The Library will be closed Wednesday January 1st for New Year’s Day and Monday January 20th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Franklin Public Library’s 2024 Reading Challenge!

January: Get inspired!

Welcome to the Franklin Public Library’s second Annual Reading Challenge! For each monthly prompt that you complete and submit on time you will receive a Free Book Coupon that’s good at the library’s Book Sale. Submissions MUST be submitted by the last day of each month in order to qualify for that month’s Free Book Coupon. For complete details and to sign-up, visit our website! Grand prizes made possible by the Friends of the Franklin Library!

Franklin Public Library VITA: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

Site Opening Saturday February 1st!

Volunteers are always needed for the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly programs… better known as VITA and TCE.

Many volunteer roles are available. You can help as a greeter, an interpreter, and many other roles, but most of all, we need tax preparers. Training for certification is provided!

Learn more at https://www.irs.gov/individuals/irs-tax-volunteers or email site coordinator Mitzi Gousie at [email protected]

ESL & Adult Literacy Program

The Franklin Public Library has started an English as a Second Language and Adult Literacy Program to serve Franklin and its surrounding communities.  Volunteers and students do not need to be Franklin residents. If interested, fill out the registration form on the library’s website.

Special Events for Kids

Ben Franklin Birthday Bash! Friday, January 17th @ 1 p.m.

Join us as we celebrate the birthday of Ben Franklin himself! Music, games, costume contests, and more! 

Winter Carnival! Saturday, January 18th @ 1 p.m.

Join us for an epic afternoon of winter fun for the whole family! Enjoy a variety of carnival games, crafts, snacks, and more!

Family Literacy Night! Wednesday, January 22nd @ 5:30 p.m.

Join us for an evening celebration of reading for the whole family! Presented in partnership with the Franklin Public schools! Browse our curated tables of family read-alouds, get tips, tricks, and free resources to make reading fun at home, and visit with Franklin’s favorite police dogs for some fun independent reading practice!

Special Events for Teens

Teen Vision Boards! Wednesday, January 8th @ 5:30 p.m.

Teens! Set your intentions for 2025! Join us as we get crafty, creating vision boards and setting our reading resolutions!

Teen Interactive Movie! Wednesday, January 15th @ 5 p.m.

Teens! Join us for a cozy winter movie! An interactive viewing of Little Women, complete with snacks and fun activities!

Special Events for Adults

JUNTO Non-Fiction Book Club, Thursday, January 9th 6:30 p.m.

The JUNTO (from the Spanish junta or assembly) was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin Public Library’s JUNTO Book Club is a place to discuss a book of the month and share our insights from the book and beyond! The first meeting is Thursday January 9th at 6:30 p.m. The January Book is Think Again by Adam Grant! Get a physical or digital copy through the Library Catalog!

Friends of Franklin Library Meeting, Tuesday January 14th @ 7 p.m.

Love the Library? Join the Friends! Attend the next meeting or contact the FOFL at: [email protected] | Follow the Friends on Twitter: @FriendsFranklin

Franklin’s Historic Union Street Cemetery: Its gravestone carvers and monuments, Wednesday, January 15th @ 6:30 p.m.

Come learn about the Union Street Cemetery, one of Franklin’s historic cemeteries founded in 1752. We’ll discuss the families buried there, the gravestones and the men who carved them. We’ll also look at the types of monuments and the symbols found on them.

Painting for Adults, Saturday, January 18th @ 1 p.m.

Grown-ups! Are you feeling creative? Join Miss Lily to create your very own step-by-step painting of a covered bridge! All materials will be provided. Registration is required!

The Golden Age of Silent Movies, Thursday, January 23rd @ 6:30 p.m.

Silent Movie pianist Richard Hughes creates a living history by way of fascinating silent movie clips of newsreels, educational films, melodramas, cartoons, comedies and more. Attendees will have an opportunity to synchronize sound effects like a train whistle, siren and wind machine to a popular melodrama of 1913. Hughes will demonstrate ingenious animation devices that preceded the motion picture camera and then play silent movie ‘Mood Music’ to selected films.

Special Events for All Ages

Franklin Underground Concert! Saturday, January 11th @ 1 p.m.

It’s Ben Franklin’s birthday Week and the Library is kicking it off with a rocking good time with Franklin Underground in Concert! Listen and dance while getting the inside scoop on all the great events in around Franklin celebrating our namesake!

The Great African American Musicians! Saturday, January 25th @ 2 p.m.

Join us in welcoming Rodney Mashia performing a concert of jazz, gospel, soul, folk, and pop celebrating great African American musicians.

Franklin Library Book Sale

Friday, January 17th, 1-5 p.m., Saturday, January 18th, 9 a.m. – noon, books $1

Bag Sale - $5 A Bag—Saturday, January 18th, from 1-4 p.m., 

Come fill a brown bag with all the books you can!