Coming Up in January @ PFPL
January 2019
Winter Nutrition Series
Healthy Meals on the Go
Tuesdays in January
 
Join Sarah Curran, registered dietitian from Rutgers University Cooperative Extension of Warren County for a series of classes teaching you how to make healthy meals on the go! Each session will highlight a different meal planning technique, and will give you the tools you need to prepare healthy meals on a busy schedule! 
  • January 8th @6:30pm – Healthy Meal Planning
  • January 15th @6:30pm – Mason Jar Meals
  • January 22nd @6:30pm – Slow Cooker Meals
  • January 29th @6:30pm – Freezer Friendly Meals
 Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
Eyes of the Wild
Wednesday, January 9, 6:00pm
 
Eyes of the Wild is back! Join us as we kick off our Winter/Spring children’s programming season with this amazing, comical, and educational event featuring live animals. Come meet the critters in this traveling zoo show! For ages up to Grade 5.
 
Register by Friday, January 5th
Moana Sing-along Theater
Saturday, January 19, 2:30pm
 
Patrons of all ages are invited to join us for an afternoon of song, snacks, and discovery. Sing along with Moana, Maui, and the rest of the cast to “You’re Welcome,” “How Far I’ll Go” and more! Light refreshments will be served.
 
Rated PG; 113 minutes
 
Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
 
Movie License #196808001
Winter/Spring 2019 Children's Programs
Laptime
Mondays @ 10:00am, beginning January 14th
 
Laptime is an active program of rhymes, music, play, and stories for babies ages 6-24 months and an adult caregiver. Registration is required. Call 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
 
 
Storytime
Wednesdays @ 10:00am, beginning January 16th
 
Our Storytime programs are filled with stories, flannel boards, songs, and fun! A craft will be included in the last storytime of the month. For ages 2-5 years.
After School Club
Alternate Thursdays @ 4:00pm beginning January 17th
 
Relax after school with fun and educational games and crafts in our After School Club. For grades 1-5.
 
Lego Club
Alternate Tuesdays @ 4:00pm beginning January 22nd
 
Build anything you can imagine in our Lego Club. For grades 1-5.
Ongoing Events for Adults
Laughter Yoga
Monday, January 14, 12:00pm

Laughing is a vocalization that anyone can do. It relieves stress, which helps keep disease away. Laughter has both psychological and physiological health benefits. Increased oxygen intake clears the lungs and the mind. Laughter is a cardiovascular exercise, ‘internal jogging,’ that burns calories. Here is your chance to try it for yourself! Cynthia Curtis from Funny Farm Laughter Club will lead an hour-long laughter yoga session.
 
Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
PFPL Writers Group
Monday, January 14 & 28, 6:00pm
Do 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!  Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
Book Forum
Wednesday, January 16, 1:30pm

The book club with no assigned reading. Share light refreshments and talk about whatever you have been reading lately.
 
Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
Film: Won't You Be My Neighbor
Thursday, January 17, 7:00pm
 
Though he may be best known today as a soft-spoken, cardigan-wearing children’s television host, in reality, Fred Rogers’ career represents a sustained attempt to present a coherent, beneficent view about how we should best speak to children about important matters and how television could be used as a positive force in our society. In Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville looks back on the legacy of Fred Rogers, focusing on his radically kind ideas.
 
Rated PG-13; 94 minutes
 
Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
 
Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Movie License #196808001
Happy Bookers: The Story of Arthur Truluv
Wednesday, January 23, 7:00pm

Arthur, a widower, meets Maddy, an angry and friendless teenage girl, while visiting his late wife at the cemetery, where he goes every day for lunch. Against all odds, the two strike up a friendship that pulls them out of a serious rut. Proving that life’s most precious moments are sweeter when shared, they go from strangers, to friends, to an untraditional but loving family.
 
Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
Staff Picks
Baby teeth
by Zoje Stage

An ailing woman fights to protect her family from her mute daughter's psychologically manipulative schemes, which are complicated by her doting husband's denial about their daughter's true nature. Selected by Deb Messling, Library Director
Hunger makes me a modern girl : a memoir
by Carrie Brownstein

The guitarist and vocalist of feminist punk trio Sleater-Kinney presents a candid and deeply personal assessment of life in the rock-and-roll industry that reveals her struggles with rock's double standards and her codevelopment of the comedy Portlandia. Selected by Stephanie, Reference Librarian
Night of miracles : a novel
by Elizabeth Berg

A baking class instructor, her haunted assistant and a youth reeling from a family tragedy discover the power of community while navigating complicated choices and uncertain futures. Selected by Cindy, Library Assistant
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In this Issue
Winter Nutrition Series
Eyes of the Wild
Moana Sing-along Theater
Winter/Spring 2019 Children's Programs
Ongoing Events for Adults
Laughter Yoga
PFPL Writers Group
Book Forum
Film: Won't You Be My Neighbor
Happy Bookers: The Story of Arthur Truluv
Staff Picks
Baby teeth
Hunger makes me a modern girl : a memoir
Night of miracles : a novel
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