21 Jul, 2024
People love downloading and reading eBooks and audiobooks through the library! So much so, you might have to wait for more popular titles. So, while you wait, check out these…
We have updated our Teen STEAM Kit: Raspberry Pi! This kit comes with the Raspberry Pi 5, 128 GB micro SD card and reader, and USB-C cord. Use this kit…
Different books | Matching looks Got the summer blues? Need an immune boost or emotional pick me up? Hang tight – because today we’ve got some vibrant, juicy, vitamin-rich finds!…
We are reading Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer for the July Brown Bag Book Club, which meets on Thursday, July 25…
Mystery Book Club’s pick for July is What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline. Please join us for our discussion on Thursday, July 18 at 7 p.m. at Davis…

Recycled Art

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure! Look around you for inspiration and exercise your creativity while reducing, reusing and recycling everyday materials. Join us on Saturday, January 22 at 3 p.m. at Haggard Library for a Recycled Portraits program. Explore your artistic talents and customize a brown paper bag with your own self-portrait. Tickets […]

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Tried & True and New: Picture Book Reviews

Our storytime experts are bringing you reviews of the latest from our Easy collection (or picture books) as well as some of their favorites used during storytime. We have thousands of picture books at each library, so this is just a small introduction to the collection. See all of our Tried & True and New reviews […]

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2022 Texas Lone Star Reading List

Check out the 2022 Texas Lone Star reading list, developed by the Texas Library Association to encourage students in grades 6, 7, and 8 to explore a variety of current books. 2022 Lone Star books will hit Plano Public Library shelves starting January 14, though you can place holds and explore the eLibrary versions now! […]

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Plano Reads: Second Tuesday Book Club Starts the New Year January 11 with “Anxious People”

Happy New Year 2022! Second Tuesday Book Club will meet in-person from 7 to 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 11, in the program room at Schimelpfenig Library, to begin our year of reading. We will observe careful social distancing, with face coverings recommended. Please email Cathe Spencer at cathes@plano.gov if you have questions or comments. […]

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Learn How to Create and Edit Video

Plano Public Library has a space for you to work on digital projects like video and photo editing, audio recording and illustration designing: Digital Creation Spaces. Haggard and Parr Libraries have these Digital Creation Spaces, which are open to anyone ages 13+ with a Plano Public Library card. There are computers with Adobe Creative Cloud […]

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Plano Library Speaks: Podcast Episode #4

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/planolibrary/PLSpeaks4.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to Plano Library Speaks, the podcast of Plano Public Library! In this episode, your hosts, Rachel and Bob chat with library staff about a variety of topics, from Babes in Arms storytime, business mentoring and more. See our show notes below for details and links. We […]

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