Little Free Library opens at
Woodbridge Center Mall
A Little Free Library: Take a Book-Return a Book, supported by Woodbridge Public Library and some dedicated volunteers, has opened on the second floor of Woodbridge Center Mall, 250 Woodbridge Center Drive, Store #2005, next to Lord & Taylor.  Little Free Libraries offer new and lightly used books to contribute to literacy in the community.  Books can be taken, and books will be accepted in return but are not required. The Pop Up Library will have open hours during the last weeks of the summer with a sample of summer reading programs, writers programs and literacy activities based on the NJ State Library sponsored theme, Build a Better World. A schedule of open hours will be posted to the library website, the mall store and this eNewsletter.

The Little Free Library nonprofit organization has been honored by the Library of Congress, the National Book Foundation and the American Library Association.  Readers Digest named them one of the “50 Surprising Things We Love About America.”  
WPL will feature an on-line resource each week to enrich your summer...
Digital Librarian Favorites
Recommended by digital librarians this week is World Book Online -- information sources for Kindergarten-age children through adults featuring World Book Online for Kids (Kindergarten - Grade 5), World Book Online Info Finder (Grades 5 - 7), World Book Online Reference Center (Grades 7+), and Enciclopedia Estudantil Hallazgos (Kindergarten - Grade 5) are available from any Internet computer or mobile device with a library card. World Book Online is the gold standard in support  of educators, including resources for teachers, parents and brain games for children and teens.
More on Apollo 11 can be found in World Book Online (Image courtesy of nasa.gov) and other important events from history--all you need is your library card to give it a try.

Coming soon--on-line registration for a library card. For now, stop in at one of our locations to apply for a library card or update your registration.
Did you know?
Laughter is still one of the best medicines. WPL print materials circulate for extended loan periods during the summer and books on wit and humor are included.  Check your books with a librarian for a vacation loan--and keep it until September 8th! School summer reading materials and some other items may not be eligible, but so many are.

Click the image for humorous on-line e-reads available now on your eReader from eLibraryNJ.
  Registration is ongoing through the summer--register by clicking on our flyer. 
Build a Better World

Selma (2014)
Friday, July 21, 2:00 pm
Main Library Meeting Room

Movies are sponsored by Friends of Woodbridge Public Library

Book Discussion Group

Wednesday, July19, 7:00 pm

Main Library BEC, Third Floor

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

 

The story of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.


The Book Discussion Group meets once a month. Selections can be found under Books & More on the library website.


Teen Summer Reading Program: Escape the Room!

Main Library: July 19 4:00-5:30 PM
Henry Inman Branch: July 21 3:00-4:30 PM
Iselin Branch: July 26 4:00-5:30 PM 
Fords Branch: July 27 4:00-5:30 PM

Do you have what it takes to escape? Work together to solve the puzzles and follow the clues to escape the "locked" room. Don't be late or you'll miss your chance! Program open to grades 6-12.

This program is part of the Woodbridge Public Library Teen Summer Reading Program. Don't forget to sign up for a chance to win prizes! 
Main Library
Build a Better World Family Movie Night

Sing (2016)
Thursday, July 20, 7:00-9:00 pm
Main Library Meeting Room
( Free tickets are available from 6:30pm - Bring your own blanket!  Snacks are welcome, too.)

Movies are sponsored by Friends of Woodbridge Public Library

Henry Inman Branch
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  Tuesdays in July
Henry Inman Library  -  Meeting Room

For children ages 5 - 13 years, and a caregiver for children under 9 years, using sample paint swatches children will design and draw a mural  of our town. This program is open to Woodbridge Township residents & no registration is required.

Iselin Branch 
Fords Branch Library
Fords Branch Library is collecting donations of non-perishables for We Feed Woodbridge.

Grades K-7
Thursday, July 20, 2:15 pm
Fords Branch Library  Meeting Room

Movies are sponsored by Friends of Woodbridge Public Library

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM   7/17/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM   7/17/2017
Iselin Library -  Meeting Room

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM   7/17/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM   7/18/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM   7/18/2017
Iselin Library -  Meeting Room

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM   7/18/2017
Fords Library -  Meeting Room

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM   7/18/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM   7/18/2017
Iselin Library -  Meeting Room

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM   7/18/2017
Main Library -  Book Examination Center

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM   7/18/2017
Fords Library -  Meeting Room

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM   7/18/2017
Henry Inman Library -  Meeting Room

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM   7/18/2017
Main Library -  Book Examination Center

7:00 PM - 7:45 PM   7/18/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM   7/19/2017
Fords Library -  Meeting Room

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM   7/19/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM   7/19/2017
Iselin Library -  Meeting Room

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM 7/19/2017
Fords Library -  Meeting Room

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM   7/19/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM   7/19/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM   7/19/2017
Main Library -  Book Examination Center

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM 7/19/2017
Main Library -  Meeting Room
More Programs for Lifelong Learning

Country Sunday - Truck Stop Troubadours Outlaw Country

July 16, 2017, 6:00 PM @ Parker Press Park

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Tuesday Tributes - Eaglemania (Eagles)

July 18, 2017, 7:30 PM @ Woodbridge High School

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Woodbridge Wednesday - John Fullbright

July 19, 2017, 7:30 PM @ Parker Press Park

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Local Band Thursday - Smokehouse

July 20, 2017, 7:30 PM @ Tanzman Park

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West Side Story Musical Performance

July 21, 22. 23, 2017, Check links for times @ The Theater at Woodbridge Middle School

More Details


Country Sunday - The Chapin Sisters/The Farmer and Adele

July 23, 2017, 6:00 PM @ Parker Press Park

More Details

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.
This e-mail newsletter is a service of Woodbridge Public Library.

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

July 17, 2017