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McCowan Memorial Library
15 Pitman Ave.
Pitman, NJ 08071
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Holiday Hours:

Please note that the McCowan Memorial Library will be closed on Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th.  The Library will close at 5 pm on Monday, December 31st, and be closed on Tuesday, January 1st. 

Please note also that there are no Story Time programs between December 24th and December 28th.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ONE AND ALL!   


BOOK CLUB!!

The next McCowan Memorial Library Book Club meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 15th at 7:00 p.m.  The book is "A World Undone" by G. J. Meyer. Copies of the book are available at the library.  The book club meets monthly with the exceptions of December and the summer months. We will choose book selections and alternate fiction and non-fiction. Please feel free to bring your own refreshments. All are welcome to attend!!


As usual, there will be plenty of our normal activities here at McCowan Library.  Story Time, Gym Time for kids, arts and crafts, and new adult programs are all coming our way this fall.  In addition, stop by to browse our new books, magazines, DVDs and more. 



The Gloucester County Art League is now hosting an exhibit by Jane Mack, MaryAnn Elwell, Nancy Citrino, Marcia Fogle, Cathy Matos, and Mary Strauss. Their paintings are on display and are open to the public here at the McCowan Memorial Library.

Courtesy of the Friends of McCowan Memorial Library, the following museum passes are available:
 
  • Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Garden State Discovery Museum
  • Grounds for Sculpture
  • Battleship New Jersey
  • Morris Arboretum
  • American History Museum at Deptford NJ
  • Museum of the American Revolution
  • Eastern State Penitentiary  
THE FRIENDS LOVE OUR LIBRARY!!!....The"Friends of the Library" invite you to become a member and support McCowan Memorial Library in 2018. The "Friends" engage in fundraising to financially assist the library, paying for performers and programs, supporting the summer reading program, children's programming, furniture and books that the library might otherwise not be able to afford. A great way to give back to your community. Checks are made payable to Friends of McCowan, 15 Pitman Ave. Pitman, NJ 08071 
  
 Do You Belong to a Book Club? Try our Book Club in a Bag......12 books, book log, discussion questions included. Check out period is 8 weeks. Titles available:  

  • "The Room" by Emma Donoghue
  • "Amen, Amen, Amen" by Abby Sher
  • "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
  • "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
  • "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" by Mark Haddon
  • "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein
  • "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
  • "Me Before You" by JoJo Moyes
  • "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman
  • "Behind Closed Doors" by B.A. Paris
  • "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
 

More titles available at GCLS. Call 856-589-1656 for more information.  




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