Tamaqua Public Library has a busy summer planned
The Tamaqua Public Library is gearing up for the Summer with new hours, basic computer training classes, Summer reading programs and book discussions.
The theme for this year's Summer Story Time will be "Dig Into Reading." The program will run for six weeks, with a hiatus the first week in July, designed for two separate age groups. On Mondays, participants between the ages of 6 and 12 will be offered their choice of two sessions, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. or from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Children between the ages of 2 and 5 will have their choice of Tuesdays or Wednesdays, from 10 to 11 a.m. Individual week themes will be Just Dig It, Dig Into the Past, Burrowers, Digging Up Trouble, Under the Earth and Beneath the Surface.A new program is being initiated for young adult/teen readers. The program will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. on June 20.For more information, or to register for any of the reading programs, call 570-668-4660.Free, basic computer training classes are held throughout each week. Call Jeanne at 570-668-0401 for more information.New books have been added to the large print collection, which continues to grow every month. The newest additions are: Nightmoves by Randy Wayne White; See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid; and Secrets From the Past by Barbara Bradford. New Adult Fiction titles include: Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark; The Story Teller by Jodi Picoult; and Taking Eve by Iris Johansen. In addition, several new non-fiction, young adult, juvenile and easy to read editions have been added to the shelves.Numerous readers have made memorial donations in memory of loved ones during the past few months. Honorees include Helen Wetterau, Irv Beck, Emma Bevan, Helen Jones, Susan Block, William L. Price, Thomas "Eckie" Eckert, Gail Everhart Fritz, Dave Wagner, Doris Spector, Francis "Spirt" Inama, Mary Jane Evans Siekert, Joan Coleman Powell, Anna Mae Fisher Massa, Charles Sincavage, Thoms Fudge Sr., Clement Litvinas Sr., Karen Rother Mateyak, Ethel Felker, Luther Miller, Richard Oberman, Josephine O'Callaghan Barbara Bowman, Doris Skeath and Anna Mae and Nicholas Young.The library's hours are: Monday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, noon to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.For general information and upcoming events, visit the library's website at