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Title:Library Closed Until 12:00 pm Today for Staff Training
Date: 2/17/2025
Description:The library will be closed until 12:00 pm for staff training.

Title:Monday Movie Matinee -- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Date: 2/17/2025
Description:Join us Feb. 17 at 1pm for the Monday Movie Matinee showing of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Title:The Art of Story Weaving
Date: 2/17/2025
Description:Franklin Public Library is offering the unique opportunity to learn the practice of Story Weaving on three Monday evenings during February.

The practice of Story Weaving provides opportunities for participants to actively listen to each other with intense curiosity and without judgment. Participants will share stories individually and create stories together and explore how we are all interconnected through our stories.

The first session will explain Story Weaving and then participants will all share stories. The prompt for February 10 is: “Tell a story about friendship.”

This program is for adults 18+

Registration is required and space is limited. Registration begins January 20 at 9am.

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Phone Numbers
Phone: 414.425.8214
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24 Hour Renewal Line: 414.277.0183

Hours
Monday 9am-8:00pm
Tuesday 9am-8:00pm
Wednesday 9am-8:00pm
Thursday 9am-8:00pm
Friday 9am-5pm
Saturday 9am-4pm
Sunday - 1pm-4pm

Curbside pick-up is available on demand for items that are on hold and ready to pick up.

Call (414) 425-8214 and press Option 3 when you arrive at the library and park in our reserved curbside pickup spot.

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Resources » Books & More

Access information when, where, and how you need it. Books, magazines, newspapers, movies, music, and more, are all here for you at Franklin Public Library.

Wisconsin's Digital Library
Checkout ebooks and e-audiobooks through Overdrive using Wisconsin's Digital Library. Access Overdrive ebooks on your PC or use the Libby App on your smartphone or tablet.
Libby App (Wisconsin's Digital Library)
OverDrive's new and improved app to download ebooks and e-audiobooks. Compatible with Apple, Android and Windows platforms.
Kanopy
Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides instant access to thousands of critically acclaimed movies, documentaries and kid favorites. Kanopy partners with studios like A24, The Criterion Collection, PBS, the Great Courses, and more to provide our patrons access to thoughtful entertainment.
hoopla
Instantly borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone through hoopla! With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. Two items may be checked out per patron each month; titles are automatically returned and removed from your device at the end of the lending period. Get the app from the Apple Store or Google Play. Provided by the member libraries of the Milwaukee County Federated Library System.
ePRINTit Mobile Printing
Print to the Franklin Public Library's printer from your home, your office, or anywhere you might be!
Franklin Public Library Misinformation and Media Literacy Guide
This guide is designed to make you a better media consumer. It covers: common definitions, fact checking websites, games to improve your media literacy, and a guide on how to spot false information.
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Franklin Public Library's Recipe Collection
Check out these recipes submitted by the Franklin community!
Novelist
Reviews, annotations, publication information, subject headings and more for more than 120,000 works of fiction. In addition, this database can recommend similar titles and authors, provide guides for book discussions and more.
TumbleBooks (Made possible by a literacy grant to the Franklin Public Library Foundation)
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. TumbleBooks Library also includes National Geographic videos and games!

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WhichBook
Whichbook enables millions of combinations of factors and then suggests books which most closely match your needs. Click to open up to 4 sliders and move the to set your choices.
Reading Group Guides
An online community for reading groups
goodreads
The world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations.
What's Next®
Find all the titles in a series, and other series by the same author, compliments of What's Next®: Books in Series Database of Kent District Library
Locus Online
Genre: Science Fiction and Fantasy Included in this website are reviews of science fiction and fantasy books and films. The resource area includes forthcoming books.
Speculative Fiction Reader
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Reviews of many sub genres from Alternative History to Zombies.
The Hidden Staircase
Genre: Mystery Includes reviews, forthcoming books, award winners as well as a bestseller list just for mysteries.
Horror World
Genre: Horror Reviews, interviews and lots of links to other horror and author sites of interest.
Fantastic Fiction
A wealth of information about authors and their books. Reviews, forthcoming books and especially helpful for series order.
Read This Twice
Discover your new favorite book! This site contains a compilation of books that influenced and shaped the top entrepreneurs, authors, investors, scientists, politicians, etc. Every single recommendation on the website has been verified and includes a quote and a source link to the recommendation.