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sers to contribute their thoughts to an \u201cOceans of Possibilities\u201d display at the Main Library by writing something the library has made possible for them on a paper fish.<\/p>\nThis year\u2019s summer reading theme is \u201cOceans of Possibilities,\u201d and we are celebrating all of the things that the Bethlehem Area Public Library makes possible. In addition to \u201cocean-y\u201d d\u00e9cor in our Frances L. Barnard Children\u2019s Center and the joyful jellyfish decorating our stairwell, we have invited library users to contribute their thoughts to an \u201cOceans of Possibilities\u201d display at the Main Library by writing something the library has made possible for them on a paper fish.<\/p>\n
Lots of people expressed appreciation for the library\u2019s programs, saying they are \u201cavailable to everyone,\u201d \u201cfun times,\u201d <\/em>and \u201cfamily events<\/em>.\u201d A number of people also mentioned our awesome library book sales which \u201chelp me find great new books\u201d <\/em>and \u201csell large print books.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Some other comments include:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI learned to use my new Amazon Fire at the library to borrow library books.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMy husband was recently diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s. Reading books about this disease from the<\/em> \u201cI love music. The library gave me access to music in the past that I couldn\u2019t access elsewhere.\u201d<\/em> \u201cIn addition to books, the library was where I must have checked out 500 \u2013 1000 DVDs\/VHS tapes in my<\/em> \u201cAs a mom, the library has given me time back to myself. I can grab multiple gardening or cook books<\/em> \u201cBAPL is community! I can walk to the library, see friends and neighbors, and have access to books I\u2019d<\/em> Each new fish in our ocean is also an entry in our Summer Reading Raffle for adults! The raffle is open to library users 18 years and older who live in the Bethlehem area. You can fill out an entry at the Reference Desk at the Main Library, or ask for more information at your local branch or bookmobile stop. The Summer Reading Program continues until August 13<\/strong>. Weekly prizes include gift certificates to local businesses, and the grand prize is a $50 gift certificate for groceries and a wonderful assortment of cool library swag!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year\u2019s summer reading theme is \u201cOceans of Possibilities,\u201d and we are celebrating all of the things that the Bethlehem Area Public Library makes possible. In addition to \u201cocean-y\u201d d\u00e9cor in our Frances L. Barnard Children\u2019s Center and the joyful jellyfish decorating our stairwell, we have invited library users to contribute their thoughts to an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5045],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVu5I-8BE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33086"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33092,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33086\/revisions\/33092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nlibrary has helped me very much.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cJoy\u2026Laughter\u2026Enrichment\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nlife\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nand it helps me escape all the needs of parenting \u2013 which helps me be a better mom.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nnever otherwise know about!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n