Where butterflies Wander by Suzanne Redfearn

RSVP by contacting the library at: (609) 492-7081

Experience the magic of the holiday season as pianist and vocalist Jay Daniels brings you the memorable songs from some of your favorite film and television specials. Featuring selections from Rankin-Bass productions like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and favorites such as "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Home Alone," this is a sing-along event for the young and young at heart.

On December 4th at 1 pm, BHPL will host a representative from the Barnegat Bay Partnership’s “Paddle for the Edge” program.

No need to bring your paddleboard just yet! Our presenter will tell us all about this community science event which has been in place since 2015.

Learn how you can volunteer to go out into Barnegat Bay in your kayak, canoe or paddle board to collect data on shoreline edges using an app on your smartphone. The program was developed as a way to get community members involved in wetlands science. Volunteers go out on the bay in July and collect data to later be processed and analyzed by BBP staff.

So far volunteers have paddled a total of 212 miles of shoreline and collected more than 10,233 data points with their smartphones, while enjoying a great time out on the water!
RSVP : library@beachhaven-nj.gov or 609-492-7081

Join us for a special celebration marking our 100th Anniversary! On November 30th, from 12:00 to 3:00 pm, we’re hosting an open house with cider and cookies to commemorate this incredible milestone. Bring friends and family to enjoy the warmth of cider, delicious cookies, and an enriching journey through Beach Haven's history. We look forward to celebrating with you!

I feel bad about my neck by Dolly Alderton

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Did you know that Ocean County once produced over a quarter of the nation’s cranberry supply? The county’s last commercial harvest was held in 2010 at the aptly named Double Trouble village, a former company town which is now a state historic site in Double Trouble State Park.

Join us for a presentation on the rise and fall of the local cranberry industry by Andrew Anderson, the historian at Double Trouble Village State Park. He’ll talk about Double Trouble Village, a once-thriving cranberry farm, and explain how the industry changed over time using dramatic slides, stories and rare video. We’ll also learn how the once abandoned village got its colorful name.

Just think of the great stories you’ll be able to share with your Thanksgiving guests!

Call us at 609-492-7081 to let us know you’re coming.

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

The Beach Haven Library will host Margaret Thomas Buchholz on October 25 @ 1:00 PM as she presents a slide show and readings from her classic books Shore Chronicles: Diaries and Traveler's Tales from the Jersey Shore 1764-1955 and Island Album: Photographs and Memories of Long Beach Island.

Hear tales and personal stories spanning the ages, from a time when the shore was still a wild frontier in the years before the Revolutionary War through the mid-1950s when the opening of the Garden State Parkway forever changed the Island from what it was before.

Stories of sailing and fishing … of treks by horse, stagecoach, train and car … of beach camping, lifeguards and coastal rescue … of flappers and bathing beauties in rented woolen suits …

of violent storms and the endless struggle to resist a hungry sea …

of regret for wilderness lost and the slower pace of much of the last century.

One of our favorite entertainers, Jay Daniels, joined us on October 18th at 1 pm, for an Autumn Serenade, an hour of wonderful, seasonal vocals, sing-alongs and his piano wizardry. Jay has been a frequent guest star at our library and will be back in December for our annual holiday celebration.

BHPL hosted Todd Pover, Senior Wildlife Biologist at the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, for a take on piping plovers and other endangered shorebirds that nest on our local beaches. He provided the most recent update about the status of piping plover breeding on LBI, including at the Holgate Unit of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, and also discussed work being done to restore habitat for piping plovers at Barnegat Light and the development of a nearby new island -- Horseshoe Island -- that now hosts the highest concentration of colonial nesting beach birds in the state. Todd has worked with beach nesting birds in New Jersey for 30 years.

The world-famous Taylor Mason came to the BHPL in September!

Inspired by ventriloquist Shari Lewis and her sock puppet Lamb Chop, he built his first puppet with the help of his grandmother when he was still a little kid.

Taylor and his buddy Romeo are veteran performers. But don’t be fooled the handsome Romeo is actually a puppet! He’s made out of a Clorox bottle with the handle cut out, terrycloth, and furniture foam. His eyebrows are made out of coat hangers, the white part of his eyes are ping pong balls and he’s wearing a wig!

Mr. Mason is a headliner for Disney Cruises and a ventriloquist, musician, comedy magician and stand-up comedian. Booked all over the world each year, he calls Beach Haven home and played to a sold-out house at the Surflight.