Endangered Species and Extinction Thursday January 11 3:30 - 4:15 pm What does it mean to be an endangered animal? Join an educator from Essex County Turtle Back Zoo to learn about the pathways to extinction for thousands of animals. Meet some zoo…

Time off during the holidays? Come to the library and stock up on books, movies, magazines and audiobooks for your holilday break! The library will be closed on Monday, January 1. Wishing all our patrons a happy, healthy new year filled with…

Mountainside Public Library is pleased to announce that starting on Monday, December 18, patrons who use downloadable items through Libby or eLibraryNJ will have access to almost double the number of eBooks and eAudiobooks! Beginning this coming…

Q: What's free, fun, fabulous, informative, impactful, inspiring? A: Your library! September is Library Card Month and we're strutting our stuff! Thank you to all our library card holders! You've got one. Here are just a few good reasons to…

EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! Summer Reading Program participants read their way to success at MPL! Children who joined our Summer Reading Program could log either the number of books they read or the hours they spent reading ... and their…

Our Summer Reading Program ends this week! Make sure you log in to receive your raffle tickets. You could have the lucky number in our final drawing for weekly prizes or you might be a grand prize winner! Two grand prizes: a Kindle Paperwhite…

Summer Reading Program! REGISTER NOW and HAVE FUN ALL SUMMER LONG when you participate in our exciting Summer Reading Program for adults and children! Come in to register and receive your reading log. Beginning June 21st, bring in your log and…

Books that go where you go... Did You Know? We've got a great story for you ... and you can listen to it as an audiobook! Borrowing an audiobook with your library card is easy. You can use Libby or Hoopla to download thousands of audiobooks. You…

Shake up your closet with chic this week at the Make Me Chic Boutique! Back by popular demand, the Friends of the Mountainside Library present their Make Me Chic Boutique. Browse and buy gently used jewelry, purses, handbags, scarves and more…

We've put the brakes on the Bike Swap that was scheduled at the library for this Saturday, April 29th, due to inclement weather in the weekend forecast. The new date is Saturday, May 13. Hold your donations for the new date and we'll hope the sun…

On May 1st, 2023, the Overdrive app will be discontinued. Please switch to Libby, the newer library reading app. Libby offers users free access to eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines. How to make the switch: - Download the Libby app from the…

Mark your calendar to come by on Saturday, April 29 9:30 - 11 am for complementary refreshments in celebration of Library Appreciation Week! The library is a great place to find books to entertain, inform and delight your days, but there's…

Even da Vinci's Mona Lisa is smiling about these ongoing programs for adults at MPL! Be a lifelong learner! Have a seat Monday afternoons to learn about Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian High Renaissance. This insightful and informative course is…

Book your story time at MPL! Join us for Spring Story Times! Sign up for infant, toddler, preschool and family story time sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Check our website (link below) for details. Register by email:…

You're invited to our Open House and we can't wait to see you! There's a world of magic at Mountainside Public Library and we want to share it with you at our Open House on Saturday, February 4th from 1 - 4 pm! We've got fun activities planned for…

Library Hours Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 10am to 8:00pm Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10am to 5:00pm -Face masks are requested to be worn at all times while on library property. -Social distancing guidelines are in effect…