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Winter Reading Program

December 2, 2024 to February 28, 2025 Patrons can visit the library to register in-person and pick up a reading log. Additional Reading Logs can be downloaded here.  Age groups: How it Works Registration for youth and adults begins Monday, December 2, 2024 and the program runs until Friday, February 28, 2025.You must visit the …

Scary movies to make you laugh:

Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link Tremors (1990) PG-13, 96min Check it out in our online card catalog! Summary: Two country handymen and a seismology student discover a desolate town infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live underground. Dune (1984) came out first, so forgive the similarities you might spot between giant tunneling worm-monsters. Recommendation: …

Do you enjoy visiting other libraries? Visit the library now to pick up your paper passport.  The crawl will be held October 1 to 31, 2024. The Smithton Public Library District will have a small gift for anyone who visits us as part of the crawl. If you are a current, valid Smithton Public Library …

Giant Monster movies:

Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link Cloverfield – 2008, rated PG-13, 90mins Check it out in our online card catalog! Summary: You head for a party where you expect the biggest drama of the night to be when the ex- shows up with a new guy. But no… it’s not just about someone leaving the …

Scary Monster movies:

Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link A Quiet Place – 2018, rated PG-13, 90min Check it out in our online card catalog! Summary: In a post-apocalyptic world, a family lives in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing. Can they all survive scavenging for supplies and growing their own food? Reduced to living without …

Native American Literature

The 57th Annual Native American Day at the West Steps of the Capitol is on September 27, 2024.  Click here for more information. Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange Check it out in our online card catalog! Summary: Native Americans are still here! This novel is about epigenetic and generational trauma that …

Tsunami movies:

The Wave, 2015 (Norway) – rated R, 105mins Check it out in our online card catalog! Summary: Although anticipated, no one is ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it and …

Movies that are hard to define:

Maggie, 2015 – rated PG-13, 95 mins Check it out in our online card catalog! Summary: By the time a necrotic viral pandemic spread cross-country to small town America and infected the film’s titular character, 16-year-old MAGGIE, authorities had established a protocol for patients infected with the deadly virus: the afflicted are removed from society …

Reviews of Fiction, 2024

Holly | Stephen King Check it out in our online card catalog! Summary: The eponymously named Holly is a detective searching for a missing person. Then several missing people. Suddenly, she has a history of disappearances with very little connecting them. Every stone she turns over adds to the risk of gaining unwanted attention or …

Have you ever wondered what librarians use and recommend for their reading time and book-ish accessories? We all know you need a good reading light and a comfy chair, but check out these fun accessories and book-ish delights, below! These recommendations have been suggested by Smithton PLD staff members, and are NOT sponsored. They include services, products, apps, …

Tax Forms

Tax Time is here, and paper forms are in our vestibule area. If you would like to print your own forms at the library, we will print the first two copies of the FORMS for FREE. You may print out ONE instruction booklet for FREE at the library.  You will have to pay for the …