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Big Lake Acoustic Concert & Ice Cream Social
Join us for a FREE afternoon of great music and ice cream at Peter Nordeen Park. Ice cream available while supplies last. Bring your chairs and even a picnic to enjoy the afternoon. This event is made possible through a grant from the Community Foundation of Marquette County and Gwinn Area Community Fund. Brought to you by the Forsyth Township Public Library & Forsyth Senior Center. The Fundraising Friends of the library will also have their Used Book & Movie Fundraiser set up.
June Staff Book Recommendations
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan Amy Tan has created a beautiful nature journal of her personal drawings and musings of the birds observed in her own backyard over the course of six years. Her observations & thoughts are educational and amusing. This brand new book is available at the library. ~ Leslie M. The Mountain Midwife by Laurie Alice Eakes Set in the Appalachian mountains between twisting roads and hollers. the main character Ashley Tolliver, is a very busy “baby catcher” (midwife) from a long line of catchers … read more June Staff Book Recommendations
FREE Summer Reading Kick-off Party!
Join us this Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Peter Nordeen Park between 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Visit with Smokey the Bear, jump in the FTFD Bounce House, enjoy free walking tacos & snow cones, play a couple games, take pictures at our photo op stop & get free activity books from the Michigan Learning Channel. Don’t forget to register for our 2024 Summer Reading Program for children birth through 6th grade while you’re at it. This event is made possible through a grant from the Community Foundation of Marquette … read more FREE Summer Reading Kick-off Party!
Bookshelf Nameplate Fundraiser Returns
When we moved into this building 9 years ago, patrons were able to support the library through bookshelf nameplates. We’ve had many requests to bring this opportunity back in the past year. We heard you! Support the library once again by sponsoring a shelf featuring your name or the name of a loved one. Support doesn’t mean you choose the content on the shelf. It simply means a nameplate will be placed on an available shelf. You can see examples all over the library. Stop by the Circulation Desk for … read more Bookshelf Nameplate Fundraiser Returns
May Staff Recommendations
The Wives: A Memoir by Simone Gorrindo This phenomenal memoir written by the wife of a special forces operative is told with incredible heart and candor. Because it reads like a novel, I had to keep reminding myself it wasn’t just a story from the author’s imagination. She paints a very real picture of what you’re signing up for when you marry a serviceman- the good, the bad & the ugly. This brand new book is available at the library. ~ Leslie M. Funny Story by Emily Henry This is … read more May Staff Recommendations
Mark Your Calendar!
Be sure to save the date for our 2024 Adventure Begins at Your Library Summer Reading Program Kick-off Party.
April Staff Book Recommendations
The Mystery Guest by Nina Prose The follow-up to The Maid (by the same author), a new guest with a mysterious past and an even messier death that entangles the lives of Molly the Maid and her coworkers even further than before. If you loved the first book, you will love the second! This title is available at the library. ~ Ashley Table for Two by Amor Towles Towles new book is a collection of six short stories. They were fabulous. Most are modern marriage stories but Evelyn Ross of … read more April Staff Book Recommendations
March Staff Recommendations
The Mad Girls of New York by Maya Rodale The story that made Nellie Bly famous as a woman journalist in the late 1800s. Ambition and the hunger for a spot at The World Newspaper in New York City on the illusive Newspaper Row had Nellie (Elizabeth) go undercover and fool the medical staff into thinking she was insane and needed to be admitted to Blackwell’s Insane Asylum with a “guarantee” that her editor would retrieve her after seven days. Nellie’s tale of treatment or non-treatment of herself and the … read more March Staff Recommendations
Staff Book Recommendations
Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson A locked room mystery set on a train where the who’s who of crime writing royalty must solve a murder amongst their own. This title is available at the library. ~ Leslie W. The Watchmaker’s Hand by Jeffrey Deaver Deaver once again has written an excellent suspense filled Lincoln Rhyme novel. The watchmaker appears again to cause havoc in New York with catastrophic results. But oh what a twist it takes! This title is available at the library. ~ Bonnie … read more Staff Book Recommendations
Stuffie Sleepover
Children are invited to drop a stuffed animal friend at the library for a weekend sleepover. Stuffies can be dropped off at the library starting Wednesday, February 28, 2024, through Friday, March 1, 2024. Your stuffed friends will have a weekend adventure at the library. When you return to pick-up your toy the following week, you will receive a photo collage of the fun they had while the library was closed. Expect to fill out a registration form upon drop-off. A name tag will be placed on your stuffed animal, … read more Stuffie Sleepover
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