Women's History Month Starts NOW!

“Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history--from early matriarchal societies through women's suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th-century feminism, and gender politics, to recent movements such as #MeToo and International Women's Day--and the key role women have had in shaping our past.”—Amazon.

This book is available on the second floor in our Adult Nonfiction collection! The call number is 305.409 WOM

The twelve scientists who are profiled here are women from all sorts of backgrounds who are currently rocking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each of them has a different story to tell about how she got to where she is today, but the one thing they have in common is that they are truly wonder women of science.” -Candlewick Press.

Ages 9- 12

This book is available on the first floor in the Junior Explorer Nonfiction Collection! The call number is J 920 FLE

“Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trailblazers, and rabble-rousers.”-Amazon.com.

Ages 4-8

This book is available on the first floor in the Junior Explorer Nonfiction Collection! The call number is J 920.72 H777s

Movie based on the book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

"Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as 'human computers' used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets and astronauts into space." -Amazon.

This book is available on the first floor in the Movies Collection! The call number is DVD F H632.3

Movie based on the book Wild by Cheryl Strayed

”With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone." -Amazon.

This book is available on the first floor in the Movies Collection! The call number is DVD F W667.8

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First Friday Hobby Fair

March 4, 2022 from 5:00PM - 7:00PM

Get your first Friday plans ready for next week, Friday March 4th! First Friday activities are happening again at the Temple Public Library!

March’s event will feature a Hobby Fair from 5PM - 7PM at the Library and will include ukulele lessons, cross-stitch, the new Seed Library, Tool Library, painting, photography, and Cricut demonstration! Hope to see you there!