Looking for something interesting to do?

Look no further. Don’t miss out on our new makerspace.

A makerspace is just what it says - a space for making things. Here at the Catasauqua Public Library, we have done just that!

If you like making things, then stop by anytime we’re open and have a go at the craft we have set out.

Right now, we are painting diyas. These are small terra-cotta oil lamps used in Diwali celebrations. Diwali is a festival of light in the Hindu religion.

As we move toward December and celebrate the Christmas star and Christian festival of lights and Hannukah and the Jewish festival of lights in January, we will have other crafts for you to make.

The projects are free to all. Come on your own or with a friend or group - and enjoy!

NEW BOOKS

Fiction: “The Stranger in the Lifeboat,” Mitch Albom; “Tom Clancy Chain of Command,” Marc Cameron; “Autopsy,” Patricia Cornwell; “The Midnight Lock,” Jeffery Deaver; “The Christmas Promise,” Richard Paul Evans; “Never,” Ken Follett; “Forgiving Paris,” Karen Kingsbury; “Santa Cruise,” Fern Michaels; “Wish You Were Here,” Jodi Picoult; “Becoming,” Nora Roberts; “Flying Angels,” Danielle Steel; “Oh William!” Elizabeth Strout; “Lesser Evil (Star Wars Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy #3),” Timothy Zahn

Nonfiction: “Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival,” Tom Clavin; “The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier and Longer,” Rodney Habib and Karen Shaw Becker; “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times,” Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams; “Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of the Sopranos,” Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa; “The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Their Battle To Save America’s Soul,” Brian Kilmeade; “In Trump Time: My Journal of America’s Plague Year,” Peter Navarro; “This Must Be the Place: Dispatches and Food from the Home Front,” Rachael Ray; “Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience,” Eli Saslow; “Will,” Will Smith

Juvenile: “Pony,” R.J. Palacio; “Perspectives (Cat Kid Comic Club Series #2),” Dav Pilkey; “Daughter of the Deep,” Rick Riordan; “I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900,” Lauren Tarshis

Young Adult: “These Violent Delights,” Chloe Gong; “Our Violent Ends,” Chloe Gong; “You’ll Be the Death of Me,” Karen McManus; “Gilded,” Marissa Meyer

Picture books: “A Bear to Share,” Jessica Alba, Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein; “Aaron Slater, Illustrator,” Andrea Beaty; “Jan Brett’s The Nutcracker,” Jan Brett; “The Smart Cookie,” Jory John; “Is It Hanukkah Yet? (Step Into Reading Level 2),” Nancy Krulik; “Grumpy Monkey Oh, No! Christmas,” Suzanne Lang; “The Christmas Owl: Based on the True Story of a Little Owl Named Rockefeller,” Gideon Sterer and Eileen Kalish