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ON TWITTER HIATUS Welcome to the St. John Library! We are a branch of the Lake County Public Library system. 219-365-5379. 9450 Wicker Ave. St. John, Indiana

St. John, Indiana
Joined August 2009
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We are expanding open hours at our 3 busiest branches! Dyer-Schererville, Merrillville, and Munster will now be open 10 AM - 8:30 PM Monday-Thursday 🎉 #NWIndiana #LibraryUpdates
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Here's a handy little @LibbyApp feature you might not have known about: You can stick a Notify Me tag on a magazine to get a notification when a new issue is available!
If you're a grown-up who loved #Encanto, you may also love these #MagicalRealism reads! Find them at your local library 🧡
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Our fancy book scanning stations have been upgraded and expanded to more branches - they're not just at Merrillville and Dyer-Schererville any more! We put the coolest features in this thread 🧵 #LibraryUpdates #NWIndiana
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Hooked on #Wordle? Have we got a book (or eight) for you!
Celebrate #NationalSeedSwapDay at @hobartlibrary 1/29! 10 AM: Master Gardener & Horticulturist Dolly Foster explains the ins and outs of #SeedCollecting and cleaning. 11 AM: Swap seeds! Bring 'em if you have 'em. If not, we'll make sure you get some! lcplin.org/event/5986682
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Speculative fiction is where weird concepts roam, and new territories are mapped. Take a look at the genre's most anticipated titles of 2022: bit.ly/3K0He6K
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The 2022 Read-a-Thon starts Monday! Kids can pick up sign-up forms at their schools or at any LCPL branch - or sign up online (and get more details on how it works) at lcplin.org/readathon. #NWIndiana
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From Canmore, Alberta 🇨🇦 , take a look at today's #GoodreadsWithAView! 📸 : peakbookreviews on Instagram 📚 : @Cmdr_Hadfield
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Is it #Hanukkah yet? Not quite, but you can get ready with @NancyKrulik's adorable book, Is It Hanukkah Yet? It's perfect for kids who are ready to read with a little help! Check out Is It Hanukkah Yet? here: #KidsBooks #EarlyLiteracy
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The 2021 #GoodreadsChoice Awards are here! Vote for your favorite books during the opening round! bit.ly/30vkIBb
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It's almost #Thanksgiving, and Turkey does NOT want to be the main course. The solution? A disguise, naturally! Check out our tips for reading Turkey Trouble by @WendiSilvano and print out a disguise-ready turkey to extend the book: gettingready2read.tumblr.com… #KidsBooks
Presidential inauguration poet @TheAmandaGorman has written a kids' book! You can check out Change Sings: A Children's Anthem right here: bit.ly/3nChnYq #KidsBooks
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RIP Jerry Pinkney: The Lion and the Mouse=Caldecott Medal winner; Coretta Scott King awards=Count on Your Fingers African Style;The Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South;God Bless the Child; The Moon over Star; In Plain Sight shelf-awareness.com/theshelf…
Check out our new kids' collection of Spanish ebooks and audiobooks on Overdrive/Libby: lakecounty.overdrive.com/lib… These are simultaneous use books, which means you can borrow immediately with no holds or wait list! #SpanishBooks
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We have a beautiful collection of Mexican corn husk dolls on display at @HighlandInLib for #HispanicHeritageMonth! A big thank you to Yvonne P. for sharing her collection for everyone to enjoy. Stop by and see them in person!
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Oh? Facebook and Instagram are down? We hadn't noticed... #LibraryLife #Reading #LibraryTwitter
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Did you know LeBron James wrote a novel for kids? We Are Family is perfect for #basketball lovers in grades 4 through 6! Place your hold: bit.ly/3CkDt7w #KidsBooks
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A couple Hobart Library patrons created/assembled this display of diamond art/diamond painting. Come in this August to check it out!
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This year, #SummerReading participants read a grand total of 32,621 hours! We had 3,050 readers which means each of you read 10.7 hours on average. All together, the numbers add up to 3.72 years of reading crammed into one summer! Give yourselves a round of applause!