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The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars is Hollywood’s most prestigious award in the film industry. Since its beginning in 1929, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been nominating and voting for candidates. This month we are highlighting movies that have won Best Picture throughout the years. Many of…
Ellis Island was the entry point for many immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, processing nearly 12 million immigrants that arrived through the Port of New York and New Jersey from 1892-1924. On National Ellis Island Family History Day, we hope you can take the opportunity to look into the Ellis Island…
As we’ve highlighted poetry during the month of April we want to take this day, the 17th, to celebrate a particular form of poetry. Haiku is a Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Please enjoy these books and online resources to further…
In honor of National Gardening Day (April is National Gardening Month!), we are offering a couple of online resources as well as a collection of books to add to your “to be read” pile. 25 Gardening Tips Every Gardener Should Know Gardening Know-How Vegetable Gardening: Groundbreaking food gardens: 73 plans that will…
April 2021 marks the 25th annual celebration of National Poetry Month. Learn more about the art of poetry via the American Poetry Museum and these titles available at the Lititz Public Library. Blooming beneath the sun / poems by Christina Rossetti ; art by…
We are excited to announce a new StoryWalk® at the Lititz Public Library! Thank you to Warwick Township for approving and installing permanent StoryWalk® fixtures. The StoryWalk® begins Kissel Hill Rd and Sixth Street and moves to the right along the sidewalk around the library property. A StoryWalk® combines two healthy activities, taking a walk…
The recent tragic shootings in the Atlanta area involving women of Asian descent are a reminder of the ongoing opportunity to build self-awareness as well as to advance racial equality and inclusion in our country. Lititz Public Library offers this list of books, audiobooks, and movies available to our patrons that elevate Asian, Asian-American and…
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce that the Lititz Public Library will be opening our doors to patrons to come into the library and browse the collection beginning Monday, March 15th. There will be capacity limits, so we encourage spending only as much time as necessary in the building. Despite the…
In honor of Black History Month, we have put together a number of movies to enjoy that explore the trials and tribulations, joys and jubilations of the African-American experience. While these are just a sampling of that experience, we hope this list prompts you to seek out more stories that detail American lives in all…
Check Out A ChromeKit HP Chromebook + T-Mobile WiFi Hotspot You can now checkout and take home a ChromeKit from Lititz Public Library! Each ChromeKit contains a Chromebook laptop and a WiFi hotspot (also included are carrying cases and charging cords). You can use it to surf the web, read your email, or write and…