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josephpmpl
Mar 2, 20211 min
Celebrate Seuss at PMPL
March 2nd is Read Across American Day! It is also Dr. Seuss’s birthday. We have a great selection of Seuss books to choose from. Here are...
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Pocono Mt Public Library
Feb 25, 20212 min
This means so much to us...
We just got this thank you bunny and kind words in the last 24 hours. Believe me, we all hate running the library with all the...
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josephpmpl
Feb 10, 20211 min
Puppy Valentine's Day Card Craft
Valentine's Day is near, and you don't want to forget to get a card for your significant other. Don't buy a pre-made greeting card. Show...
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josephpmpl
Feb 5, 20211 min
Celebrate Valentine's Day with PMPL (Even If You Don't Like It)
PMPL is offering two fun craft programs where you get to make your very own Valentine's Day card. On Tuesday February 9th at 2 pm, we'll...
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josephpmpl
Jan 28, 20212 min
The Great Alone: A Gritty Coming of Age Story in the Untamed Alaskan Frontier
Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone is a brilliant and devastating novel. The story begins in 1974 with 12-year-old Leni getting ready for...
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josephpmpl
Jan 25, 20211 min
Craft Your Way Out of Covid
We are very excited to be offering two very fun crafts via Zoom! Crafting is a great way to defeat boredom during the pandemic. According...
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josephpmpl
Jan 19, 20212 min
Poetry in the Poconos #3: "The Snow Man" by Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was born in 1879 (in Reading, PA) and died in 1955. Stevens wrote poetry in the evenings, but made his living as...
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josephpmpl
Jan 16, 20211 min
Our First Keyboard Lesson!
We posted our first keyboard lesson! Joe is not a keyboard player, but he is applying his knowledge of music theory (that he learned on...
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josephpmpl
Jan 14, 20212 min
A Love Story in Auschwitz? It Seems Unbelievable, but It's Based on a True Story
When most people think of the Auschwitz, World War II, and the Holocaust, they usually don’t think of love stories, but that’s exactly...
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josephpmpl
Dec 29, 20202 min
A Novel of Kindness, Generosity, Patience, and Perseverance
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is well written and thoughtful book well worth your time. The setting is Moscow just after the...
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josephpmpl
Dec 26, 20201 min
Joe Performs and Teaches the Melody to "Killing Me Softly"
Earlier this month, we posted a video of Joe playing and teaching the melody to "Killing Me Softly," inspired by The Fugees. We hope you...
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josephpmpl
Dec 24, 20201 min
Joe Teaches and Performs "White Christmas"
We just published a short guitar lesson on YouTube. In this lesson, Joe shows you how to play the melody to “White Christmas.” If you...
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josephpmpl
Dec 23, 20201 min
Santa Reads at PMPL!
Santa made a special trip to PMPL to read the kids a fun story, Pooch on the Loose: A Christmas Adventure by Steven Kroll. What happens...
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Pocono Mt Public Library
Dec 17, 20202 min
It's a snow day!
The library is closed today because of the big snow we just had. It's not the worst snow I've ever seen or had to dig out from, but it's...
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Pocono Mt Public Library
Dec 12, 20201 min
Holiday Card Craft - Go Bag
Make a holiday themed card for your friends and family. For those of you who missed our live Zoom craft on Friday for a holiday card...
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Pocono Mt Public Library
Dec 12, 20201 min
Santa Story Time on Zoom
Join us for a special Zoom story time with Santa on December 19th at 11 am. Santa is excited to read a story to all our PMPL kids! He...
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Pocono Mt Public Library
Dec 11, 20201 min
Taylor Swift evermore on Hoopla!
Hoopla offers an amazing selection of freely available e-books, e-audiobooks, movies, TV and music. We are very pleased to announce that...
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josephpmpl
Dec 8, 20204 min
Poetry in Poconos #2: "Macavity: The Mystery Cat"
The first thing that I ever checked out from a public library was a cassette tape of T.S. Eliot reading his own poetry, and it included...
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