💙🐾 Bluey Storytime is coming to Towanda District Library! 🐾💙 Join us on Thursday, August 22nd at 10:30 AM for a morning of fun stories, laughter, and imagination with everyone’s favorite Blue Heeler family! Kids will enjoy listening to sto
💙🐾 Bluey Storytime is coming to Towanda District Library! 🐾💙 Join us on Thursday, August 22nd at 10:30 AM for a morning of fun stories, laughter, and imagination with everyone’s favorite Blue Heeler family! Kids will enjoy listening to stories, moving, playing, and exploring the wonderful world of Bluey and Bingo. 📍 Towanda District Library 📅 Friday, August 22nd 🕥 10:30 AM Bring your little ones for a tail-wagging good time! No registration required—just come ready for fun. 🐶✨ #Bluey #Storytime #TowandaLibrary #FamilyFun #KidsEvent
Join us on the first Tuesday in September for Adult Craft Night! This month, we will be working on abstract Pet Portraits! *Please bring a 5x7 printout of your chosen furry friend. If you do not have access to a printer, we can print it for you at
Join us on the first Tuesday in September for Adult Craft Night! This month, we will be working on abstract Pet Portraits! *Please bring a 5x7 printout of your chosen furry friend. If you do not have access to a printer, we can print it for you at the library. *No sign-up is provided, but there is a limited quantity of supplies that will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis. *We kindly request no children at this event as it is meant to be a child-free, relaxed, crafting environment!
It's that time of year again! Join us this Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 am for a Back-to-School Storytime! Whether it's their first time going to school or their 3rd time around the block, this Storytime is sure to entertain! We will read stories,
It's that time of year again! Join us this Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 am for a Back-to-School Storytime! Whether it's their first time going to school or their 3rd time around the block, this Storytime is sure to entertain! We will read stories, have snacks, and make a fun Back-to-School craft! ⏰10:30 am 📆 Wednesday and Friday, August 13th and 15th 🏠 Towanda District Library #storytime #backtoschool #storiesandsnacks #crafttime
💙🐾 Bluey Storytime is coming to Towanda District Library! 🐾💙 Join us on Thursday, August 22nd at 10:30 AM for a morning of fun stories, laughter, and imagination with everyone’s favorite Blue Heeler family! Kids will enjoy listening to sto Join us on the first Tuesday in September for Adult Craft Night! This month, we will be working on abstract Pet Portraits! *Please bring a 5x7 printout of your chosen furry friend. If you do not have access to a printer, we can print it for you at It's that time of year again! Join us this Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 am for a Back-to-School Storytime! Whether it's their first time going to school or their 3rd time around the block, this Storytime is sure to entertain! We will read stories,
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MATERIALS ADDED THIS WEEK

Cover of a Halloween-themed book titled 'Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat' by Julien Chung, featuring a stylized tree with a spider hanging from a web, a glowing yellow moon in the night sky, a carved pumpkin, and orange polka dots along the purple border.
Cover of a children's book titled "Tiny T. Rex and the First-Day Oopsies", featuring a cartoon T. Rex wearing a red bow tie, standing on school steps with scattered school supplies around.
Cover of a children's book titled 'The Day the Books Disappeared,' featuring a young boy reading a book about flight, with two children in the background experiencing surprise and shock, with speech bubbles saying 'Poof!'
Book cover titled "The Zom Bites" with a black background, large white distressed text, and small green cartoon bees flying around.
Book cover for 'Creepy Sheepy' showing a cartoon sheep with white fluffy wool, big eyes, and small horns, in a spooky Halloween setting with black leafless trees, flying bats, and a pumpkin filled with Halloween candy. Text on the cover includes titl
Book cover for 'The Hamptons Lawyer' by James Patterson and Mike Lupica. Features a woman walking away with a backpack, set against a sunset background with gradient sky colors.
Animated outdoor field with cartoon animals playing cricket, prominent brown dog holding a cricket bat in the center, with trees and clouds in the background, and the text 'Bluey Cricket' at the top.
Book cover for 'How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkling' by Cressida Cowell, featuring a large blue dragon and a small dragon rider flying in front of a yellow background.
Book cover of 'Not Quite Dead Yet' by Holly Jackson featuring a dark background with blue and red accents, and the title in large white and red letters.
Book cover of "That Last Carolina Summer" by Karen White, featuring a sunset over a marsh with two boats, one green and one red, on calm water.
Book cover of 'The Last Wizards' Ball' featuring a woman with her face covered, a snake wrapped around her neck, and jewelry on her chest, against a purple background.
Book cover for 'The List' by Steve Berry, with torn paper effect revealing red background and white title text, and a background filled with numbers.
Book cover for 'The Library at Hellebore' by Cassandra Khaw featuring dark blue flowers and a detailed, realistic heart on a black background, framed with intricate blue decorative borders.
DVD cover art for the video game Final Destination Bloodlines featuring a fiery skull with glowing eyes and sharp teeth, with a missile or rocket launching from the bottom center, amidst explosions and debris.
Book cover of 'A First Time for Everything' by K. L. Walther. The cover features a colorful landscape with a large pink sun or moon, green hills, trees, two people sitting on a pink bench, and two dogs walking nearby. The title is in large white and
Cover of a children's book titled 'The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby,' featuring a smiling baby in a diaper and cape, flying through a space scene with stars, aliens, a robot, and city skyline in the background. The cover includes yellow starbursts
Book cover for "Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers" featuring cartoon characters, a baby, a dog, and a monster, with colorful text and stars
Book cover for 'Glorious Rivals' by Jennifer Lynn Barnes with a black background and purple, gold, and black decorative elements, including a masquerade mask, roses, and a sparkler.
Book cover for 'The Bourne Escape' by Robert Ludlum, featuring a silhouette of a man holding a gun with an explosion and flames in the background, and the Eiffel Tower visible in the distance.
Book cover for "She Didnt See It Coming" by Shari Lapena. Features a modern building with illuminated windows and silhouetted figures inside, with the title text overlaid in large white font and the author's name in green.
Book cover titled "Tea with Jam & Dread" by Vicki Delany, showing a table set for tea with cups, teapot, flowers, and desserts, overlooking a lake with a boat and ruins in the background.
Book cover for 'The Winds from Further West' by Alexander McCall Smith, featuring a stylized illustration of a boat on water with a lighthouse, in blue, yellow, and black colors.
The book cover for 'You Don't Belong Here' by Megan Miranda features a dark silhouette of a tree with sparse leaves against a blue background. The title is in large pink letters, and the author's name is in yellow. There is small pink handwriting tha
Cover of the book titled 'Three Shattered Souls' by Mai Corland, featuring a dark blue background with black vines, three golden chains with red accents, and a silhouette of a soldier with a rifle against a tree on the side.
Close-up of a woman in a pink polka-dot dress and apron holding a pie with a knife, partially visible text on a book cover with the title 'Everyone is Lying to You' by Jo Piazza. The cover features a quote from Tia Levin's book and suggests themes of
Book cover of 'A Theory of Dreaming' by Ava Reid. Illustration of a young man and woman standing in water inside a grand library with bookshelves, statues, and a large arched window in the background.
The book cover titled "The Fallen and the Kiss of Red" by Carissa Broadbent features a sword with a glowing blade surrounded by swirling flowers and petals in shades of red, orange, and black. A large, vibrant red poppy flower is prominently displaye
Book cover for 'Accomplice to the Villain' by Hannah Nicole Maehrer. The cover features a large blue background with a crocodile and a lily pad on water, a frog with a crown holding a sign saying 'Yasss!', a mirror with a figure inside on the top lef
Book cover of 'Has a Secret' by Joy Fielding, featuring a close-up of a woman's face with her finger pressed to her lips in a shushing gesture, predominantly black background, with the title in bold yellow and red text.
Book cover of 'The Art of a Lie' by Laura Shepherd-Robinson. The cover features a turquoise background with a vintage cityscape illustration and an oval brooch with a painted eye and a pearl border. The title is in large white text, and there is a qu
Book cover of 'Dragon Masters: Magic of the Wizard Dragon' by Tracey West. Features a large purple dragon with orange and pink details, three children in winter clothing, and a swirling, green and blue magical background with a cave opening. Scholast
Book cover of Goosebumps: House of Shivers - The Last Sleepover by R. L. Stine, featuring a mysterious glowing creature and bright neon colors.
The book cover for 'Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure' by Rhys Bowen features a serene coastal scene with a yellow house surrounded by pink and green foliage, overlooking the ocean at sunset or sunrise with a sky transitioning from blue to soft pink
Book cover of 'Sugar Shack' by Lucy Knisley, depicting three children eating breakfast or dinner at a table, with kitchen background, and a cat sitting on a shelf.
Colorful illustration of a girl and a boy standing on a grassy hill, surrounded by flowers, leaves, and flying birds. The text at the top says 'All That You Are,' with the authors' names, Smriti Prasadham-Halls and Chaaya Prabhat, at the bottom.
Cover of the children's book 'Gaby's Dollhouse: The Movie', Level 1 Reader, published by Scholastic, featuring a young girl with curly brown hair wearing cat ears, a pink jacket, and waving. She stands on a bridge with a pink cat-shaped dollhouse and
Colorful children's book cover titled 'I Am Strong!' by Todd Parr, featuring a smiling lion with a small crown, a gray mouse, and bright, playful illustrations on a blue background.
Book cover titled "The Freedom Seeker" by Ruchira Gupta. Features an illustrated portrait of a woman with dark hair, wearing a yellow top and earrings, with a sunset over a desert landscape with cacti and two people walking.
Book cover titled "How to Catch a Baby Shark" with illustrations of a baby shark, eggs, a pacifier, and a bottle on a yellow background.
Illustration of Bob the vampire snail with a shell, large eyes, and bat-like wings, set against a night sky with stars, for the children's book "Bob the Vampire Snail" by Andrea Zuill.
Illustration of a young boy running in front of a tsunami flooding a neighborhood, with cars and houses submerged. Other people are seen running or walking away from the water. The sky is cloudy, and mountains are visible in the background.
The cover of the book 'The Library of Unruly Treasures' by Jeanne Birdsall with art by Matt Phelan, featuring a girl with short brown hair in a blue hoodie and orange pants walking a dog, with colorful title letters above and flying birds around.
Book cover for Mille by McCall Hoyle featuring three dogs in an alleyway with sunlight, a girl with curly hair holding a pink object, brick buildings, and a car with a black trash bag in the corner.
Book cover of "Dragon Masters: Magic of the Wizard Dragon" by Tracey West, featuring a cartoon illustration of a purple and orange dragon with three children dressed in winter clothing standing on rocks, with a swirling background and a glowing swirl
Book cover for 'Goosebumps House of Shivers: The Last Sleepover' by R. L. Stine, featuring a glowing, ghostly girl with glowing eyes, surrounded by vibrant colors.
Cover of the book 'The Fallen & the Kiss of Sisk' by Carissa Broadbent featuring fiery red poppy flowers, a sword with molten metal pouring from its tip, and a dark, ornate background.
Book cover of 'A Complice to the Villain' by Hannah Nicole Maehre. The cover features a crocodile with glowing eyes, floating among lily pads and pink water lilies. A small frog wearing a crown is on a green background at the bottom right. A frog wit
Book cover for 'Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure' by Rhys Bowen, featuring a scenic coastal view with colorful bushes, trees, and buildings against a bright sky.
Book cover image for 'Sugar Shock' by Lucy Knisley, showing three children at a dinner table with plates of pancakes, syrup, and butter, in a cozy kitchen with a window, a cat on a shelf, and decorative chain links hanging from the ceiling.
A colorful illustration featuring two children, a girl and a boy, standing on a green patch with the title 'All That You Are' at the top. The background is filled with flowers, leaves, and birds, with the authors' names, Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Cha
Kids happily running out of a school building with a banner that reads 'Fall is for Beginnings.' The children carry backpacks and are surrounded by autumn leaves, with a welcoming sign for students at the school.
Cover of a children's book titled 'Gaby's Dollhouse The Movie' featuring a young girl with curly hair, wearing a pink hoodie, striped shirt, jeans with a pink patch, and white sneakers with pink accents, standing on a bridge with her right hand raise
A colorful children's book cover titled 'I Am Strong!' by Todd Parr, featuring a cartoon lion with a small yellow crown, smiling, a gray mouse on a yellow surface, and rainbow-colored text on a blue background.
Book cover of "The Freedom Seeker" by Ruchira Gupta, featuring a young woman with black hair, a background of a starry night sky, and a desert landscape with cacti, sunset, and two people walking.
Book cover titled 'How to Catch a Baby Shark' with a cartoon baby shark, a cracked egg, a pacifier, a baby bottle, and a spotted egg, all on a yellow background.
Book cover for 'Joy Fielding has a Secret' with a black background, a woman with slightly parted lips, and her finger pressed to her lips in a shushing gesture. The title and author's name are in large, bright yellow and red text.
Colorful illustrated book cover of 'Bob the Vampire Snail' by Andrea Zuill. It features a cartoon snail with a vampire's fanged mouth, large eyes, grayish shell, wings, and a smiling expression against a night sky background with purple and starry el
Book cover for 'The Art of a Lie' by Laura Shepherd-Robinson, featuring a teal background, a pearl-bordered eye in the center, and a sketched city street scene at the bottom.
The cover of a graphic novel titled 'I Survived: The Japanese Tsunami, 2011' depicts a young boy running away from a flood caused by the tsunami, with collapsing buildings and submerged vehicles in the background, and other people fleeing in the scen
Book cover titled 'The Library of Unruly Treasures' by Jeanne Birdsall with art by Matt Phelan. It features a young girl walking with a dog, surrounded by flying books with wings, and a person sitting on top of the letter 'Y' in the title.
Book cover for 'How to Catch a BigFoot' featuring a purple Bigfoot in a green forest with large trees and ferns.
Cover of a children's book titled 'Whoa Panda!' featuring an illustrated, smiling panda with arms raised on a bright green background.
Book cover for 'Alchemy and a Cup of Tea' by Rebecca Thorne, featuring fantasy-style illustration with two characters sitting on a balcony overlooking a forest and sky, with flying creatures in the background.
Book cover for 'Kiss Her Goodbye' by Lisa Gardner, featuring a dark, rural landscape with a small house, a winding road, and a dramatic sunset sky in red, purple, and blue hues.
Colorful, surreal illustration promoting Chuck Tingle's book 'Lucky Day', featuring a bearded man with a mustache, a crown with unicorn horns, a sword through his eye, flames, a skull, and tentacles, with text indicating 'A scream' from The New York
Book cover of 'For Richer For Poorer' by Danielle Steel featuring a woman in a white dress standing on a boat deck at sunset, watching the sun set over the ocean.
Book cover of 'Too Old for This' by Samantha Downing. It features a person with gray hair in a teal sweater, holding an ice axe behind their back, with the title across the middle and red and white text.
Book cover of 'We Are All Guilty Here' by Karin Slaughter featuring a sunset with silhouettes of children on bikes and glowing sparks scattered across the background.
Cover of the Collector's Edition DVD for 'How to Train Your Dragon,' showing a young boy riding a black dragon with green eyes over a landscape at sunset.
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