Fords Branch Library Meeting Room
Thursday, March 22, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Practice your English language skills with FREE interactive databases Rosetta Stone and Mango Languages during our weekly Digital Drop-In! 

Learn English with Rosetta Stone! Gain confidence and perfect your pronunciation with speech recognition technology, which compares your speech to that of thousands of native speakers. In addition, enhance your skills with Mango Languages, and Playaway Launchpads: Learn English Spelling and Learn English Phrases. Learn English

No registration, just drop in anytime between 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM @ our Fords Branch Library Meeting Room! An ESL / LiteracyNJ tutor will be available to help. 
Library Aware can deliver a New York Times list of best selling fiction to your inbox weekly--you can also click here for the lastest in fiction, and here to select the most recent list in your favorite genre!
News from Friends
Museum Pass of the Week:

Each week, we will offer a description of a museum which the Friends of the Library have selected to offer our patrons as part of their Museum Pass Program .
Newark Museum provides exhibits and programs for all ages, including a Makerspace. Click here to preview programs and traveling exhibit information.

Newark Museum
973-596-6550
Pass Information
  • Two passes are available.
  • Each pass admits two adults and all children through age 16.
  • Each pass includes a 15% discount at the museum store and discounted tickets to the Planetarium.
  • Accessibility
Save the Date:
Thursday, April 26 - 29
Main Library Meeting Room

Paperbacks, hard covers, fiction, non-fiction, and children's books can all be had for bargain prices! The first day, April 26 is a private sale for Friends Members. ( Membership information is available here! ) The sale is then open to the public for three days.

The Friends of the Library manage the sale and relocation of a large portion of library book donations and discards to raise funds that supply the libraries with useful materials and equipment. The Museum Pass program, movie licenses for all locations, children's summer reading program supplies and prizes, craft equipment, special books and magazines including a Flipster edition of Consumer Reports are just a few of the annual, supportive contributions that are made by the Friends of Woodbridge Township Libraries.

Click here for information about membership in the Friends of Woodbridge Public Library.
The Friends of the Library sponsor Online Book Clubs--check out some great reads. Daily samples are available in your favorite genre.
Broaden your horizon-- take a computer class at Woodbridge Public Library . Classes will be offered on a rotating basis, and include a choice of morning, afternoon or evening for your convenience.
Monday, March 19, 2:00 PM
Main Library Meeting Room

The Woodbridge Main Library will host a program featuring Blue to You representatives from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the second of a three-part series. 

In this session patrons are invited to learn how to manage their sugar intake as well as the different ways sugar can affect you.

All are welcome to attend! For more information contact 732-634-4450.
Movies @ Main
Friday, March 23, 2:00 pm

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.
PG-13 | 2h 26min | Drama, War 

This program is offered with the generous support of the Friends of Woodbridge Public Library.
Saturday, March 24, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Main Library
Second Floor Meeting Room

Enjoy an afternoon of fun board games with our tabletop gaming group! This month's theme will be the luck of the Irish! Tired of planning four turns ahead well why not let luck take the wheel? This month will feature games with a heavy luck element that should make for an unpredictable fun time. Games will include Sutakku , Tsuro and Unspeakable Words . Come on down and see if lady luck is your friend!
This event is open to all. No registration is required. 
Thursday, March 29, 7:00 pm
Main Library Meeting Room

Join us as Dr. Lisa Nocks delves into the topic of robotics. Dr. Nocks is a historian of science and technology who writes and lectures on emergent technology and the public with a particular focus on humanoid robots. Her book,  The Robot: The Life Story of a Technology  (2007) was named an outstanding academic title by the American Library Association journal Choice. She is a historian at the  IEEE History Center in Hoboken .
 
The program is free and open to all. 
Volunteer Hours for
Young Adult Book Reviews

You asked, we listened. For those in need of more community service hours, you now have another option! Here’s how it works:

  • You read a book at least 100 pages in length.
  • You fill out the form we provide in the library, which includes information about the book, and a 1.5-page review (I.e., Half of the front and the entire back of the page) of the book. 
  • Turn the form in--we give you one hour of community service for every 100 pages read. So if you read a 374-page book, you get three hours.

That’s it. It’s easy!  
Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:00 PM
Main Library Meeting Room

No registration required. Free tickets will be given out starting at 6:30 p.m. Bring your own blanket! Bring your own snacks!

This program is provided with the generous support of The Friends of the Library .
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 3/19/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 3/19/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM3/20/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 3/20/2018
Main Library - Book Examination Center

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 3/21/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM 3/21/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM 3/21/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 3/21/2018
Henry Inman Library - Meeting Room
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 3/21/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 3/21/2018
Iselin Library - Meeting Room
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 3/21/2018
Fords Library - Meeting Room
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM 3/21/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM 3/21/2018
Main Library - Meeting Room

3/22/2018 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Main Library Meeting Room

3/23/2018 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Iselin Library Meeting Room
More Lifelong Learning Opportunities
Woodbridge Libraries Are Now Members of
Reciprocal Borrowing Group MURAL
Woodbridge Township library cards are accepted in nearly fifty Middlesex and Union County libraries to borrow materials. Municipal libraries are generally open to public use, but through the  MUtual Reciprocity Among Libraries Agreement (MURAL), a Woodbridge Township Library card will be welcomed for lending and additional services determined by each library.  More details and contact information are available on the WPL home page.
1081 Green Street, Iselin
732-726-7073
211 Ford Avenue, Fords
732-726-7071
607 Inman Avenue, Colonia
732-726-7072

1 George Frederick Plaza, Woodbridge
732-634-4500
This e-mail newsletter is a service of Woodbridge Public Library.

Monica F. Eppinger 
Director@woodbridgelibrary.org
Woodbridge Township, NJ
www.woodbridgelibrary.org

March 18, 2018
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