Delaware City Library

05/28/2026

Over the past few months, the Delaware in Conversation series has created space to look more closely at the stories that shape this place.

On Wednesday, June 10 at 6:30 p.m., the series concludes at the Delaware City Library with The Delaware Poison Candy Murders of 1898.

Presented by historian Margaret Opsata, the program explores a late-19th-century case and what it reveals about life in Delaware at that time.

This free event is open to the public, with snacks provided.

friendsoffortdupont.org/events/the-delaware-poisoned-candy-murders-of-1898-by-margaret-opsata

05/28/2026

📣Help the State Office of Volunteerism gear up for the National Day of Service by helping us collect 3,000 books for students across Delaware.

With your help and donations, we can spread the joy of reading one book at a time.
Donations and volunteers are needed in all three counties.

Please see the flyer for more information or contact Bobbi Jo Tice at 302-515-3024 or [email protected].

Your support can help improve literacy in Delaware — one book at a time.

To Volunteer Sign-up Here: https://getconnected.delaware.gov/need/detail/?need_id=1265347

05/28/2026

The Port Penn Interpretive Center will be open this summer! Our hours will be 10 am to 4 pm, every Tuesday from June 16 to September 1. Stop by and visit!

05/27/2026

We have another local history program to celebrate Delaware 250 and City of Delaware City's Bicentennial- Through Max's Eyes: Fort Delaware and the Sketches of Max Neugas, hosted by Fort Dupont State Park's Interpretive Programs Manager. Max Neugas was a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware in 1864 and 1865. While there, he drew a number of sketches portraying life on the island. In this presentation, we will explore the sketches, talk about who Max was, and also find out how these sketches ended up back in Delaware.

This program takes place on Thursday, May 28th at 6:00 PM. Register here: https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/16883139

On Thursday, May 28, we are going to be having a special program at the Delaware City Library. The program, "Through Max's Eyes," will be about former POW Max Neugas' sketches of Fort Delaware, and how many of them came to be in the possession of the Fort Delaware Society, and thus accessible to Fort Delaware State Park. The program will be held at 6 pm. Hope to see you there!

Image courtesy of the Fort Delaware Society.

05/27/2026

Power has been restored and the library is open today at 2:00 PM. Thank you for your patience during the outage.

05/27/2026

LIBRARY RE-OPEN AS OF 2:00 PM!

05/27/2026

05/26/2026

Delaware Department of Labor & have partnered with Grow with Google to offer the Google Career Certificate program for free! It’s 100% online! No prior education is required! Visit delawarelibraries.org/grow-with-google to get started!

05/26/2026

Oh, Yellow There... Orange you glad there are so many Books to be Red? Take a look at our New This Week items to get started....

Fiction:
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
The Auction by Sadie Kincaid
My Dreadful Darling by H.D. Carlton
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Susan Patterson & James Patterson
We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune
Caught Up by Navessa Allen

Nonfiction:
The Queen and Her Presidents by Susan Page
Broken Plea: The Explosive Search for the Truth Behind the Idaho Murders by Christopher Whitcomb
The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present by Steve Brusatte
Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About by Isabel Klee
The Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark by Craig Fehrman
We Are As Gods: A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis
Duty, Honor, Country & Life: A Tribute to the American Spirit by Admiral William H. McRaven
The Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader by Melissa Murray

Juvenile:
Chicken Little and The Big Bad Wolf by Sam Wedelich