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Title:Waddlers & Walkers—Drop-in
Date: 1/26/2026
Description:Waddlers & Walkers (Ages 0-23 months with adult): Rhythms, rhymes, and short stories especially for infants. DROP-IN!

Title:Games with a Cop! (Gr. K4-12)--Drop-in
Date: 1/26/2026
Description:Games with a Cop! (Grades K4-12): Enjoy board games with Franklin police officers!

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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.
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.