Books

Stock Up on Summer Reading at Hellertown Library Book Sale

With summer vacation season around the corner, the Hellertown Area Library's used book sale on Saturday, June 3 will be a great opportunity to stock up on bargain-priced beach reads and more.

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Stock Up on Summer Reads at AAUW Book Fair in Bethlehem

Used book fever is about to descend on Bethlehem, thanks to the hard work of volunteers from the American Association of University Women's local chapter and the annual Book Fair they are organizing at the city's Municipal Ice Rink on Illick's Mill Road.

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Hellertown Area Library Puts Storytime Online Due to Coronavirus

Children's imaginations need constant nurturing, which is why the Hellertown Area Library has put its story time program on Facebook Live while the library is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Design Lower Saucon Township’s Next Little Free Library!

Lower Saucon Township is building a second Little Free Library and they need your help designing it. If you would like to participate, send your design to info@lowersaucontownship.org no later than Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

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‘Book Bike’ Will Bring Reading, Storytimes to Hellertown

You've probably heard of a Bookmobile, but have you ever heard of a "book bike?" The Hellertown Area Library is trying to raise $4,000 to purchase a book bike, which will be used by children's librarian Andrea Milliren to take books and storytimes into borough neighborhoods.

Get Your Paws on Good Reads at Book Fair Family Night

Saucon Valley Elementary School's Scholastic Book Fair Family Night will be held Thursday, March 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the elementary school LGI. Clifford and the Saucon Valley Panther will be available for pictures and autographs, so parents should bring their cameras for photos with the kids.

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Little Free Library is Open in Lower Saucon’s Polk Valley Park

The first Little Free Library (LFL) to be installed in a Lower Saucon Township park is ready to start lending and accepting books, the township announced last week.

Little Free Library Will Put Books in Polk Valley Park

The first of what Lower Saucon Township officials hope will be many Little Free Libraries in township parks won unanimous approval from council for installation in Polk Valley Park last Wednesday.

SVES Custodians Donate Books to School Library in Memory of Coworker

A Saucon Valley School District employee who touched many lives during the years he worked there as a custodian and school bus driver has been memorialized by his former coworkers in a special way.

Little Free Library Opens in Hellertown’s Water Street Park

Want to enjoy the feel of a good book between your hands on a warm, sunny afternoon in the park? If you're visiting Hellertown's Water Street Park you can now do that without the need to BYOB ("bring your own book"). That's because the park is now home to a Little Free Library, where local residents can leave a book, take a book, or simply borrow a book for an hour or two while visiting the park or the adjacent Saucon Rail Trail.