Families

Show friends and family just how much you love them this Valentine's Day with beautiful, handmade valentines.

Children of all ages are invited to drop in to the Youth Craft Room at the Troy Public Library on Saturday, February 11 from 2-4pm for M.Y.O.V.: Make Your Own Valentine! You bring the creativity and we will provide the supplies. 

Make sure to check out our selection of Valentine's Day craft books for even more fun projects to make. 

Andy, a pure-bred labrador retriever, and Jane Alkon are part of the nationally recognized Canine READ Program(Reading Education Assistance Dogs). Andy has worked for 3 1/2 years as a therapy dog, inspiring children and adults, listening to children read, and making friends.

Andy and Jane will be at the Troy Public Library on Saturday, February 18, at 11 am. Jane will read from her newest book on his work The Remarkable Mr. Boy.

Christmas came early to the Troy Public Library this year, in the form of a $2,300 donation from southeast Michigan businesswomen representing Meritor, Henry Ford Health Systems, GM and Inforum. These women are part of a leadership class that included a community service project.

This donation will enhance the Library’s Special Needs collection, and be used for materials and equipment for children with reading disabilities associated with visual impairments such as albinism, dyslexia, ADHD, traveling eye, an inability to see color, and more.

The Library will purchase large print materials, with emphasis on novels for ages 8-12; non-fiction books on visual impairments; and magnifiers to assist in reading. The Friends of the Troy Public Library have contributed an additional $300 towards this project, to purchase kits with special reading materials and magnifiers that children can use at home.

Join us for a special story time, at 11:15 am, on Saturday, January 21, to introduce the community to our new collection. This event is especially for children ages pre-school through 2nd grade. Afterw the event, there will be a demonstration on how to download ebooks to ereaders, and a tour of the enhanced Special Needs Collection.

At 11 am, Saturday, January 14, Jane Alkon and her Therapy Dog Andy will be at the Troy Library for a special story time. Andy has been a popular visitor to the Library over the past years, and dozens of children have read to him.

Alkon will be sharing stories from books about fun dogs.  Join us to listen, or even to read a little to Andy. He is a terrific listener!

Children ages five and up who can read and their parents are invited to this story time. Please register beginning 10 am, January 3.

Registration for the Troy Library's next six weeks session of Story Time begins at 10 am, on Tuesday, December 27. The story times will begin the second week of January. Register once for all six weeks.

There are story times for Lapsit, ages 12 to 23 month-old children; Toddlers, 24 to 36 month-old children; and Preschool, 3 to 6 year-old children.

Welcome to a new year!

The City of Troy is looking for volunteers interested in participating in a Lifelong Learning Committee. The committee will be involved in the Troy Library's strategic planning process and subsequent implementation of the plan, and will continue to work with the Director afterward to provide input and community involvement.

Committee members will help determine community lifetime learning needs; evaluate content and format to meet these needs; and communicate opportunities at the Library to people who live and work in Troy. They will also evaluate and measure the success of these efforts with an eye toward continuous improvement.

The City is especially looking for representatives from the following: private and home school organizations; institutions of higher education; PTA, PTO and boosters; student councils; Troy businesses and artists; and Friends of the Troy Public Library and other service organizations.

If you are interested, please send an e-mail with your name, address, phone number and the organization you represent to Library Director Cathy Russ at c.russ@troymi.gov.