Category: Notes from the Library

Clare McFarland, NWPL Children’s Librarian, together with our our whole team of librarians, are hard at work responding to the needs of the children who visit the library each afternoon […]

Here is a link to a beautiful video celebrating National Reading Month about the benefits of reading to children: https://youtu.be/6-O9V9nEcmk If you have little ones in your care, the NWPL staff […]

Today I had the wonderful experience of reading to the preschoolers from the Woodstock Christian Child Care center. The 3, 4 & 5 year-olds were bundled up against the cold […]

On behalf of all of us at the Norman Williams Public Library I would like to wish all of our library patrons of all faiths a joyous holiday season! This […]

Tuesday was #GivingTuesday in Woodstock and all over the globe. The website www.givingtuesday.org describes the day as “a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and […]

In celebration of #GivingTuesday on November 28th Facebook and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are partnering to support the Norman Williams Public Library and other nonprofits. On #GivingTuesday, Facebook […]

I hope I can adequately express to you how happy I felt during the welcome reception given for me by the Friends of the Norman Williams Public Library on Monday, […]

I read voraciously. There is always a big stack of books on my bedside table. The last thing I read was The Sisters Chase, by Sarah Healy, and I loved […]

This week I am thrilled to announce that NWPL has been loaned a one-of-a-kind, large-scale Revolutionary War chess set! The colonialist side is represented by blue chess pieces with George […]