Library News
Summer Reading Program 2024
Adventure Begins at Your Library is the theme of the 2024 Summer Reading Program! The library offers reading incentive programs for all ages—with fun prizes and giveaways. In addition to the reading program…
Summer Story Time 2024
Pittsburg Public Library invites you to join us for the Adventure Begins Summer Story Time session, from June 3 through July 24, 2024. The Tuesday and Wednesday Story Times are at 10:00 a.m. and will be held…
PPL introduces Seed Library
Pittsburg Public Library is pleased to announce the opening of our new Seed Library! Stop by the Library to browse and choose up to 5 free packages of seeds, including flowers, veggies, fruits, herbs, and more…
Harry the Dirty Dog StoryWalk
This month’s StoryWalk at Lakeside Park features Harry the Dirty Dog, written by Gene Zion and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham. The StoryWalk is available in English and Spanish, and can be listened…
Changes to hoopla
Although it is free for patrons to use, the Pittsburg Public Library pays a fee for every item a patron checks out through Hoopla. Each time a patron borrows a title (even if they don’t use it), the library pays a fee…
PPL Adjusts Service Hours
Beginning January 2, 2024, the Pittsburg Public Library will close at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. Previously, the Library was open until 8:00 p.m. All other operating hours…
From The Stacks
Piece by Piece
The quilt in the photo was made by my maternal great-great grandmother. I don’t know its exact provenance but have been told the pattern is Grandmother’s Flower Garden. You can’t see the tiny, precise stitches…
How to Read a Book
Have you ever had someone recommend a book so you pick it up but it doesn’t do a darn thing for you? That happened to me last week so I put it down and grabbed one that another person said I should read…
Recipe for a Good Book
I often peruse the shelves of New Books on a Friday afternoon to look for a back-up book should I need one over the weekend. Because it’s possible I won’t like the book(s) that I already have at home…
Tasting & Talking
After a brief hiatus, adult programming at the Library returns with two crowd favorites next week. On Monday, we are re-opening Chez Libby, PPL’s premier book bistro, for another Book Tasting where readers are introduced…
My Favorite Curmudgeon
Although “A Man Called Ove” was published in Sweden in 2012, it didn’t arrive in the US until the following year, and took even longer to hit the New York Times Best Sellers List, which it did in 2014…
Read for the Gold
I have no doubt that history will be made during the upcoming Olympics in Paris. Athletes will set records, longshots will come from behind to medal, and careers will end. Each Olympiad is special…
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