Library News
May StoryWalk
Pittsburg Public Library invites you to visit the StoryWalk at Lakeside Park! The May Double-Feature includes the books “Pig the Pug,” by Aaron Blabey, and “A Dazzling Display of Dogs,” by Betsy Franco and Michael Wertz…
Library will soon offer the Libby app
At Pittsburg Public Library, our goal is to provide the most accessible and highest quality digital resources. PPL patrons will now have access to the Sunflower eLibrary Consortium, featuring the popular Libby app…
National Library Week 2023
Pittsburg Public Library is joining the American Library Association to celebrate National Library week, April 23 – 29, 2023. This year’s theme is, “There’s More to the Story.” Libraries are full of stories in a variety of formats…
April StoryWalk
Pittsburg Public Library invites you to visit the StoryWalk at Lakeside Park! This month’s story is Knight Owl by Christopher Denise. The StoryWalk is available in English and Spanish, as well as in an audio format!
March StoryWalk
The new StoryWalk is up at Lakeside Park! March’s story features, “If Picasso Painted a Snowman,” by Amy and Greg Newbold.
What Will You Be? StoryWalk
New StoryWalk at Lakeside Park! Take a walk around the lake and enjoy What Will You Be? by Yamile Saied Méndez…
From The Stacks
Best Books of 2023
Every publication and/or news outlet is putting out their “Best of” and “Top Ten” lists, whether they be movies, albums, TV shows, podcasts, and—the only one I care about—books. Some years it’s very difficult…
Silver Bells
The year was December 1962 (or maybe ’63). Any trip to the library was exciting but this one was special because we went in an evening. My mother drove Elaine and me down Broadway so we could ooh and aah at the silvery garlands…
O Christmas Tree
Full Disclosure: I’m not feeling the Christmas vibe this year. I can’t name one, or even two, specific reasons but it sure doesn’t feel like Christmas is just a couple of weeks away. Until I walk inside the library…
A Cup of Christmas
I believe the first holiday program I organized at the library was in 1996, maybe ’97. I was still pretty new to the game so asked those I knew well to participate: Tedd and Kay Inman to provide music, and my mother to read…
Giving Thanks
Liturgy tells us it is right to give our thanks and praise and I can’t think of a better time to do that than Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for our lovely library building—stately on the outside, inviting on the inside. It’s a privilege to work…
The Torch Has Been Passed
I had almost finished writing a Thanksgiving-themed post when I realized that next Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, which I think is more deserving of our…
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