Our Library is an Open Book

Libraries change and evolve to meet the needs of their community and adapt to new technologies. At Phillips Free Library though, one thing is constant - we exist to create an equitable world. Our mission is to empower and inspire all people to grow and connect with one another to create a better world for all. Here are some ways to connect with your community at the library this month.

March Highlight

Chain Reaction Challenge

On Friday, April 11th from 6:30-8:00pm we will have a Chain Reaction Challenge afterhours program for youth in 3rd-8th grade. If you have ever seen a Rube Goldberg Machines which uses a series of chain reactions to transfer energy and complete a task, this is what we will be doing. In the picture, the planks fall like dominoes into the paper which moves the marble through the tube and into the cup. We will work in small groups to make our own chain reaction machine.

Please register: office@phillipsfreelibrary.org

At the Library in April!

From Memories to Memoir

Linda Lowen, from Syracuse, NY, has worked in radio, tv, taught creative non-fiction, reviewed books and written her own non-fiction books.

Join us on Saturday, April 5th from 10:00am - 12:00pm for a writing workshop about writing your own memoir. Please register: office@phillipsfreelibrary.org

Computer Cafe

The Computer Cafe continues to meet monthly on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 1 pm. On Thursday, April 10th we will meet at 1 pm to talk about Documents. How can you organize them on your computer to make it easy to find again or find for the first time! No registration necessary. Please bring your own computer if possible.

Sensory Story Time

Icky Sticky

The theme of the April Sensory Story Time is Icky Sticky! We will meet on Thursday, April 24 from 6:00-6:45 pm. If sticky is not your thing, there will be plenty of non-sticky things to play with. Sensory Story Time is for all children. No registration required.

New Books

Adult Non-Fiction

The Ellesmere Wolves: Behavior and Ecology in the High Arctic

by L. David Mech, Morgan Anderson, H.Dean Cluff

place hold here

For parts of twenty-four summers, wolf biologist L. David Mech lived with a group of wolves on Ellesmere Island, some six hundred miles from the North Pole. Elsewhere, most wolves flee from even the scent of humans, but these animals, evolving relatively free from human persecution, are unafraid. Having already spent twenty-eight years studying other populations of wolves more remotely by aircraft, snow-tracking, live-trapping, and radio-tracking, Mech was primed to join their activities up close and record their interactions with each other. This book tells the remarkable story of what Mech—and the researchers who followed him—have learned while living among the wolves.

Young Adult Fiction

Under the Light of Fireflies

by Lee Sanders

place hold here

It’s 1981 in Texarkana, Texas, and Noah Ellis is trying hard to remember. Still reeling from the loss of his father in a suspicious tragedy, Noah is in a tragedy of his own—one that results in another inexplicable death, this time leaving Noah to suffer from severe amnesia.

After that day, everything changes. Noah becomes an unwitting star in a highly publicized trial. Girls start to notice him, and kids who once bullied him now allow him to run with their pack—at a cost. Standing as always in his big brother’s shadow, Noah also has a little sister he must look out for. But Noah’s still stuck on that day and the accident he can’t remember. As town secrets come to light and summer draws to a close, Noah must find a way to salvage all that he’s lost, and to learn what is truly precious.

The Book Shelf is a monthly e-newsletter sharing the books that have arrived and are expected to arrive for the month. You can subscribe by clicking the button in the top right corner of the newsletter. See what books have arrived for January, click the Book Shelf button below.

March Book Shelf

Tech-Talk

Tech-Talk is a premier collection of articles, videos, and webinars developed each week

by top training experts for busy professionals, educators, and learners.

It helps people stay up-to-date in using technology and becoming better communicators in the workplace and at home.

check here each month for new tips

Tech-Talk Basic Tip: Zooming In and Out (Excel and Google Sheets)

Tech-Talk Tip: Finding and Fixing a Circular Reference (Excel and Google Sheets)

Webinar of the Month: Email: Taking Control of It!

Coming in May

Meet the Author

Back in November we had our first Meet and Greet with local authors with a promise for additional meet and greets to come. Be looking for a date and time in May to interact with more local authors at Phillips Free Library.

A Glimpse from March

Family Book Club was extra special in March. We "traveled" around the world and learned about The Netherlands, Romania, Italy and Argentina from people who have lived in those countries. What a great experience it was for the book club participants to learn about some of these countries from other children!

Did You Know...

With your library card you can download Libby to your digital device to check out books, audiobooks and now magazines too!

If you need help or need a refresher, stop in and see us, we'd be happy to get you up and running on Libby!

Monthly Poll

In honor of Earth Day... Would you rather...

clean up garbage in the park

clean up garbage in the river

Results from our poll last month

Many of you knew the answer to the poll last month. International Women's Day was first observed on March 19, 1911 in Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.

Calendar of Events

April 2025

Tuesday, April 1

Yoga #1 of 4 10:30a please register

Wednesday, April 2

Knee High Story Time 9a dragons

K-2 Library Zoo 3:35-4:20p Book Club

Tioughnioga River Writers 6:30p on Zoom

Saturday, April 5

Writing Workshop From Memory to Memoir with Linda Lowen 10a-12p

please register

Monday, April 7

Nifty Knitters 1p

Tuesday, April 8

Yoga #2 of 4

3rd & 4th gr Book Club 6p

Wednesday, April 9

Knee High Story Time 9a Homes

K-2 Library Zoo 3:35-4:20p LEGO Club

Thursday, April 10

Computer Cafe 1p

Friday, April 11

Chain Reaction Challenge 6:30p 3rd-5th grade please register

Monday, April 14

Nifty Knitters 1p

Family Book Club 6p

Tuesday, April 15

Yoga #3 of 4

Wednesday, April 16

Tioughnioga River Writers 6:30p on Zoom

Monday, April 21

Nifty Knitters 1p

Board of Trustees Meeting 7p

Tuesday, April 22

Yoga #4 of 4

LEGO Club 3-5th gr 4-5p

Points of View Book Club 6:30p The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters

please register: ashley@phillipsfreelibrary.org

Wednesday, April 23

Knee High Story Time 9a Feelings

K-2 Library Zoo 3:35-4:20p Story Time - Frogs

Thursday, April 24

Sensory Story Time 6-6:45p Icky Sticky

Monday, April 28

Nifty Knitters 1p

Wednesday, April 30

Knee High Story Time 9a Caterpillars

K-2 Library Zoo 3:35-4:20p Science Club

Tioughnioga River Writers 6:30p

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