Join us on Tuesday, March 11th at 6:30 PM to discuss The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, recently released as a motion picture on November 8th, 2013.

It is 1939 in Nazi Germany.  The country is holding its breath.  Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist—books.  With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

Book Discussions will be held in the basement meeting room.

Aren’t you lucky!  The March 2014 newsletter is now available to view, download and share.  Click here to see the rainbow of activities we have in store.

Spring Preschool Storytime series will begin on Tuesday, March 4th and run for six weeks on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 AM.  Explore the things that appear in the spring — gardens, birds, bugs, and even construction signs!

Sessions will include books, rhymes, fingerplays, counting practice, stretches, crafts, and more.  Each program is open to  children 3 – 5 years of age and their caregivers.  No registration is required, and you may attend as many sessions as you like.  Call the library at 797-4816 for more information.

Your Home Public Library in Johnson City will host an informal roundtable discussion on the anti-government protest movement in the Ukraine.  Anyone interested in discussing international affairs and/or the violent protests in the Ukraine should come to the library at 107 Main Street, Johnson City, 6:30 PM, Wednesday, March 12th.  The Roundtable will be hosted by Library Director, Andrea Tillinghast.  For more information contact Andrea Tillinghast: 797-4816, jc.andrea@4cls.org.

In celebration of Teen Tech Week, we will be showing the movie “Howl’s Moving Castle” on Thursday, March 13th at 6:30 PM.  The film tells the story a girl who is turned into an old woman and ends up working for a mysterious wizard.  It is rated PG.  This program is FREE and all are welcome to attend.