The planters surrounding the area have been carefully filled with an array of colorful flowers, adding a vibrant touch to the landscape. The picnic tables and Adirondack chairs have been strategically placed near Mirror Lake, offering a perfect spot for visitors to relax and enjoy the picturesque view. With such thoughtful preparations, the library is ready to welcome visitors and patrons and provide a delightful summer experience.

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Library budget vote

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The Library Board, Director Bambi Pedu and the library staff would like to thank everyone who came out on May 14 to support the library on the budget vote.

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Math tutoring

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As the 2024 school year is ending and as students prepare for exams, we want to remind you that free math tutoring is available at the library for anyone needing extra help. Give us a call to set up an appointment at 518-523-3200. This program is available thanks to the Adirondack Foundation – Lake Placid Education Foundation Fund.

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LEGO Club

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The LEGO Club meets on the last Thursday of every month, during the school year, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the children’s room. Each session has a specific theme, and the children create their LEGO structures based on that theme. This month’s theme was “party time,” and we saw some fantastic creations.

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Story time

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Ms. Linda will be entertaining the children and families each Friday morning at 10:30. This past week, Ms. Linda shared a story about Mother’s Day. The children and families also enjoyed songs and a fun table activity.

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Upcoming events

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Rescheduled event: Join us at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 30 to learn about the important role K-9s play in environmental conservation and safety with special guests Environmental Conservation Officer Matthew LaCroix and Webb, his K-9 partner. Programs are geared for families with children in kindergarten to grade 6, but other ages are welcome. Free parking is now available on Main Street until 11 a.m. for Lake Placid/North Elba residents with a parking sticker. The St. Eustace lot is still available, leave a note on your dashboard indicating you are at this library event. For questions, call 518-523-3200 or email librarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org.

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Community Day

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The annual Lake Placid Community Day and Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 2, and you are all invited. It will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the North Elba Show Grounds. In the case of inclement weather, the ski jump complex will be the rain site. This annual event is designed for those who work, live, or volunteer in the village of Lake Placid or the town of North Elba. All are encouraged to attend this free event. You can dress as your favorite superhero, win prizes, dance to live music, and picnic with friends. Everything is free! Once again, the library will have activities, books, games, dancing, and prizes to share, Please join us for this fun day!

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Kickoff to Summer

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Celebrate Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, June 28 at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid. Take the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge, and the Smokey Bear Pledge, and earn environmental education badges with the Lake Placid Public Library, the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department, Mountain Lake PBS, Cornell University Uihlein Maple Research Forest, Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute, the Adirondack Mountain Club and Smokey Bear. You’ll get to read books, earn badges, explore outdoors, and receive prizes. You can see a fire truck up close, learn about trees from an expert, gather materials for learning all summer, meet Smokey Bear and much more.

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Summer programming

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June 10 and July 15 — 10:30-12:30 “Watercolor: Painting in the Garden.”

June 17 and July 22 — 10:30-12:30 “Crochet a Mesh Bag.”

June 24 and July 29 — 10:30-12:30 “Craft Social.”

July 8 — 10:30-12:30 “Watercolor Workshop: Summer Wreath.”

Sign up at the front desk or call the library at 518-523-3200 to reserve your spot.

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New listings

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Adult fiction: “The #1 Lawyer” by James Patterson, “Daughter of Mine” by Megan Miranda, “Funny Story” by Emily Henry, “One of Us Knows” by Alyssa Cole, “The Summer We Started Over” by Nancy Thayer, “Feline Fatale” by Rita Mae Brown, “Lost Birds: by Anne Hillerman, “A Calamity of Souls” by David Baldacci, “What Cannot Be Said” by C.S. Harris, “It May Be You” by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, “The Murder Inn” by James Patterson, “Miss Morgans Book Brigade” by Janet Skeslien, “An Unfinished Murder” by Jude Deveraux and many more new novels on the shelf.

Adult non-fiction: “The Wide, Wide Sea” by Sides Hampton, “The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt, “Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent” by Judi Dench, and “The Demon of Unrest” by Erik Larson.

Juvenile fiction/non-fiction: “The Night War” by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, “The Last Comics on Earth: Too Many Villains” (graphic novel) by Max Brallier, “The Secret Library” by Kekla Magoon, “Cat Out of The Water: A Cat in the Hat Story” by Art Baltazar, and “Tree. Table. Book” by Lois Lowry. Juvenile non-fiction- “Ultimate Bugopedia” by Darlyne Murawski, and “Flight” by Andrew Nahum.

Children: “Roar-Choo!” by Charlotte Cheng, “Built to Last” by Minh L, “Ahoy!” by Sophie Blackall, “Dalmartian: a Mars Rover’s Story” by Lucy Ruth Cummins, “Summer is Here” by Renee Watson, “Magical and Unusual” by Sylvia Piccinotti, “Llama Llama Feelings” by Anna Dewdney, and “All Thay Grows” by Jack Wong.

(Madonna Barney is a library assistant at the Lake Placid Public Library.)