Happy February, everyone! Our Winter Reading Challenge Bingo is still open and runs through the 21st. Pick up or print out a copy of our 2026 Winter Reading Club BINGO Card and have fun exploring activities and resources available at the library! Collect a prize each time you complete a row. If you complete every square on the Bingo sheet, turn it in for an entry in our grand prize drawing! Happy reading!
February 2026 Book of the Month
Our cozy pick for December’s Book of the Month is What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama! Tokyo’s gentle, mysterious librarian, Sayuri Komachi, always knows just the right book to warm a heart and guide someone toward a new beginning. Come check out a copy and curl up with this uplifting story!
January 2026 Mid-Month Sudoku
Happy January everybody We present this months midmonth Sudoku with another Dad Joke from the master storyteller What do you call a bear without teeth A gummy bear Stephen King stephenkingbskysocial September 15 2025 at 439 PM…
January 2026 Puzzle: Never too late to get published
Happy New Year! If you have a story in you that you've been meaning to write and have resolved to make this year the year to get it done, take inspiration from the theme of this month's crossword. It is full of examples of famous authors who didn't get published until relatively late in life. If one of your new year's resolutions is to learn or do something new, here are some ways the library can help:
January 2026 Book of the Month
Our Book of the Month is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, a heartwarming, unforgettable story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and one very wise octopus. Stop by the library to pick up a copy while supplies last!
Book of the Month Picks for 2025
2025 was a pretty good year for the Book of the Month program! 2024 wasn't bad, either! Let's see what 2026 brings!
December 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku
We begin this month's sudoku with a joke that a patron recently shared with us: People are really excited about the new Lego store.
December 2025 Puzzle: Words of Wisdom from Gertrude Stein
Fill out this short questionnaire and let us know a little about the person you’re shopping for. In a few days, we’ll email you a short list of 3 to 5 books, music CDs and/or movies (whichever you prefer) that we think will be a good fit. And you can always check them out from the library first if you want to try before you buy.
November 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku
Dear sudoku solvers: With this month’s puzzle, we highlight a curious thing about the number nine, which as you know occurs in every sudoku puzzle exactly nine times. Take any whole number (other than zero) and multiply it by 9. Then add up all of the digits. If the sum is greater than nine, then add up all of its digits, and so on. Eventually you will get a sum of 9.
November 2025 Puzzle: Food for Thought
As the title suggests, this month’s crossword has something to do with food. If you or someone you know could use the services of a food pantry in the area, or if you would like to make a contribution to one, please have a look at our page on Food Resources in Essex County.