Jenne from BAPL’s Youth Services department is on a quest to read 100 books this year. Here is the update for April! As you can see, April was a slow reading month. I’m working on getting a small business off the ground in addition to my regular job at the library, so I didn’t have […]
Another week, another book! Here are five new books brought to you by the stacks of Bethlehem Area Public Library for you to check out and enjoy. Circe by Madeline Miller Madeline Miller’s retelling of the mythological Achilles in her novel The Song of Achilles was only the beginning in her myth-retelling journey. Her latest […]
The Bethlehem Area Public Library is hosting another one of its famous book sales this month. The theme is “Think Spring!” as there is a large featured section on gardening with a great selection of books for the reader with a green thumb. Also, the music section is particularly loaded this month as the library […]
Jenne from Youth Services has some more recommended young adult reads for you! See below to get recommended Young Adult books in this most recent edition of Jenne’s Top Tenne. (We’re aware it’s only four books this time but are not changing it to Jour’s Top Fix). Royce Rolls by Margaret Stohl The Royce family live for […]
This past week, young adult author Matthew Landis visited the Bethlehem Area Public Library to give a talk to Northeast Middle School kids about his new book The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody. He also talked about what it’s like being a social studies teacher and an author, and he gave some great […]
March Books read this month: 14 Books read so far this year: 41 More mysteries this month, but also a smattering of YA books (fun fact: I also review new YA books for the BAPL blog- check out Jenne’s Top Tenne here). I’m beginning to realize that that pretty much sums up my general reading […]
Here are just a few new YA books that BAPL has acquired recently for you to pick up and read. Remember, you’re never too old for young adult fiction. You may just find your next favorite book in this stack of YA picks… The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan When Leigh Chen […]
Spring time has arrived in the Lehigh Valley, despite the cold weather we’re still getting. What better way to think spring than to read some great books that remind you of warmer weather? Here are 10 recommendations that you can pick up from the Bethlehem Area Public Library. Who knows, maybe all this spring reading […]
Today on “Beyond The Stacks,” I talk with BAPL’s own Matt Wolf. Matt is hosting the upcoming Experimento! at the Ice House on April 27. What is an Experimento?! Well, listen up, buttercup! Podcast is below. Also the flier is below that. Come to the Ice House on April 27! -jb
Bethlehem Area Public Library hosted a great party in the children’s room today. It wasn’t just any party, though. It was a BLOCKS party. (BLOCKS stands for “Blocks Let Our Children Know Science”) party! Little ones from all over the Bethlehem area came out to the children’s room at to put their creative minds in […]
National Bookmobile Day and National Poetry Month Mashup at BAPL BETHLEHEM, PA (April 11, 2018) – The Bethlehem Area Public Library is hosting a slew of exciting events during National Library Week from April 8 to April 14. One of these exciting events is happening on Wednesday, April 11 right outside the Main Library on Payrow Plaza. Rain […]
]The 50th anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was commemorated this past week with the help of the Bethlehem NAACP, YWCA Bethlehem, Lehigh University, Bethlehem Area Public Library, and all who came out to remember the irreplaceable work of this great man. On the morning of April 4, many gathered at Packer […]
The Revolutionary War often seems a distant memory for many Americans. Residents of Bethlehem might share this faraway concept of such distant historical events. Our city, however, played host to many important figures during the Revolutionary War, including the commander of the Continental Army himself, General George Washington. According to a recent article from 69 […]
On Wednesday April 4 at 5:00 pm, an important event is being held at BAPL. In partnership with the Bethlehem NAACP, the Bethlehem Area Public Library will serve as a gathering place for participants from neighboring colleges and organizations to march peacefully in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. […]
There are always great new books at the Bethlehem Area Public Library to explore! Here are just a few new selections you’ll be able to find at the BAPL in the fiction section. The English Wife by Lauren Willig Do your literary interests include historical fiction, scandal, secrets, and murders? If so, this new novel […]