The 2024 Summer Reading Challenge is Underway!
 
It is not to late to begin the Summer Reading challenge! You can still sign-up to participate on the ReadSquared app here.
 
You can begin claiming your Summer Reading Prizes in July!
Log on to READsquared, find the prize store, browse the prizes, and "buy" a prize of your choosing for 250 points!
Prizes will be prepared one time each week. Any orders in by Wednesday evening will be available for pick up inside LTPL on Friday morning!
Need help signing up for or logging minutes for our Summer Reading Challenge in READsquared? Check out our website here.
 
Red Cross Blood Drive
 The next Red Cross Blood Drive is coming up at LTPL on Friday, July 5, from 10:00am-4:00pm.
 
Donors of all blood types are needed! Donors should drink plenty of water the day before their donation.
 
Click HERE to schedule an appointment.
 
All donors who come to donate blood July 1–31 will get a Fandango Movie Ticket by email – which they can use to see the big-screen thrill ride TWISTERS !* Donors who come to give in July will also be automatically entered for a chance to win a 2025 Ram 1500 Big Horn® Plus, presenting donors July 1–14 will also get a one-of-a-kind TWISTERS & Red Cross umbrella, while supplies last!
 
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Youth and Teen Events
Storytime @ the Library
Thursdays at 10:30am
 
Water Explorers
with Sloan-Longway
Tuesday, July 2
 2:00-4:00pm [full], 4:00-5:00pm, or 6:00-7:00pm
 
Young Writer's Club
Monday, July 8, 6:00-7:00pm
Sensory Playgroup
Wednesday, July 10
10:15-10:45am, 11:15-11:45am,or 12:15-12-45pm
 
Cardboard Creations
with Sloan-Longway
Saturday, July 13
11:00am-12:00pm, 1:00-2:00pm, or 3:00-4:00pm
 
Fossil Science
with Sloan-Longway
Monday, July 15
11:00am-12:00pm [full], 1:00-2:00pm,
or 3:00-4:00pm
 
Paws For Reading
Wednesday, July 24
Timeslots available: 10:45-11:00am, 11:00-11:15am, 11:15-11:30am, 11:30-11:45am
  • New or struggling readers in grades 1-5 are invited to sign up for a 15-minute "Paws for Reading" session with our local certified therapy dogs. Dogs are excellent listeners! The goal is to provide a non-judgmental atmosphere in which kids can read without correction or interruption and learn not just to read, but to love reading as well.
     
  • A handful of books will be available, but feel free to bring one from home. Each child will have one-on-one reading time. 
Adult Events
Tofu (mock) Egg Salad
Cooking Class with Chef Val
Wednesday, July 10, 6:30-7:30pm
 
Travel Talk: Bulgaria and
Balkan Wanderings
Wednesday, July 17, 7-8pm
 
Genealogy Events
Genealogy Roundtable
Friday, July 12 and Friday, July 26
2:00-3:30pm
 
All are welcome to come share their ideas, show genealogy treasures or tell us about a brick wall that they have encountered.
We all have a lot of experiences to share with each other!
 
 
New Library Updates
LTPL has been hard at work on the plans for your new library! Please have a look at our updated floor plan and draft site plan. We are currently working on coordinating with utility companies, furniture selection, planning for new technologies, and so much more. We hope to break ground this summer - and we will be certain to share that information as soon as we can.
 
The Library Board and staff are thankful to our team - Quinn Evans Architects, Civil Engineering Solutions and Frank Rewold & Sons- for their dedication to the project. 
 
Visit the Reimagine Your Library page on our website to stay up to date with the latest information as planning progresses.
 
Fun and Furry Reads for Summer!
Pets and the city : true tales of a Manhattan house call veterinarian
by Amy Attas

When a pet is sick, people-even the rich and famous-are at their most authentic and vulnerable. They could have a Monet on the wall and an Oscar on the shelf, but if their cat gets a cold, all they want to talk about are snotty noses and sneezing fits. That's when they call premier in-home veterinarian Dr. Amy Attas. In Pets and the City, Dr. Amy shares all the shocking, heartbreaking, and life-affirming experiences she's faced throughout her thirty-year career treating the cats and dogs of New Yorkers from Park Avenue to the projects. Some of her stories are about celebs, like the time she saw a famous singer naked (no, her rash was not the same as her puppy's). Others are about remarkable animals, like the skilled service dog who, after his exam was finished, left the room and returned with a checkbook in his mouth. Every tale in this rollicking, informative, and fun memoir affirms a key truth about animal, and human, nature: Our pets love us because their hearts are pure; we love them because they're freaking adorable.
Requiem for a Mouse
by Miranda James

At last, Charlie and Helen Louise's wedding is only a month away. They're busy preparing for the big day, and the last thing Charlie needs is a new mystery to solve. Enter Tara Martin, a shy, peculiar woman who has recently started working part-time at Helen Louise's bistro and helping Charlie in the archive. Tara isn't exactly friendly and she has an angry outburst at the library that leaves Charlie baffled. And then she abruptly leaves a catered housewarming party Charlie's son Sean is throwing to celebrate his new home in the middle of her work shift. Before ducking out of the party, Tara looked terrified and Charlie wonders if she's deliberately trying to escape notice. Is she hiding from someone? When Tara is viciously attacked and lands in the hospital, Charlie knows his instincts were correct: Tara was in trouble and someone was after her. With the help of his much beloved cat, Diesel, Charlie digs deeper, and discovers shocking glimpses into Tara's past that they could never have predicted. Will they catch the villain before Charlie's own happily ever after with Helen Louise is ruined?
Dogland : Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
by Tommy Tomlinson

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account of the Westminster Dog Show-America's oldest and most beloved dog show-following one dog on his quest to become a champion.
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/