Penfield Public Library

05/26/2026

The latest from the greatest. Once again, we're so grateful to Stan of Toothpick World for sharing his incredible artistry and craftsmanship with us!

05/21/2026

Penfield Public Library will be closed Saturday-Monday, May 23-25 and will reopen at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, May 26.

Don't forget, if you find yourself out of reading material during that time and going a little nuts without it, the Little Free Library and Libby are always open. You can download eBooks and audiobooks for free with Libby - you just need your library card number!

Get started with Libby by following these steps: https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6103.htm

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

05/19/2026

The "raise your hand if you ❤ PPL" posters are getting full and we're having a lot of fun looking at all of the neat things people have written and drawn!

05/15/2026

The results are in! Our annual community report for 2025 can now be viewed at penfieldlibrary.org under "About Us":https://cms8.revize.com/revize/penfieldny/Library%20Site/Documents/Community%20Reports/2025%20Annual%20Report.pdf

You can see how many items we owned in 2025, how many and what materials were checked out, how many visits we had from patrons and program attendees, and more.

05/11/2026

05/04/2026

Happy May the Fourth! If you forgot to make plans to get your Star Wars fix today, fear not...we've got you covered, Red Five.

And don't forget that on Saturday, May 16, Stan Munro of Toothpick World will be here to help parents and kids in grades 4-8 build X-Wing fighter models out of toothpicks! There are still some seats left, but you'd better snag 'em quick.

Register here to join us: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/16681822

May the Force be with you.

04/30/2026

Our Friends of PPL are kicking off their Children & Young Adult Book Sale today at 10 AM for Friends members before general access starts at 2 PM. They've also got some recent adult novel, CDs, and DVDs available to purchase and to top it all off, most items are $2 or less!🍨

Stop by today, Friday (10 AM-5 PM), or Saturday (10 AM-3 PM) to snag some good deals.

04/29/2026

We're kicking the sunny season off this next week with all kinds of neat, free programs!🌞

This Sunday, acoustic trio Mystic Sisters will treat us to a fun, easy listening performance with intricate harmonies. On Monday, join local author Patricia Nugent for an exploration of the unbreakable human-canine bond and what dogs teach us about life and loss.

Throughout the week, we'll also taste the sweetness of poetry paired with a light dessert at Sweet Bites, begin learning and laying the foundation for estate planning, launch into a thoughtful memoir-writing workshop to help us grow as readers and writers, and dig into the growing conditions and ongoing care needed to produce home-grown herbs.🌱

You can find out more and register below!

Mystic Sisters Concert: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/16667201

Never Can Say Goodbye with Patricia Nugent: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/16667379

Sweet Bites of Poetry: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/16667436

Estate Planning 101: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/16668395

Memoir Writing: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/16668416

Herbs with Cornell Cooperative Extension (virtual): https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/16668457

04/22/2026

Just another week to go for the Community Diaper Drive; we've had such a generous response from our community and we can't thank you enough! This is just a single load of what has been collected throughout the month so far.🥰

In case you missed the details the first time around, a number of libraries (including PPL) are drop-off sites to supply several local organizations with diaper donations to distribute to community members in need.

If you are able to help, you can place diaper donations (open boxes are okay, by the way) in the box just inside PPL's interior entrance until the end of April. All sizes are welcome, but 4, 5, and 6 are especially needed.

You can also drop donations off at Seymour Library, Chili Public Library, Newman Riga Library, Levantine's Cafe, Northwest Family YMCA, Parma Public Library, Scottsville Free Library, and Splatters Studio.

Donations will be distributed to the Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester, Willow Domestic Violence Center, and local refugee agencies.

These will make a difference, so thank you, thank you, thank you!

04/22/2026

This Thursday, April 23rd, Town Historian Kathy Kanauer will be talking about the history of the environmental movement in Penfield. Come join us at 6:30 at the Penfield Library for this free program. Registration is appreciated, but not required! https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/16513954?register