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Author Andrew Gross was the annual summer celebrity for 2008.

An eager group gathers at author John Grogan's book signing.

The butterfly event draws families during the Summer Reading club.

Two "Teen Tellers" tell stories at the library.

Author Anna Quindlen was the 2007 Summer Celebrity.

Reading to the Pups, Summer 2010
 

Dr. Richard Sauers shares stories about the American Civil War.

 

Summer Celebrity 2009, J.A. Jance

"Mark Twain" discusses his banned books.

The Community Music School's "Silver Winds" at PCL's holiday concert.

Michael Davis discusses Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street.

 
Local authors Bart Yasso and Anita Hirsch.
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Carol Higgins Clark, PCL's 2010 Summer Celebrity.
Carol Higgins Clark signs books for her many fans.

Puppeteers at the summer reading program.

 
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Talk Totes
 

Check out your Library’s Talk Totes today!

Are you currently in a book discussion group and need help finding enough copies of each book? Would you like to start a group, but don’t know where to begin? Talk Totes are here for you!

Each tote includes five copies of an engaging book, as well as discussion questions, author biographies and other useful information.

The following titles are currently available:

 

  Three Cups of Tea   by: Greg Mortenson
  The Thirteenth Tale   by: Diane Setterfield
  The Double Bind   by: Chris Bohjalian
  A Thousand Splendid Suns   by: Khaled Hosseini
  The Road   by: Cormac McCarthy
  Matters of Faith   by: Kristy Kiernan
  The Zookeeper's Wife   by: Diane Ackerman
  City of Thieves   by: David Benioff
  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society   by: Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  Olive Kitteridge   by: Elizabeth Strout
  Out Stealing Horses   by: Per Petterson
  The Plague of Doves   by: Louise Erdrich
  Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes   by: Chris Crutcher
  The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox   by: Maggie O'Farrell
  Say You're One of Them   by: Uwem Akpan
  The Art of Racing in the Rain   by: Garth Stein
  Sarah's Key   by: Tatiana de Rosnay
  The Soloist   by: Steve Lopez
  The Lace Reader   by: Brunonia Barry
  Tinkers   by: Paul Harding
  A Reliable Wife   by: Robert Goolrick
  The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane   by: Katherine Howe
  Shanghai Girls   by: Lisa See
  The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie   by: Alan Bradley
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo   by: Stieg Larsson



Talk Totes may be checked out for 28 days. They may be renewed once, as long as there are no holds on the tote. To reserve a Talk Tote, simply call the Library or place a hold online through the website's catalog. Please call 610-398-1361 with any questions.

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