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Riverdale Public Library Newsletter

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Riverdale 75th Anniversary Books are being sold, for just $1, by the Friends of the Riverdale Public Library. Stop by and get your copy of this informative book which traces the history of Riverdale, and contains many photos of early Riverdale.

New Database
 is now available to Riverdale Library patrons, through the generosity of the Friends of the Riverdale Public Library. This database is available both at the library and by remote access at home. Want answers fast, and information you can trust? Accessing tens of thousands of authoritative articles with photographs, illustrations, and maps is now easier than ever. Worldbook Web consists of five different databases and offers answers for young children through college students.

Additional Format for TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books, available to our patrons through the generous funding by our Friends of the Riverdale Public Library.

You can now access many titles within the  TumbleBooks picture book collection on the iPad and iPhone 4!! In the coming months, Tumblebooks will be making all the picture books accessible.

Use this link to directly connect to your iPad compatible books: iPad-compatible Tumblebooks

Computer Classes

The library offers free, hands-on computer classes. Check out our computer classes scheduled January through March. Computer Classes - Winter 2012

Upcoming Programs

Our Winter 2012 Program Brochure is available.

Coming up soon...

Knitting Class, Wednesday, February 1, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. You will knit a scarf in one session? Believe it!

Mary Todd Lincoln, performed by Traveling Stage Theater Company, on Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Register for one or more of our programs.

Upcoming Movie
Movies are presented on a big screen. Refreshments are served.

Crazy Stupid Love, Monday, February 6, 5:30 p.m., Rated PG-13, 118 minutes.

Check out our program page for more details, and to see what else is happening.

Snap Shot Day!

The New Jersey State Library, New Jersey Library Association, and New Jersey Association for School Librarians sponsored a day where libraries were invited to take pictures to capture the impact that New Jersey libraries have on their communities on a typical day. Check out our pictures from Snap Shot Day, April 13, 2011!

Wireless Hot Spot

The Library has wireless access throughout the building so you can bring your laptop!

Downoad audio and eBooks

Through DigitalLibraryNJ, you can use your library card to download audio or eBooks. Click on the hot link on the right of this page.

Finding a Good Book

Fiction Bestsellers

Non-Fiction Bestsellers

New Reads @ the Riverdale Public Library