Dust off your dictionaries, put on your thinking caps, and pull out your Scrabble boards because today is National Scrabble Day! The ever-challenging, yet highly entertaining word game has been helping people practice their spelling skills and build their vocabularies for over 70 years! To celebrate National Scrabble day, let’s take a look at the… read more >>
Visiting monkeys, hippos, giraffes, and all the other critters at the zoo is a fun experience for all ages! To celebrate, take a walk on the wild side and start planning your trip to the zoo today! Below you’ll find links to the zoos in both Ohio and Western Pennsylvania to help you plan your… read more >>
Check out the library’s exciting new service: Dial A Story! If you love story times and audiobooks, or if you want to participate in library programs but don’t have access to a computer, you can simply call in to our special phone number to hear recordings read by our librarians and special guests. We read picture books, chapter books, poetry, short… read more >>
There are few storytellers as notable as the Brothers Grimm. Known for their dark versions of popular fairy tales, Jacob Grimm and his younger brother Wilhelm Grimm get in motion many a motion picture inspired by their dark tales. The two brothers always had a love of folklore and legend and often gathered stories from people in various communities… read more >>
If you are like me, you probably have a trove of mason jars in various sizes taking up space in your basement or pantry. But beyond canning, there are a lot of great crafts that repurpose the humble jars into storage, décor, and organizational tools. These books will give you some ideas to put all… read more >>
New York Times best-selling author, Rita Williams-Garcia, writes novels for children and young adults. Her novels have won a number of awards, including the Coretta Scott King Award and a Newbery Honor Award. Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Renee Watson and Christopher Paul Curtis may find themselves enjoying the well-developed, character driven stories in Williams-Garcia’s novels. When her kindergarten classmates… read more >>
Explore the paranormal worlds of fairies, scarecrows, ghosts and sorceresses with a little creepiness thrown in. These books are sure to keep you up all night long! In Darkling Wood by Emma Carroll Forced to stay with a grandma she’s never met while her brother gets a heart transplant, Alice finds comfort in the Darkling Wood. Situated near her grandma’s… read more >>
Are you stuck about what book to read next? Here’s what to do: Sometimes you can spend more time browsing for a book than it would take to read a book! With the endless options at your disposal, deciding on your next read is a difficult task. What length book do you want to read? Modern or… read more >>
Every year from March 13th through April 15th, everyone should join in and celebrate Deaf History Month. This month is dedicated to those within the Deaf community who have advocated for change for those within the Deaf communities across the country and the world. Some argue what the key moments within the American History for the Deaf are,… read more >>
When referring to eBooks, many people tend to think of fiction titles, but almost any type of book can be found in the eBook format. The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County offers a large selection of eBooks available for checkout from their digital catalog, OverDrive, and the best part is that you can… read more >>