Kenilworth Branch

TOWN OF TONAWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY COVID-19 REOPENING SAFETY PLAN:

Mondays - 12 - 8 pm

Tuesdays - 10 am - 6 pm

Wednesdays - 10 am - 6 pm

Thursdays- 10 am - 6 pm

Fridays - 12 - 8 pm

Saturdays & Sundays - CLOSED

In accordance with New York State executive orders 202.17 and 202.34, properly worn masks covering both the the nose and mouth must be worn at all times while inside the library.

No food or drink is to be permitted at anytime, anywhere in the library.

To promote social distancing, certain computers have been placed out of service, and seating will be limited.  One on one tutoring may be permitted if space permits and social distancing can be maintained, it is advisable to call ahead to confirm.

Our hours may be subject to change based on updated information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic 

All materials should be returned to the drop box. All materials will be quarantined for a minimum of 96 hours (4 days), once items are through the quarantine process they are discharged and backdated to the actual date of return. 

No donations will be accepted.

Join us every Tuesday & Thursday on our Facebook  page for Story Time! Hang out with Joe on Tuesdays and say Hi to Jill on Thursdays at 10:30 am for stories, songs, and lots of fun! 

Craft & Carry

Take home crafting kits for kids (recommended for ages 5-10)

ask about available take home crafting kits currently available!

The Kenmore Library Virtual Book Club

Join Mary for an online book discussion via Zoom.

On Tuesday, April 20th at 7 pm

This months selection will be

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna ​by Juliet Grames

From Calabria to Connecticut: a sweeping family saga about sisterhood, secrets, Italian immigration, the American dream, and one woman's tenacious fight against her own fate

For Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella’s childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents—moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella’s own mother is convinced that her daughter is cursed or haunted.

In her rugged Italian village, Stella is considered an oddity—beautiful and smart, insolent and cold. Stella uses her peculiar toughness to protect her slower, plainer baby sister Tina from life’s harshest realities. But she also provokes the ire of her father Antonio: a man who demands subservience from women and whose greatest gift to his family is his absence.

When the Fortunas emigrate to America on the cusp of World War II, Stella and Tina must come of age side-by-side in a hostile new world with strict expectations for each of them. Soon Stella learns that her survival is worthless without the one thing her family will deny her at any cost: her independence.

In present-day Connecticut, one family member tells this heartrending story, determined to understand the persisting rift between the now-elderly Stella and Tina. A richly told debut, The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna is a tale of family transgressions as ancient and twisted as the olive branch that could heal them.

Join the Western New York virtual Book Club!

Talk about books with fellow Western New Yorkers with the WNY Book Club Community on Goodreads!

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1128022-western-ny-book-club?fbclid=IwAR35etBUwuylp_UDxfElsbS1th49e-gPO0mA5Wi2yy8pa18Nwmrg6wWdvH0

Based out of the various Library Systems in WNY this book club welcomes all persons.

Each month we’ll have a fiction, non-fiction selection, and a kids book selection

Join.Read.Comment.Enjoy!

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