for 72 hours as recommended by the CDC before our staff handle them for checkin. Book Drops are located at the Library and in the Wood School Parking lot on Messenger St. |
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Outside Yard Sales 8:30am - 12:30pm weather permitting
Saturday, May 8: Fiction & Classics Saturday, May 15: Suspense & Mystery Saturday, May 22: Romance, SciFi, Horror & YA Most books are $1 each. Cash Only, Masks Required |
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The Book with the Most Holds is...
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The end of days
by Jenny Erpenbeck
Presenting an interesting take on modern German history, a best-selling German novel of fate presents five different stories describing the possible lives and deaths at varying stages of maturity experienced by a single character.
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The impossible lives of Greta Wells
by Andrew Sean Greer
To alleviate her suffocating depression after the death of her twin brother and the break-up with her long-time lover, Greta Wells embarks on a radical psychiatric treatment that has an unexpected side effect, which transports her to the lives she might have had if she had been born in a different era. 100,000 first printing.
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Life after life : a novel
by Kate Atkinson
The award-winning author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum follows the experiences of a woman who after being born on a snowy night in 1910 repeated dies and reincarnates into the same life to correct missteps and ultimately save the world. 75,000 first printing.
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A long way down
by Nick Hornby
Meeting on New Year's Eve on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination infamous as a last stop for suicidal people, a television talk-show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother share the stories about their circumstances and decisions. By the author of How to Be Good. 175,000 first pirnting.
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Anne Lamott’s latest book is a timely guide to restoring our hope and finding our faith as we wait for a new day to dawn. She shares some ideas for how to get by when the world seems especially dark. |
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Dusk, night, dawn : on revival and courage
by Anne Lamott
The New York Times bestselling author, drawing from her own experiences, shows us the intimate and human ways we can adopt to move through life’s dark places and toward the light of hope that still burns ahead for all of us.
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So enjoy the day. Wear a big hat or paper flowers. Make a horse craft or decorate with some red roses to celebrate the winner. |
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Kentucky Derby dreams : the making of thoroughbred champions
by Susan Nusser
The author of In Service to the Horse presents behind-the-scenes insights into the process of raising champion horses through the stories of three Derby hopefuls, from their carefully calculated births and the contributions of equine veterinarians to their years of training and preparation for the bluegrass.
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D is for Derby : a Kentucky Derby alphabet
by Helen L. Wilbur
"Following the alphabet this book uses poetry and expository text to explain the Kentucky Derby horse-racing event, focusing on its culture and history, famous winners both horse and rider, and offering a behind-the scenes view of thoroughbred breeding and racing"
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Eclipse : the horse that changed racing history forever
by Nicholas Clee
Traces the story of the chestnut champion whose descendants have included Secretariat, Barbaro and all but three of the past half-century's Kentucky Derby winners, offering additional insight into the role played by owner, racing outcast and gambler Dennis O'Kelly.
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10 Step Storytime at Home
Register on our calendar for the week you wish to participate to ensure there is a bag of materials for you to pick up for our 30 Minute Story Time at Home for ages 3-6. Miss Laura provides you with a 10 step plan for a 30 minute interactive and fun storytime using an online book readily availble to anyone with a Plainville Public Library card. |
Book Bundles Please remember the Library still prefers one family member to come inside the library if possible. Which is why our librarians have been working hard to make perfect selections for our Book Bundles. Picture Book Bundles have 4 books on a theme. We do try to do many seasonal themes as well as some basic themes, like dogs, feelings, build it, the zoo and more. BookFlix in Person Like the idea that kids learn something new when they read? Try our new book pairs: a non-fiction and a fiction book together on the same topic. And don't forget we offer BookFlix from Scholastic online for free from home with any Plainville Public Library card. |
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The last night in London
by Karen White
A journalist in 2019 London interviews a World War II-era model to learn the story of the woman’s best friendship with a Royal Air Force pilot’s wife, who was catapulted by the Blitz into a web of intrigue and secrets.
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Ocean prey
by John Sandford
Picking up a stalled FBI case involving three murdered Coast Guardsmen, Lucas Davenport teams up with detective Virgil Flowers to investigate the suspicious activities of a sophisticated boat and mysterious diver. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Prey series.
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When the stars go dark : a novel
by Paula McLain
Retreating to her childhood foster home in the wake of a tragedy, a veteran missing-persons detective becomes entwined in the search for a local teen whose disappearance eerily resembles an unsolved case from the detective’s past. Maps.
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Stampede : gold fever and disaster in the Klondike
by Brian Castner
A gripping account of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-1898 sets the experiences of tens of thousands of desperate people against a backdrop of the period’s economic depression while tracing the stories of the era’s most iconic characters. Illustrations.
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Bookshop by the sea
by Denise Hunter
Revisiting her dream of opening a bookshop when her younger siblings grow up, Sophie finds her ambitions challenged by an advancing storm and a still-alluring ex who broke her heart. By the best-selling author of The Convenient Groom. Original.
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Plainville Public Library plainvillepubliclibrary.org/
198 South Street
Plainville, Massachusetts 02762
(508) 695-1784
Walk in Hours: Monday & Tuesday 10:00am-3:00pm, Wednesday & Thursday: 10:00am - 3:00pm and 4:00-7:00pm and Fridays: 1:00-5:00pm. Saturdays are Contactless Takeout ONLY (no walk in) from 9:00-1:00pm |
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