4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown PA
610-398-1361
December 22, 2023
Back by popular demand and with an expanded list! Let’s celebrate the New Year with our patrons’ favorite Fiction books of 2023! Here are numbers 15-6 What else was popular… Read More
Book Lists, Happenings, Kids, Programs, Teens
July 7, 2023
Celebrate Shark Week at the library on July 22, 2023! Discovery Channel’s Shark Week Returns Jul 23, 2023, with host Jason Momoa! PCL is celebrating too! Check out our recommendations… Read More
Book Lists, Happenings, Resource
November 29, 2022
Born December 6, 1983, American Author Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of many award-winning books, including Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks,… Read More
Book Lists, Diversity, Happenings, Kids
June 7, 2022
We celebrate America’s rich and diverse culture each June with National Caribbean American Month. We would like to honor and recognize the contributions of all Caribbean-American people and take this… Read More
May 24, 2022
June is Rainbow Book Month™ Rainbow Book Month™ is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer,… Read More
Book Lists, Diversity, Happenings
April 25, 2022
Celebrate With Your Library May 1-31, 2022 “Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration“. This year’s theme is a continuation of the “Advancing Leaders” theme series which began in 2021. In 2022, “Advancing… Read More
April 1, 2022
April is Autism Acceptance Month! Autism Acceptance Month was created by and for the autistic community to change the conversation around autism from stigmatizing to supportive and inclusive. Each April,… Read More
March 31, 2022
Check out these titles from the children’s department, all featuring Muslim main characters! #diversity #parklandcommunitylibrary Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the holy month of fasting. It begins and ends with the… Read More
February 25, 2022
Fall in love with this selection of novels from some of our favorite romance authors! We’ve featured a mixture of classic romance authors and some more contemporary authors who we… Read More
February 8, 2022
Neighborhood Forest, we give free trees to kids – every Earth Day. Parkland Community Library is celebrating Earth Day this Spring by participating in the 13th annual Neighborhood Forest free… Read More
February 4, 2022
Our staff have selected their favorites books for teens and young adults published in 2021. We have selected the “Best YA Books of 2021” by Goodreads reviewers. The stories are inventively entertaining… Read More
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