Sussex County Children’s Book Festival
Furry Friends with the Humane Animal Partners
Meet & Greet with the Humane Animal Partners
Second Tuesday of Each Month!
11:30am – 1:00pm
Come meet the amazing volunteers from the Humane Animal Partners and spend some time with a lovable dog and a sweet cat—both looking for their forever home! Stop by to learn how you can help, get involved, or maybe even meet your new furry best friend!
Delaware Botanic Gardens
The Milton Public Library has Free Admission Passes available for checkout by using your Delaware Library Card.
More information:
- 7-Day checkout
- Please return to the Milton Public Library
- Please do not return in the book drop
- Up to 3 passes per library card may be checked out at one time
- If there are any additional questions please visit the Milton Public Library or call (302) 855-1975
Milton Public Library Seed Library
HOW IT WORKS:
Borrow & Grow
- Browse available seeds in the binder.
- Select up to 5 seed varieties.
- Spoon a scoop of seeds from the corresponding jar into an envelope.
- Note important information on the envelope label.
- Mark the seeds you selected on the Checkout Form.
- Turn in the Checkout Form to the Circulation Desk.
- Plant the seeds in your garden and watch them grow.
►Seeds being distributed may not meet germination standards prescribed by the state seed law.
►Patented seed or varieties protected by the Plant Variety Protection Act will not be accepted or
distributed without the permission of the certificate holder
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Meeting of the Minds – Book Club
Facilitated by Charlotte McNaughton
Hosted by the Milton Public Library on the 2nd Thursday of Each Month – 4:30 PM In-Person & via Zoom (Zoom information provided via patron provided email closer to scheduled date)
ZOOM Video, Call-In or In-person – Sign-up here
- January 8, 2026 – “The Measure” by Nikki Erlick
- February 12, 2026 – “The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes
- March 12, 2026 – “American Dirt” by Jeanne Cummins
- April 9, 2026 – “A Council of Dolls” by Mona Susan Power
- May 14, 2026 – “In My Time of Dying: how I came face-to-face with the idea of an afterlife” by Sebastian Junger
- June 11, 2026 – “Hometown Verses” featured poets: Judith Crandell, Irene Fick & Shelley Grabel (three local poets will read selections and discuss their work)
- July 9, 2026 – “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde
- August 13, 2026
- September 10, 2026
- October 8, 2026
- November 12, 2026
- December 10, 2026 – “Annual Holiday Book Exchange”
“Limited Copies Can Be Picked Up at the Library or Download from Hoopla or Libby”
- January 9, 2025 – Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather
- February 13, 2025 – “By Any Other Name” by Jodi Picoult
- March 13, 2025 – “The Great Divide” by Christina Henriquez
- April 10, 2025 – “Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People” by Tiya Miles
- May 8, 2025 – “The Women” by Kristin Hannah
- June 12, 2025 – “Framed: astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions” by John Grisham & Jim McCloskey
- July 10, 2025 – “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore
- August 14, 2025 – “Small Mercies” by Dennis Lehane
- September 11, 2025 – “Homecoming” by Kate Morton
- October 9, 2025 – “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews & “Sold” by Patricia McCormick
- November 13, 2025 – “Challenger” by Adam Higginbotham
- December 11, 2025 – “Annual Holiday Book Exchange”
- January 11, 2024 – “The Dictionary of Words” by Pip Williams
- February 8, 2024 – “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks
- March 14, 2024 – “Trust” by Hernan Diaz
- April 11, 2024 – “Mad Honey” by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
- May 9, 2024 – ” The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough
- June 13, 2024 – “Birnam Wood” by Eleanor Catton
- July 11, 2024 – “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride
- August 8, 2024 – “By Her Own Design” by Piper Huguley
- September 12, 2024 – “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver
- October 10, 2024 – “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt
- November 14, 2024 – “Lady Tan’s Circle of Women” by Lisa See
- December 12, 2024 – “Annual Holiday Book Exchange”
- January 12, 2023 – “The Violin Conspiracy” by Brendan Slocumb
- February 9, 2023 – “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah
- March 9, 2023 – “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles
- April 13, 2023 – “Take My Hand” by Dolen-Perkins-Valdez
- May 11, 2023 – “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland” by Patrick Radden Keefe
- June 8, 2023 – “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen
- July 13, 2023 – “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougal
- August 10, 2023 – “The Push” by Ashley Audrain
- September 14, 2023 – “Dear Freedom Writer” by Erin Gruwell
- October 12, 2023 – “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
- November 9, 2023 – “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
- December 14, 2023 – “Annual Holiday Book Exchange”
- January 13, 2022 – “While Justice Sleeps” by Stacey Abrams
- February 10, 2022 – “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
- March 10, 2022 – “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah
- April 7, 2022 – “Killers of Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann
- May 12, 2022 – “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell
- June 9, 2022 – “Let’s Say Jack Kennedy Killed the Girl” by William F. Crandell & “Black Water” by Joyce Carol Oates
- July 14, 2022 – “Beartown” by Frederik Bachman
- August 11, 2022 – “A Long Petal of the Sea” by Isabel Allende
- September 8, 2022 – “A Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
- October 13, 2022 – “I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times” by Mónica Guzmán
- “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson
- December 8, 2022 – “Holiday Book Exchange and Celebration”
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
- Dear Life by Alice Munro
- The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
- A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
- Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
- Hum If You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais
- The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone And How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
- Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
- This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
- The Moment of Lift: how empowering women changes the world by Melinda Gates
- The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Various Titles from Home Libraries due to COVID – Zoom
- Various Titles from Home Libraries due to COVID – Zoom
- The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan – Zoom
- Resistant by Michael Palmer – Zoom
- The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict – Zoom
- The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson – Zoom
- Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City by Wes Moore – Zoom
- Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult – Zoom
- Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman – Zoom
- The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
- The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
- The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
- The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
- The Daughter of Mars by Thomas Keneally
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- The Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drummond
- (Pick a Recipe to Cook & Share in July)
- Commonwealth by Ann Patchett<
- Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
- Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America by James & Deborah Fallows
- Blind Date With A Book (unwrap and read a mystery title)
- Recipe in a Book – various Titles/Authors (read the story & cook the recipe to share with the group)
- News of the World by Paulette Jiles
- Doc by Mary Doria Russell
- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
- Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Chesapeake by James Michener
- Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
- The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- Blindness by Jose Saramago
Computer and Smartphone Clinics – 2026 Schedule
Get Individual Help with Windows Computers, Android, and Apple Smartphones. Each clinic is limited to 30 minutes in duration. Pre-registration is required. Call (302) 855-1975 to register today!
Clinic Schedule / 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tuesday Clinics
- March 10, 17, 24, 31
- April 7, 14, 21, 28
- May 5, 12, 19, 26
- June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
- July 7, 14, 21, 28
- August 4, 11, 18, 25
Can We Help?
The Milton Public Library Staff will do the browsing & selecting materials for you based on your preferences. Just fill out the google form to get started!
Once all materials are compiled we will call and schedule a pick-up date.
