Blog Posts
May 31, 2025
We are excited to begin this year’s Summer Learning Program on Friday, June 6 at 10:30am. Thanks to the support of the Oley Valley Community Education Foundation, we have an amazing lineup of presenters that will keep families learning and laughing on Fridays all summer long. Check out this summer’s weekly lineup: June 6: Berks Conservation […]
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There’s no better way to celebrate Earth Day than by planting something that will grow for generations – and we’re excited to share that the Eastern White Pine tree saplings from our partnership with Neighborhood Forest are here and ready for pick up! If you registered to receive a tree, stop by the Oley Valley […]
April 22, 2025
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February 1, 2023
Review by: Denice DeAntonio Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan collaborated to write this novel. This is a moving story about family, young adults, and sexuality. Asher and his Mom, a beekeeper, live in a small New Hampshire town. Asher is in high school and plays hockey. Lily is new to the school. Lily is […]
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It’s actually just what it sounds like. It’s a collection of various items that we have available for you to borrow from the library, and these “things” are not your usual books and DVDs. Thanks to the support of many local businesses, our Library of Things is really growing! Take a look at the items […]
December 23, 2022
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December 17, 2022
From Amazon: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is an entrancing and “wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet” (PopSugar) as she reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. If you read that book and […]
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We’re adding to the services you can find at the library by now providing laminating services! Maximum size: 8.5″ x 11″ (regular sheet of paper) Full page: $1.00/pageHalf page: $0.50/page What can you laminate? Membership Cards Children’s Artwork Certificates and Awards Flash Cards Worksheets (give kids a dry-erase marker to practice those math problems over […]
November 16, 2022
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November 11, 2022
Second Annual Ornament Competition at John Updike Childhood Home Calling all Berks County students in grades K-12 (public, private, virtual & home schooled): Create a holiday ornament for our museum tree. Be creative using one or more of these Updike symbols: Centaur Rabbit Books Typewriter Art/Palette Church Steeple Pigeon Basketball AWARDS Elementary (K-8): $50 Secondary […]
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November 7, 2022 New to the Oley Valley Community Library this week: Books It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and All Your Perfects, a “brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn’t let go, long after you’ve […]
November 7, 2022
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October 11, 2022
Review by Jennifer Schorr The first shelf I browse when I visit the Oley Library is the new book shelf at the circulation desk, and when I saw “The Last Thing He Told Me,” saw it was a Reese’s Book Club book, and read the synopsis, it had me hooked. The book easily captivated my […]
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Written by Miriam Stone I once met a 5-year-old child who was a bully. My son brought him home one day and I hoped he would soon be gone. But, they became friends. I learned that his father taught him to be a bully. His father had been bullied as a child and delighted in […]
October 2, 2022
