On Saturday, May 19, the Friends of Your Home Public Library will host a book sale in the library’s basement from 9 AM to 2 PM.  Sale items include donations and items withdrawn from the library collection.  A bag sale will begin at noon: buy a paper bag for $2 and fill it up.

In addition, the Friends will be raffling off a beautiful hand-made crib quilt.  For more information, call the library at (607) 797-4816

On Thursday, June 7, YHPL will provide a free showing of The Muppets at 6:30 PM.

Jason Segel and Amy Adams star in a new movie about the beloved Muppets as Kermit and the gang race to save the Muppet Theater from a greedy oil tycoon.  It is rated PG and runs 103 minutes.  Find out more.

The movie is free and open to all.  Call (607) 797-4816 for more information.

YHPL will be closed on Monday, May 28 in observance of Memorial Day.

Your Home Public Library has been awarded a grant under the 2012 Broome, Chenango, and Otsego County Decentralization program.   That program, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered by the Chenango County Council on the Arts, has awarded the library funds to create a Book Club in a Bag Program.  Additional funding was provided by the Hoyt Foundation.

Through the Book Club in a Bag Program, the library will develop 25 Book Club in a Bag kits.  Each kit will contain 10 copies of one good book, along with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading.  The kits will be used as part of the library’s book discussion programs and will be available for members of the community to use for their book clubs.  The kits will be available beginning this summer.  More information about the program will be posted on the site soon.

Help Us Pick the Books!

Library staff is working on selecting the titles for the kits.  We’re looking for good, meaty books that can generate good discussions- preferably titles available in paperback.  If you’d like to help, follow this link to a short survey where you can rate some proposed titles and make suggestions of your own.

On Thursday, May 17 at 6:30 PM, Your Home Public Library in Johnson City will host a discussion of
A Dog’s Purpose, by W. Bruce Cameron.

In the book, the author proposes that a dog’s purpose might entail being reborn several times and captures the essence of a dog’s amazing capacity to love and protect.  For more about the author, check out his blog. For more about the book, including the status of library copies, check out the catalog.

YHPL Book Discussion are fun, informal programs that are always free.