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Join us if you dare as we explore the chilling realms of contemporary horror stories. This month's title is "The Hole" by Hye-Young Pyun.

Eager to spice up your culinary skills? Join us next week as we learn to whip up fresh and flavorful salsa from scratch! Bring a friend and we'll see you there. #cookingclasses #SalsaSensation #libraryevents

Have you picked up your free copy of BookPage magazine yet? It's available at the circulation desk! 📚 Dive into enchanting realms with this month's issue! ✨ Discover cozy fantasies, tantalizing Asian culinary reads, and a captivating debut merging romance and intrigue.

Join us tomorrow as we explore stories and experiences featuring queer characters or penned by queer authors at this monthly book discussion. This month's title is "Your Driver is Waiting" by Priya Guns. #queer #contemporaryfiction #Romance

Get ready to unleash your creativity and imagination for another LEGO Master Builders & LEGO Leveled up. We'll provide the LEGOs, you provide the fun! #libraryfun #legofun

Tana French’s immersive, thought-provoking The Hunter revels in the quiet moments, but knows true peace is elusive. #mystery #series #ireland #crime bookpage.com/?p=201250

Our next Friends of the Library board meeting is scheduled for May 20 at 5 p.m. All meetings are open to the community! #libraryfriends #CommunitySupport

Be sure to stop by and see us out in the community! We are rolling into the Emporia Senior Center tomorrow from 9 - 11 a.m.

Come visit us next week for a mobile library experience at the Emporia Farmers Market! Browse our books, sign up for a library card and check out our upcoming events for the Summer. ☀️📖 #farmersmarket #shoplocal

This is a moving and powerful epic about the human cost of building the Panama Canal. It’s easy to imagine, in these snippets of lives, how many more love stories, deaths, migrations, and other life-altering moments occurred during the canal’s construction. #HistoricalFiction

Step into a story with us! Our May StoryWalk featuring "Eyes that Speak to the Stars" by Joanna Ho is up in store windows on Commercial Street! Start at the library to see the first page, then follow the map to read the rest.

Show your mom some love with a special hand-crafted surprise! Join us tomorrow for this free after-hours crafting program; no registration required.🌸 #mothersdaygiftideas #handcrafted

All board meetings are open to the community!

"Your Driver is Waiting" by Priya Guns is an electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire about a ride share driver who's barely holding it together. We'll be discussing this title at Queer Book Club on April 15. All adults are welcome to join! #bookclub #lgbtqia #queer

Don't miss out on our final May All Ages Storytime! We're excited to have a special guest join us: Aquatic Supervisor, Jen Wegener from the Emporia Recreational Center. She'll give us water safety tips! ☀🛟

"Hello Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano is a gorgeous, profoundly moving portrait of what’s possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it. Join us next week as we discuss this title at our Page Turners Book Club! #historicalfiction #bookclub

Lace up those sneakers and let's explore stories together, one step at a time! 👟📖 Next week Roaming Readers will be meeting in Peter Pan Park to discuss the riveting true crime story "Ripple" by Jim Cosgrove. Spots are limited, so please register at bit.ly/RoamingReaders

In The End of the World is a Cul de Sac, the political is intertwined with the personal as Louise Kennedy reveals how ordinary lives can get caught up in a wider, national drama. #shortstories #ireland #fiction bookpage.com/?p=201162

Calling all young adventurers!✨⛺️Let your creativity shine bright like a campfire with our new Grab & Go Kit for ages 3-8. #kidscrafts #adventuretime #diy