AAL Blog

Wondering where to find books for your child? Every child has different reading levels and interests, but these sections are a good place to start. Aubrey, Circulation Assistant, features her favorite books from the various sections. Click the book cover to place a hold on your favorites! Birth-2 : Board Books (BB) Time for Bed…

Celebrate the season with Hallmark movies! Get your eggnog, cookies, and hot chocolate ready for a marathon of holiday movies. These are only some of our available Christmas movies, so come in and check them all out!  Click on the image to request the item.

Aubrey, Circulation Assistant, is showing off Adamstown Area Library’s collection on astronomy, physics, and astrophysics in all formats and for all ages! Why study physics? To understand how things work! Why study astronomy? To understand where we came from, where we are going, and how physics works under non-Earth conditions. Check out one of our…

Aubrey, one of the newest additions to the Adamstown Area Library circulation staff, shares her favorite items from the library’s collection for all ages. As autumn begins and school picks up speed, reading can be a peaceful getaway from the stressors in life. Here are some books, films, music, and more that will transport you…

Graphic novels offer a wide variety of options for all types of readers!  Today we’re sharing some of our newest titles for youth, teens, and adults.  Click the book cover to place a hold on your favorites! Youth Peter Pan – Didier Le Bornec Wendy, John, and Michael Darling learn they can fly with pixie…

Contactless services, including self-checkout, curbside pickup, and home delivery, are available. New air filtration systems are in place. Hand sanitizer can be found at the Circulation desk and library entrance. (Updated December 13, 2022)

AAL Adult Coloring Buddy Program Keep calm and color on!  Sign up to be paired with an AAL Staff buddy and color your cares away… together… and apart.  We will provide you with a half-completed coloring book page and let you finish the rest. When you’re finished, snap a picture and send it to us…

Adamstown Area Library will begin offering public computer appointments every Thursday from 10 am to 7 pm. You may schedule a 45-minute appointment for one person to use a library computer inside the building. Appointments can be scheduled up to 7 days in advance. Safety for our patrons, staff, and the community is our first…

WELCOME! Grab your masks and head on over to this fun, family-friendly, socially distant scavenger hunt on Thursday, April 1st – Friday, April 30th.  Everything will be outdoors!  The Adamstown Area Library and Cocalico Cares are hosting this event with the expectation that everyone will maintain distancing and exercise the necessary precautions to make this…

Book-to-screen adaptations collected some prestigious accolades at last night’s Golden Globe Awards. Winners that started as books include: Movies Nomadland (Chloe Zhao | Director – Motion Picture Drama), adapted from Jessica Bruder’s book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce…