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| Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
| 6:30 PM | We Read Diverse Books: The Book of Unknown Americans |  |
 | Location: zoom Contact: Description: Starting in January, the library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On January 27th at 6:30 pm, we’ll discuss The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henriquez. Named a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book, and an NPR Great Read, The Book of Unknown Americans tells the story of “fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera, who sustains a terrible injury forcing the Riveras to leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved.” The Book of Unknown Americans “offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American.” Register and receive the zoom link by emailing office@phillipsfreelibrary.org. |
| Monday, February 1, 2021 |
| 4:00 PM | LEGO Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program. |
| Tuesday, February 2, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade) | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Wednesday, February 3, 2021 |
| 10:30 AM | Toddler Story Time - Drums | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation. |
| 4:00 PM | Zine on Zoom | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Monday, February 8, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | Family Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August. |
| Tuesday, February 9, 2021 |
| 5:00 PM | 4th & 5th Grade Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | High School Book Club (9th-12th grade) | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Monday, February 22, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Monday of the month through May. |
| Tuesday, February 23, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | 2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Wednesday, February 24, 2021 |
| 6:30 PM | We Read Diverse Books: This Is How It Always Is: A Novel | |
| Location: Contact: Description: The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On February 24th at 6:30 pm, we’ll discuss This Is How It Always Is: A Novel by Laurie Frankel. A New York Times Bestseller, "Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it’s about the ways this is how it always is: Change is always hard and miraculous and hard again, parenting is always a leap into the unknown with crossed fingers and full hearts, children grow but not always according to plan. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever. This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change…and then change the world. This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl. Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. They’re just not sure they’re ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret. Until one day it explodes." Register and receive the zoom link by emailing office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Monday, March 1, 2021 |
| 4:00 PM | LEGO Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program. |
| Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade) | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Wednesday, March 3, 2021 |
| 10:30 AM | Toddler Story Time | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation. |
| 4:00 PM | Zine on Zoom | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Monday, March 8, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | Family Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August. |
| Tuesday, March 9, 2021 |
| 5:00 PM | 4th & 5th Grade Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | High School Book Club (9th-12th grade) | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Monday, March 22, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May. |
| Tuesday, March 23, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | 2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2021 |
| 6:30 PM | We Read Diverse Books: An American Marriage | |
| Location: Contact: Description: The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On March 24th we will discuss An American Marriage by Tayari Jones a New York TImes and Washington Post notable book. This is the story of Celestial and Roy, "the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward—with hope and pain—into the future." To register and receive the zoom link email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Monday, April 5, 2021 |
| 4:00 PM | LEGO Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program. |
| Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade) | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
| 10:30 AM | Toddler Story Time | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation. |
| 4:00 PM | Zine on Zoom | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Monday, April 12, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | Family Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August. |
| Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
| 5:00 PM | 4th & 5th Grade Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | High School Book Club (9th-12th grade) | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Monday, April 26, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May. |
| Tuesday, April 27, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | 2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
| 6:30 PM | We Read Diverse Books: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane | |
| Location: Contact: Description: The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On April 28th we will discuss The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See. This is the story of Li-yan, "For the Akha people, ensconced in ritual and routine, life goes on as it has for generations—until a stranger appears at the village gate in a jeep, the first automobile any of the villagers has ever seen. The stranger’s arrival marks the first entrance of the modern world in the lives of the Akha people. Slowly, Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, begins to reject the customs that shaped her early life. When she has a baby out of wedlock—conceived with a man her parents consider a poor choice—she rejects the tradition that would compel her to give the child over to be killed, and instead leaves her, wrapped in a blanket with a tea cake tucked in its folds, near an orphanage in a nearby city. As Li-yan comes into herself, leaving her insular village for an education, a business, and city life, her daughter, Haley, is raised in California by loving adoptive parents. Despite her privileged childhood, Haley wonders about her origins. Across the ocean Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. Over the course of years, each searches for meaning in the study of Pu’er, the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for centuries. A powerful story about circumstances, culture, and distance, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond of family." To regsiter and receive the zoom link email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Monday, May 3, 2021 |
| 4:00 PM | LEGO Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program. |
| Tuesday, May 4, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade) | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Wednesday, May 5, 2021 |
| 10:30 AM | Toddler Story Time | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation. |
| 4:00 PM | Zine on Zoom | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Monday, May 10, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | Family Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August. |
| Tuesday, May 11, 2021 |
| 5:00 PM | 4th & 5th Grade Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Tuesday, May 18, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | High School Book Club (9th-12th grade) | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Monday, May 24, 2021 |
| 5:30 PM | Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May. |
| Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | 2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May. |
| Wednesday, May 26, 2021 |
| 5:30 AM | We Read Diverse Books: TBD | |
| Location: Contact: Description: The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. To Register or for more information about the book for this month, email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Wednesday, June 2, 2021 |
| 10:30 AM | Toddler Story Time | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation. |
| 4:00 PM | Zine on Zoom | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org |
| Monday, June 7, 2021 |
| 4:00 PM | LEGO Club | |
| Location: zoom Contact: Description: LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program. |
| Monday, June 14, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | Family Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August. |
| Monday, July 12, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | Family Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August. |
| Monday, August 9, 2021 |
| 6:00 PM | Family Book Club | |
| Location: Zoom Contact: Description: Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August. |
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6:30 PM
We Read Diverse Books: The Book of Unknown Americans
Starting in January, the library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On January 27th at 6:30 pm, we’ll discuss The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henriquez. Named a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book, and an NPR Great Read, The Book of Unknown Americans tells the story of “fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera, who sustains a terrible injury forcing the Riveras to leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved.” The Book of Unknown Americans “offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American.” Register and receive the zoom link by emailing office@phillipsfreelibrary.org.
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
5:30 PM
Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade)
This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May.
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time - Drums
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
5:00 PM
4th & 5th Grade Book Club
This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 PM
High School Book Club (9th-12th grade)
For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 PM
Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club
For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Monday of the month through May.
6:00 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club
For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May.
6:30 PM
We Read Diverse Books: This Is How It Always Is: A Novel
The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On February 24th at 6:30 pm, we’ll discuss This Is How It Always Is: A Novel by Laurie Frankel. A New York Times Bestseller, "Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it’s about the ways this is how it always is: Change is always hard and miraculous and hard again, parenting is always a leap into the unknown with crossed fingers and full hearts, children grow but not always according to plan. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever. This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them.
This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated.
This is how children change…and then change the world.
This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess.
When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.
Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. They’re just not sure they’re ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret. Until one day it explodes."
Register and receive the zoom link by emailing office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
5:30 PM
Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade)
This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May.
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
5:00 PM
4th & 5th Grade Book Club
This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 PM
High School Book Club (9th-12th grade)
For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 PM
Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club
For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May.
6:00 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club
For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May.
6:30 PM
We Read Diverse Books: An American Marriage
The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On March 24th we will discuss An American Marriage by Tayari Jones a New York TImes and Washington Post notable book. This is the story of Celestial and Roy, "the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.
This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward—with hope and pain—into the future."
To register and receive the zoom link email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
5:30 PM
Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade)
This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May.
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
5:00 PM
4th & 5th Grade Book Club
This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 PM
High School Book Club (9th-12th grade)
For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 PM
Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club
For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May.
6:00 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club
For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May.
6:30 PM
We Read Diverse Books: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On April 28th we will discuss The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See. This is the story of Li-yan, "For the Akha people, ensconced in ritual and routine, life goes on as it has for generations—until a stranger appears at the village gate in a jeep, the first automobile any of the villagers has ever seen.
The stranger’s arrival marks the first entrance of the modern world in the lives of the Akha people. Slowly, Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, begins to reject the customs that shaped her early life. When she has a baby out of wedlock—conceived with a man her parents consider a poor choice—she rejects the tradition that would compel her to give the child over to be killed, and instead leaves her, wrapped in a blanket with a tea cake tucked in its folds, near an orphanage in a nearby city.
As Li-yan comes into herself, leaving her insular village for an education, a business, and city life, her daughter, Haley, is raised in California by loving adoptive parents. Despite her privileged childhood, Haley wonders about her origins. Across the ocean Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. Over the course of years, each searches for meaning in the study of Pu’er, the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for centuries.
A powerful story about circumstances, culture, and distance, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond of family."
To regsiter and receive the zoom link email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
5:30 PM
Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade)
This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May.
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
5:00 PM
4th & 5th Grade Book Club
This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 PM
High School Book Club (9th-12th grade)
For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 PM
Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club
For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May.
6:00 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club
For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May.
5:30 AM
We Read Diverse Books: TBD
The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. To Register or for more information about the book for this month, email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
6:30 PM
We Read Diverse Books: The Book of Unknown Americans
Starting in January, the library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On January 27th at 6:30 pm, we’ll discuss The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henriquez. Named a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book, and an NPR Great Read, The Book of Unknown Americans tells the story of “fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera, who sustains a terrible injury forcing the Riveras to leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved.” The Book of Unknown Americans “offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American.” Register and receive the zoom link by emailing office@phillipsfreelibrary.org.
Monday, February 1, 2021
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
5:30 PM
Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade)
This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time - Drums
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Monday, February 8, 2021
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
5:00 PM
4th & 5th Grade Book Club
This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
5:30 PM
High School Book Club (9th-12th grade)
For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May.
Monday, February 22, 2021
5:30 PM
Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club
For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Monday of the month through May.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
6:00 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club
For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
6:30 PM
We Read Diverse Books: This Is How It Always Is: A Novel
The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On February 24th at 6:30 pm, we’ll discuss This Is How It Always Is: A Novel by Laurie Frankel. A New York Times Bestseller, "Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it’s about the ways this is how it always is: Change is always hard and miraculous and hard again, parenting is always a leap into the unknown with crossed fingers and full hearts, children grow but not always according to plan. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever. This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them.
This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated.
This is how children change…and then change the world.
This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess.
When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.
Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. They’re just not sure they’re ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret. Until one day it explodes."
Register and receive the zoom link by emailing office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Monday, March 1, 2021
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
5:30 PM
Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade)
This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Monday, March 8, 2021
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
5:00 PM
4th & 5th Grade Book Club
This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
5:30 PM
High School Book Club (9th-12th grade)
For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May.
Monday, March 22, 2021
5:30 PM
Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club
For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
6:00 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club
For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
6:30 PM
We Read Diverse Books: An American Marriage
The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On March 24th we will discuss An American Marriage by Tayari Jones a New York TImes and Washington Post notable book. This is the story of Celestial and Roy, "the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.
This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward—with hope and pain—into the future."
To register and receive the zoom link email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Monday, April 5, 2021
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
5:30 PM
Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade)
This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Monday, April 12, 2021
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
5:00 PM
4th & 5th Grade Book Club
This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
5:30 PM
High School Book Club (9th-12th grade)
For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May.
Monday, April 26, 2021
5:30 PM
Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club
For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
6:00 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club
For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
6:30 PM
We Read Diverse Books: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. On April 28th we will discuss The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See. This is the story of Li-yan, "For the Akha people, ensconced in ritual and routine, life goes on as it has for generations—until a stranger appears at the village gate in a jeep, the first automobile any of the villagers has ever seen.
The stranger’s arrival marks the first entrance of the modern world in the lives of the Akha people. Slowly, Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, begins to reject the customs that shaped her early life. When she has a baby out of wedlock—conceived with a man her parents consider a poor choice—she rejects the tradition that would compel her to give the child over to be killed, and instead leaves her, wrapped in a blanket with a tea cake tucked in its folds, near an orphanage in a nearby city.
As Li-yan comes into herself, leaving her insular village for an education, a business, and city life, her daughter, Haley, is raised in California by loving adoptive parents. Despite her privileged childhood, Haley wonders about her origins. Across the ocean Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. Over the course of years, each searches for meaning in the study of Pu’er, the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for centuries.
A powerful story about circumstances, culture, and distance, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond of family."
To regsiter and receive the zoom link email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Monday, May 3, 2021
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
5:30 PM
Jr High Book Club (6th, 7th & 8th grade)
This year the junior high book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 1st Tuesday of the month through May.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Monday, May 10, 2021
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
5:00 PM
4th & 5th Grade Book Club
This year the 5th grade book club will be registered through the library and for now will be held on zoom and it will include 4th grade as well. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month through May.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
5:30 PM
High School Book Club (9th-12th grade)
For now the high school book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month through May.
Monday, May 24, 2021
5:30 PM
Kindergarten - 1st Grade Book Club
For now the K-1 book club will be held on zoom. Registration was Oct/Nov, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Monday of the month through May.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
6:00 PM
2nd & 3rd Grade Book Club
For now the 2nd & 3rd grade book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month through May.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
5:30 AM
We Read Diverse Books: TBD
The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. The book club will meet via zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Because we are meeting via Zoom, we invite adults near and far, including college students who are home or at school to participate. To Register or for more information about the book for this month, email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
10:30 AM
Toddler Story Time
Join Miss Ashley on zoom for an interactive time of stories, songs and more. This program is geared toward toddlers is open to children birth through preschool with their caregivers. Email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org by noon the day before to receive your zoom invitation.
4:00 PM
Zine on Zoom
Youth writers in 4th through 12th grades are invited to help create and produce Tomfoolery, a quarterly publication of poems, stories, and art. The group meets via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. If interested please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org
Monday, June 7, 2021
4:00 PM
LEGO Club
LEGO Club will meet as a combined group on zoom and hear a story and receive the challenge at 4 pm. We will then meet back 1 hour later at 5 pm for a show and tell of what you made. Please email office@phillipsfreelibrary.org for the zoom link by 3:30 pm the day of the program.
Monday, June 14, 2021
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
Monday, July 12, 2021
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.
Monday, August 9, 2021
6:00 PM
Family Book Club
Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom. Registration was the end of August, please email office@phillipsfreelibrary to see if there is still space available. This book club will meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 6 pm through August.