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.

New This Month

Mini Masterpiece Art Show

We have handed out all of our canvases and many of you are making the art work. The masterpieces are due back by August 30th. The Grand Opening of the Mini Masterpiece Art Show is Tuesday, September 10th from 6-7 pm. Bring your friends and family, see the art our local friends have created. Light refreshments will be provided.

Featured Events

Sensory Story Time

Join us for stories, songs, and play at Sensory Story Time on Saturday September 21st at 10:30am. The theme for this month is Animals.

Interactive stories and songs will allow for movement and accommodate varying needs followed by time for sensory play and activities. Sensory Story Time is for all children and all abilities.

No registration necessary.

For questions email: office@phillipsfreelibrary.org

Sweet 60 and Up!

It's almost Fall and that means The Sweet 60 and Up! is back. The first meeting of the season is Friday, September 20 from 1-3 pm. The first hour will be for folks age 60 and up and will involve food and a craft activity. During the second hour, from 2-3pm, we will host a live concert by The Elderly Brothers. This concert is open to everyone - all ages.

Registration is not necessary for this program but if you want to let us know you're coming we'd love to hear from you. office@phillipsfreelibrary.org

K-2 Library Zoo

Back to school means back to K-2 Library Zoo for our Elementary Friends. K-2 Library Zoo offers a different program each Wednesday after school: LEGO Club, Story Time, Science Club and Book Club. The program will run from 3:30-4:15pm. We will adjust as necessary with the new school dismissal times. Registration is not necessary but please drop off and pick up your child inside the library.

New Books

Adult Fiction

Maria: A Novel of Maria vonTrapp

by Michelle Moran

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In the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of a woman named Maria von Trapp. He’s intrigued to learn that she was once a novice who hoped to live quietly as an Austrian nun before her abbey sent her away to teach a widowed baron’s sickly child. What should have been a ten-month assignment, however, unexpectedly turned into a marriage proposal. And when the family was forced to flee their home to escape the Nazis, it was Maria who instructed them on how to survive using nothing but the power of their voices.

It’s an inspirational story, to be sure, and as half of the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein duo, Hammerstein knows it has big Broadway potential. Yet much of Maria’s life will have to be reinvented for the stage, and with the horrors of war still fresh in people’s minds, Hammerstein can’t let audiences see just how close the von Trapps came to losing their lives.

But when Maria sees the script that is supposedly based on her life, she becomes so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein in person. Told that he’s busy, she is asked to express her concerns to his secretary, Fran, instead. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship as Maria tells Fran about her life, contradicting much of what will eventually appear in The Sound of Music.

Middle Grade Book

Simon and Chester: Super Detectives

by Cale Atkinson

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Welcome to the world of Simon and Chester, ghost and boy duo extraordinaire.

They like to kick butt and take names.

They don't like chores.

They are best friends.

And they are about to solve the MYSTERY OF A LIFETIME.

(Oh, and eat some snacks probably.)

Books in this Series: (link in title)

Super Sleepover!

Super Family!

Super Friends!

Super Frenemies! (Sept 2024)

Coming in October

The Great Give Back

The Great Give Back is a state wide library initiative that offers library patrons an opportunity to give back to their community.

Phillips Free Library will be placing a special emphasis on collecting food items for our food pantry on Saturday, October 19.

Stay tuned for more information.

A Glimpse from August

We had a great time at our Summer Reading Celebration at the beginning of August. The community had been voting on what would happen to the group that lost the obstacle course. Well, the library just barely lost to Chief Pitman's team and we ended up with whipped cream in our faces. It was a great evening full of fun with our community!

Did You Know...

Phillips Free Library has a sensory bag. In this bag are a couple books, an activity board and fidget block as well as a weighted blanket and a body sock. Please check this bag out and try some of the things at home.