| | This April, we’re serving up new ways to participate, connect, and discover with your library! Get ready for Earth Day and Poetry Month with gardening and writing programs. Discover the fuller story of the library during National Library Week. Don’t forget to save the dates for the Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale April 22-26. | | | | | | | Grab your work gloves and trowels! The Alachua County Library District is celebrating our wonderful home with gardening programs. - Thursday, April 6, at 3:30 p.m. at Headquarters Library — Discover some of the science behind gardening and take seeds with you to plant for yourself.
- Tuesday, April 11, at 3 p.m. at Hawthorne Branch — Make a soda bottle terrarium and learn easy ways to save water in everyday life and protect our precious springs.
- Thursday, April 13, at 3:30 p.m. at Headquarters Library — We're painting garden stones and making birdfeeders.
- Wednesday, April 19, at 11 a.m. at Tower Road Branch — Learn about the different kinds of plant pollinators and why they are important to our ecosystem and gardens.
- Thursday, April 20, at 3:30 p.m. at Headquarters Library — Celebrate Earth Day by making Earth keepsakes.
- Saturday, April 22, at 2 p.m. at Micanopy Branch — We're learning how to create flower seed bombs!
- Saturday, April 29, at 10:30 a.m. at Tower Road Branch — Join the Gainesville Rose Society as we celebrate roses during this family-friendly event.
| | | | | | | A Month for Poetry Lovers | National Poetry Month reminds us that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and, of course, poets, marking poetry's important place in our lives. Join us in the celebration! The library offers poetry books for all ages for checkout with your library card. Don't have a card? Find out how to apply for one! We will also have events honoring National Poetry Month and we hope you will participate. | | | | | | | | | The Alachua County Library District invites all community members to discover the multi-faceted story of the library during National Library Week April 23-29 by visiting a library branch or checking out our online resources. How does the library add to your story? Does the library provide you with great books, free internet services, fun programs, or all the above? Let the library and your community know with our Dear Library Webform! Or tell us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter using #MyLibrary and tagging @alachualibrary. | | | | | | | | | The Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale returns on April 22! Browse through more than 500,000 items for sale. Most of the items will range in price from $0.25 to $5. On the fifth and final day of the sale, all items will be $0.10. Check out the Collectors Corner, which includes first-edition books, signed works, and a large selection of Florida-related materials. Some items may be priced well over $100! The Collectors Corner is only open for the first four days of the event. Profits from the sale support the Alachua County Library District and community literacy projects throughout the county. | | | | | | | | | Great stories bring people together, so we've collected all the best stories our staff and patrons are reading to share with you! Staff Picks: Every month, we ask all our library staff to submit the best books they read recently and collect all the titles for easy access. Just select your favorite genre to find titles and catalog links. Patron Picks: Every Saturday on Facebook, we ask our patrons, "What are you reading this weekend?" Our patrons answered, and we gathered the titles week to week to find which books and genres are trending. | | | | |
