Shepherd Park (Juanita E. Thornton) Neighborhood Library

Closed Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22 for roof replacement work.

Start Your Own Food Truck Business

Resources from the library can help

During a time of recession in America, many often look to starting their own businesses. Due to limited job opportunities and job layoffs, this is the time to look for business opportunities in which you are your own boss and the success of your business rests with you.

Book Review: 'Shattered'

When I picked up Shattered by Kia Dupree, I braced myself for what I was about to digest on a mental and emotional level

The District of Columbia Office on Aging

Community Presentation/Workshop

You are invited to participate in a Presentation and Workshop provided by the District of Columbia Office on Aging, Legal Counsel for the Elderly, District of Columbia Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the District of Columbia Public Library on our resources and services. This event will be held Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

New Arrivals: Non-Fiction

Check out these books, hot on the shelves.

Don't Miss Out!

The Universal Class

This is a friendly reminder to mark your calendars for the Universal Class presentation set for Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 12:30 p.m.You will be able to sign up for classes the same day, all you need is a library card, pencil and paper.If you don't have a library card, fear not! You can get one the same day; all you need is valid identification.

Shepherd Park Book Club

The Shepherd Park Book Club meeting on Jan. 2, 2012 has been cancelled. The book club will meet on Jan. 9 at 1:30 p.m.

Universal Class: An Introduction

Book Review: 'Brothers (& me)'

Brothers (& me): a memoir of loving and giving, by Donna Britt, journalist -- a former syndicated columnist with the Washington Post -- has given us the proverbial “open book": a no-holds-barred (no she didn’t say that) account of her very personal challenges: as the sister of thre

Did You Know?

Fun Facts We Learned at the Library

NaNoWriMo's Young Writer Program

Young people 19 and under can participate in National Novel Writing Month

Are you 19 or under and have always wanted to write a novel? Then NaNoWriMo and its Young Writer Program may be for you! Every November is National Novel Writing Month, where hundreds of thousands of people all work towards the goal of writing 50,000 in 30 days, but as a young writer you can choose your own word goal. Last year 2000 K-12 schools participated. You can, too!