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Youth and Teen Events
Stay and Play
Wednesdays, 10:00am-11:30am
 
Storytime
Thursdays, 10:30am-11:15am
Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Thursday, December 28, 6:00pm-7:00pm
 
Put your pajamas on, grab a stuffed friend and come to the library for some bedtime stories. If your stuffed animal is brave enough, they will be allowed to spend the night at the library. Come back in on Friday morning to pick them up and see what fun they had and what kind of trouble they got into! All ages welcome.
 
Adult Events
Free Notary Service
Monday, December 18, 6:00pm-7:00pm
Meditation: How Easy & Transformative It Really is
Wednesday, December 20, 7:00pm-8:00pm
 
Donate Blood on December 18
 
LTPL has partnered with the American Red Cross to host blood drives throughout the year. Hosting a blood drive coincides with our core values of supporting our community. With a simple blood donation, we have the ability to help save the life of someone who could be a coworker, loved one or neighbor.
 
Donors should drink plenty of liquids for 24 hours prior to donation time.
 
You may schedule an appointment between 11:00am and 5:00pm by
clicking here, or by calling 1-800-733-2767.
 
Genealogy Events
Genealogy Christmas Tea
Tuesday, December 19, 1:00pm
Genealogy Roundtable
Friday, December 29, 2:00pm
 
Holiday Movies to Enjoy with the Family
Have You Used the New Self-Checkout?!
Come try out LTPL's new self-checkout machine! It is located by the public computers and is ready for use. Let us know what you think!
 
COVID Self-Tests Available Online
 
Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order an additional 4 free at-⁠home tests. If you did not order tests this fall, you may place two orders for a total of 8 tests. Your order of COVID tests is completely free – you won’t even pay for shipping.
 
Order them here.
 
Kanopy
 
Whether you’re looking for family-friendly content, holiday films to get into the seasonal spirit, or your favorite shows to binge after a long day, Kanopy has got you covered with their Home Viewing for the Holidays collection!
 
 
Holiday Painting Practice on Creativebug
Celebrate the holiday season with artist Maria Carluccio while she guides you through her colorful and whimsical world of watercolor. In this daily practice, Maria will help you build your confidence in painting with watercolor. Learn how to a create complete compositions with simple shapes, use your sketch as a reference rather than painting directly on top of it and add details with ink and colored pencil.
 
To see the supply list and get started, click here.
 
New Library Updates
Construction Manager
 
 On September 26, the LTPL Board of Trustees awarded the Construction Manager contract to Frank Rewold & Sons!
 
Having the Construction Manager in place will help us achieve our goal of breaking ground in spring of 2024!
 
Quinn Evans has completed the Schematic Design for the building, and we will be moving on to more details on the exterior and interior, using the feedback that the library received from the New Library Town Hall meeting in August. 
 
Visit the Reimagine Your Library page on our website to stay up to date with the latest information as planning progresses.
 
 
It's cold outside, so cozy up with a new book!
The Twelve Books of Christmas
by Kate Carlisle

San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright and her security-expert husband, Derek Stone, face a locked-room murder mystery during the holidays in Scotland. In the middle of a wonderful Christmas holiday in Dharma, Brooklyn and Derek receive a frantic phone call from their dear friend Claire in Loch Ness, Scotland. The laird of the castle, Cameron MacKinnon, has just proposed to her! They plan to be married on New Year's Day, and they want Derek and Brooklyn to be their witnesses. And while they're visiting, Claire hopes that Brooklyn will be able to solve a little mystery that's occurred in the castle library--twelve very rare, very important books have gone missing. Once in Scotland, Brooklyn starts working on the mystery of the missing books but is soon distracted by all of the thumping and bumping noises she's been hearing in the middle of the night. You'd think the Ghost of Christmas Past had taken up residence. But when one of the guests is poisoned and another is killed by an arrow through the heart, Brooklyn and Derek know this is not the work of any ghost. Now they must race to find a killer and a book thief before another murder occurs and their friends' bright and happy future turns dark and deadly.
The New Christmas Tree : 24 Dazzling Trees and Over 100 Handcrafted Projects for an Inspired Holiday
by Carrie Brown

Provides inspiration for turning everyday items into one-of-a-kind Christmas decor, with step-by-step instructions for creating ornaments, tree toppers, and information on picking the right tree.
Fix-it and Forget-it Christmas Cookbook : 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes
by Phyllis Pellman Good

The popular slow-cooker recipe-book series takes on Christmas, with 500 tasty recipes--including Seafood Cheese Fondue, Fruited Turkey and Yams and Holiday Spinach and Artichoke Dip--as well as such special sections as "Ideas for Meaningful Holidays" and "Happy Hosting Tips."
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/