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PCDL Digital Newsletter - April 29 - May 13
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Create your own tiny art and be a part of our exhibit! All ages are invited to join us and show off your painting talents. Register and pick up an Art Kit at any of our six PCDL Branches starting Monday, April 29 - Saturday, May 4, while supplies last. You'll receive a 3" x 3" canvas, paints and a brush, plus some prompt for creative inspiration related to our theme, "Camping Adventures." Return your canvas to your local PCDL branch by May 18. Art will be displayed starting May 20 - June 1. Find more information at: portagelibrary.org/tinyart. We are so excited to host some amazing local artists at our library branches!
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Monday, May 6 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. Garrettsville Library Start your cooking journey with Delaney, as we learn to cook a few classics and munch along the way! For teens. Limited to 10 participants.
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5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Garrettsville Library Join us this month for a spirited discussion of "Just for the Summer" by Abby Jimenez. For adults. Limited to 30 participants.
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3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Brimfield Library Are you a Star Wars fan? Come join us in learning the special Star Wars alphabet of Aurebesh. For grades 3-6. Limited to 15 participants.
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11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Windham Library Join the Windham Library for a monthly arts and crafts studio. This motnh, we will make resuable beeswax food wrappers. Limited to 6 participants. For adults.
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6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Aurora Library Kentucky Derby dishes will have us racing to the table. This event is intended for adults. Limited to 10 participants.
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1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Garrettsville Library Join our gardening group to discuss seed starting, soil, garden planning, pollination, weeding and more. Limited to 30 participants. For adults.
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It's hard to believe that summer is right around the corner! PCDL Summer Calendar of Events will go live on our website on May 1, so you can get a jumpstart on registering for summer events (The Bubble Lady, Jungle Terry... just to name a few).
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Friends of the Streetsboro Library Book SaleA spring booksale will be held at the Streetsboro Library on Friday, May 10 from 10-4 and Saturday, May 11 from 9-4. Interested in volunteering? Email jcarbone51@gmail.com for more information!
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Sign up for PCDL's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Reading Challenge! Register online by visiting: portagecountyoh.beanstack.org/reader365 and creating an account, or by downloading the Beanstack app. Make sure to stop by a PCDL Branch to pick up your registration prize!
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The School for Good Mothers
by Jessamine Chan
After one moment of poor judgment involving her daughter Harriet, Frida Liu falls victim to a host of government officials who will determine if she is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother's devotion.
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Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult
Abandoned by a grief-stricken father and accomplished-scientist mother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, 13-year-old Jenna Metcalf approaches a disgraced psychic and a jaded detective in the hopes of finding answers.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her. By the author of This One is Mine.
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