McCowan Memorial Library

All businesses, groups, and individuals are encouraged to build and decorate a scarecrow to be displayed on the lamp posts along Broadway and Pitman Ave. during the fall season. Competition and Display is from September 22nd - November 4th. Ballots will be available to vote for your favorite scarecrow and three prizes will be awarded! Visit the library for contest rules and entry forms. Any questions, contact Donna Collier,

Academy of Natural Sciences
Garden State Discovery Museum
Grounds for Sculpture
Battleship New Jersey
Morris Arboretum
American History Museum at Deptford NJ (new)

August calendar of Children's Programs can be found by clicking on the Children's TAB above.

JOIN OUR BOOKCLUB "Safe Space"

Currently reading TBD

email: safespacebc@icloud.com

THE FRIENDS LOVE OUR LIBRARY!!!....The"Friends of the Library" invite you to become a member and support McCowan Memorial Library in 2017. 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 new 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

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

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