New Books!

We’ve just added some new books to our collection!

Click on the cover below to request the book or see if it’s on the shelf:

Absolute Monarchs


Full Black

Killer Stuff

New Jim Crow

Of Thee I Zing

Rules of Civility

Suckerpunch

Swing Your Sword

To Die For

White Heat

Help us keep the new books coming! Go here to purchase an item from our “wish list”:

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The Family that Reads Together Photo Contest!

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The Aston Public Library is holding a photo contest!  Take a photo of your family reading together, and enter it for a chance to win!  Families in Delaware County are eligible to participate.  Just bring your photo to the library’s service desk, or email it to hello@astonlibrary.org.

THE RULES:
1. Only two different entries per family allowed.
2. Photographs only.  No drawings etc.
3. Photographs should have been taken in the past year.  New photos preferred!
4. Include your name, address, and phone number with your entry.
5. Entries must be original. Do not use photos taken of other families.

Deadline:  Saturday, October 1, 2011

All entries become property of the Aston Public Library.

Entries will be judged at the library. Winners of the judging will have their photos displayed at the Aston Public Library.

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Ms. Joanne’s “Musicians of Bremen” coming!

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Ms. Joanne will entertain the kids with her show “Musicians of Bremen” this coming Wednesday, August 17th! The program will be at the Aston Public Library at 1PM. Please come and join the fun!

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Makin’ Music pictures!

Makin’ Music put on a great show for the kids today in the gym! Here are some pictures!
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Check out Ms. Joanne’s show next Wednesday at 1PM!

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Local Author Book Signing!

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Former Penn-Delco teacher Margaret Hurlburt Light will be at the Aston Public Library Wednesday, August 17th from 12:30PM-2:30PM to sign and sell her book “When Teaching Was Fun”.  If you are looking for some good laughs, this book is for you. It is filled with amusing happenings in classrooms in the seventies and eighties. Copies will be available for $10.

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Dine to Donate at Burger King on August 22nd!

Burger King imageHave dinner at Burger King and raise money for the Friends of the Aston Public Library!  If you dine at Burger King at 5012 Pennell Road in Aston on Monday August 22nd from 5-8PM , a portion of your bill will go toward the Friends of the Library if you present a flyer!

Click here for the flyer! (.PDF file) or pick one up at the library!

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Makin’ Music at the library!

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Makin’ Music will entertain the kids with a concert this coming Wednesday, August 10th! The program will be at the Aston Public Library at 1PM. Please come and join the fun!

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Silly Reba Magic Show Pictures!

Silly Reba put on a funny magic show for the kids yesterday in the gym!  Here are some pictures!

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Check out the rest of our programs Wednesdays at 1PM this summer!

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Guest Storyteller at Storytime This Week!

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Guest Storyteller at Storytime This Week!

Storytime will have a special program this week on Tuesday and Thursday (August 2nd and 4th) at 10:30AM!

A native of Venezuela, Yosmar Salazar Marquez teaches music at the Parkside Academy of Music and Dance.  She is also the Choir Director, Pianist and Organist at the Saint Timothy’s Lutheran Church in Aston, Pa.  Yosmar teaches English as a second language in Wilmington, Delaware.  She is the mother of two young ladies Miranda and Victoria.

This week’s storytime will be open, no pre-registration required.  Bring your child age 2-6 and enjoy an interesting program!

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Magic show for kids at the library!

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Silly Reba will entertain the kids with her funny magic show this coming Wednesday, August 3rd! The program will be at the Aston Public Library (in the gym) at 1PM. Please come and join the fun!

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