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Sock Puppet Playtime at the KTL
Does your child love crafts, stories and a little bit of silliness? Join us for a cozy afternoon this Friday as participants create sock puppets using fun craft supplies! All materials will be provided, and imagination is the only requirement. We will also have a mini puppet show for our puppet masters to show their work.
See you Friday November 7th, 1:30-3:00 PM at the Kirkland Town Library!
Donate Your Change to The Country Pantry
The Country Pantry needs our help now more than ever. Let’s support them by donating our loose change. Bring it into the library and deposit it in a 5-gallon jug. When you do, you can guess how long it will take to fill the jug and how much money it will hold.
Book Donations
Guidelines
We are now accepting donations for the 2026 Friends Annual Book Sale on the Village Green.
Due to limited storage space, we can only accept books in pristine condition. Please make sure all items are in like-new condition and are items you would purchase again.
Like-new means:
Covers are intact no odors not chewed on
haven’t been wet not stained didn’t need to be dusted off first
not stored in your basement
We do not accept:
encyclopedias textbooks videotapes (VHS)
magazines Readers Digest Books cassette tapes
vinyl records toys/games
Please understand that while you may think your books are priceless, we know from experience what will sell. (That’s why the sale is so popular and a fantastic fundraiser for the KTL!) Any items not accepted are yours to take home.
Other places to donate books
- Better World Books drop box located outside the Mid York Library System headquarters, 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica. (Donations here help ALL the libraries.)
- Thrifty Shopper, New Hartford Shopping Center – accepts donations but prefers newer titles
- Little Free Libraries (several around the area)
- Stores with book exchanges (like Kinney)
How to Recycle or Dispose of Books
Remember – books have a shelf life. If it’s been on your shelves longer than you can remember, if you didn’t feel a pang when letting it go, or if you wouldn’t buy it, then it’s okay to let them go to the big bookshelf in the sky.
Paperback books can be recycled.
If you rip out the pages from hardcovers, the pages can be recycled, and the covers tossed in the trash.
Thank you!
