New Library Updates
On Monday, December 16 a group of LTPL staff, Board Members, and Library Stakeholders met for a short groundbreaking ceremony at the new site. We are so excited to *officially* kick-off the start of the new library project! Below are some pictures from the site.
 
Due to the condition of the site, the lack of parking availability and other safety concerns we were unable to open up the groundbreaking ceremony to the public, but we hope to invite the public to another event in the future!  
 
Make sure to follow us on all our social medias (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X) where we will share pictures and updates. A huge thank you to everyone in the community for all of your support, encouragement, and excitement as we work towards creating this new community treasure!
 
The Library Board and LTPL staff are thankful to our team - Quinn Evans Architects, Civil Engineering Solutions and Frank Rewold & Sons for their dedication to the new library project!
 
Visit the Reimagine Your Library page on our website to stay up to date with the latest information as planning progresses.
 
NOTICE: Curbside Pickup Change
The library's online service for curbside pickup scheduling will be discontinued as of December 31, 2024.
 
To schedule a curbside pickup with us, please call the Circulation Desk at 248-437-8800 at least one hour prior to the time you would like to pickup.
 
 
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Youth and Teen Events
Stay and Play
Wednesday, December 18, 10-11:30am
 
Christmas Storytime @ LTPL
Thursday, December 19, 10:30am-11:15am
 
Beaded Snowflake
Take-and-Make Craft Kit
Pickup Begins Friday, December 27
**For ages 5 and up**
 
If registration is full - join the waitlist! We often have kits not picked up promptly that we can offer to the waitlist.
 
Lego Fun
Monday, December 30, 2pm or 6pm
 
Amusement Park Science w/ Sloan-Longway
Saturday, December 28, 11am [FULL] or 2pm
  • Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium staff will be here to help children ages 4-12 years old work together to investigate balanced and unbalanced forces acting on a marble as we use a variety of interesting materials to build a roller coaster that moves a marble through upside-down loops, curves, and drops.
     
  • Open to children aged 4 years old or older only. We're limited to 25 kids in each session.
Genealogy Events
Genealogy Roundtable
  • All are welcome to come share their ideas, show genealogy treasures or tell us about a brick wall that they have encountered.
  • We all have a lot of experiences to share with each other!
  • Register here.
Upcoming: LTPL Seed School
The LTPL Grows Department will be doing a 5-part "Seed School" in 2025.
  • The first Seed School workshop will be "Seed Starting: Growing Perennial and Native Plants from Seed"
  • This first workshop will be on Wednesday, January 8 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
  • You may attend one or all of the Seed School workshops. Register from LTPL's event calendar here.
Holidays with hoopla!
Find your happily ever after this holiday season with hoopla's Holiday Romance movie collection! Browse their selection for free when you sign-in with your LTPL card! Get started here.
 
Help With Your Technology
Did you know that you can get help with your technology at LTPL? We can help you learn basic computer and mobile device functions, how to navigate the internet, set up an email account, print from your mobile device, how to navigate a kindle, and even more!

Click here to schedule an appointment for technology help.
 
COVID-19 Self Test Kits
Order at-home COVID-19 test kits online
  • The United States government is offering free COVID-19 at-home test kits. Please visit the link here to order: Get Four Free At-⁠Home COVID-⁠19 Tests
     
  • Check Michigan's Coronavirus website for a list of free COVID-19 testing sites in your area: Community Based Pop-Up Rapid Antigen Testing Events
Nonfiction Books For the Winter Season
Winter Celebrations: A Modern Guide to a Handmade Christmas
by Arounna Khounnoraj

From fir garlands, advent calendars to handmade table-scapes for family gatherings - get ready to make yourself a handmade Christmas. In this ultimate maker's guide to the festive season, Arounna will cover a variety of different crafts from embroidery, block printing, sewing and pottery, through 26 different projects learn how to make your own wrapping paper, cards, paper garlands and more. Winter Celebrations will inspire readers to create decorations that they can reuse each year as they learn to embrace a more handmade approach to the festive season.
Backyard Winter Gardening
by Caleb Warnock

Without fresh, all-natural winter gardening in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries people would have starved to death. The good news is that feeding your family fresh food from your own backyard garden all winter long is far easier and less time-consuming than you might imagine. And you won't find better-tasting food at any price!
The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty
by Kenneth George Libbrecht

Snowflakes may be an everyday, common subject, but you've never seen them like this! A collection of amazing photography of snow crystals using a unique system designed to take super-detailed micro images of these miniature ice masterpieces, The Snowflake is an extraordinary look at a seemingly ordinary object. The author, head of the physics department at Caltech and the pre-eminent snow-crystal researcher, discusses the physics and mythology of snow and how snow crystals are made.
Join the Friends of the Library
 
Do you love reading, books and libraries? Help out our Friends' group!

What you can do:
  1. Volunteer to organize all of the donations that are dropped off to the library
  2. Assist in setting up the annual book sales 3 or 4x a year
  3. Volunteer to run the book sales
  4. Help recruit new Friends to the group
  5. Share ideas for special events to fund raise and support the library!
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Lyon Township Public Library
27005 Milford Rd.
South Lyon, Michigan 48178
(248) 437-8800

https://lyon.lib.mi.us/