The Overbrook library has a big selection of specialty bakeware to lend out (175 items), but did you know 28 of those are Character cake pans, including several Sesame Street Characters, Esmeralda, Dora, Superhero & He-Man, Taz, Winnie the Pooh, G.I. Joe, Mickey Mouse, Scooby Doo, Garfield and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? Looking for something specific? You can browse our binder of items on the bakeware display, or browse from the website, or come by and ask. If we don’t have it, we might be able to get it from another library who has cake pans to loan out. 

We’re very excited to be hosting a pair of gardening classes presented by the Frontier Extension District #11 coming up in march. Please come out and hear all about the wonders of starting / maintaining your own garden on Thursday March 2nd and Thursday March 30th.

We hope you will join us to learn how to make your garden amazing this summer!

Information on Master Gardener Classes will also be available at both sessions.

Looking for tasty snack ideas and some fun themed pans for “The Big Game” next weekend?

We’ve got some great recipes and specialty pans available in our bakeware display including recipes for unusual treats like Bacon Popcorn, Enchilada Meatballs, and something called “Dirty Diapers”! Are they delicious? With a name like that they had better be!

You can also pick up a football movie from our display to get you pumped up while the oven is pre-heating.

Join us at the library on Saturday, January 21st at 10am for a meet and greet / book signing with local author Su Colstrom for her fun and educational children’s book: It’s Hard to Hug a Cow!

Refreshments and fun will be had by all! Hope to see you here!

Are you still out cruising for last minute Christmas Gifts? Tickets to the Library Foundation Dinner Theater at the end of January are available at the library.

Float on in and pick one up today!

Did you know the Overbrook Public Library now contains 165 bakeware items you can borrow? With the end of the year holidays fast approaching, you should browse the list or stop by and look through the book to get your selections for delicious treats to share with your family and friends or as gifts.  Click on this link to the PDF document of items. bakeware-inventory

The Library Board meeting dates have changed!

Meetings are now being held on the 2^nd Monday of the month at 7:00pm in the library conference room. Our next meeting is December 12th, 2016.

Make sure you take a look at the new 2016 Kansas Notable Books display by the service desk the next time you are in the library! These books are either about Kansas or written by Kansans and are selected by the State Library of Kansas.

This year the book topics range from bank heists, to poetry, to Kansas hiking trails, so should be something for everyone!

Kansas Notable Books 2016 Display

Kyle Sederstrom, our new director, is a resident of Lawrence and has a Master’s of Library Science Degree from Emporia State University. He had been employed by the University of Kansas  Watson Library and brings a variety of experiences and training with him. We’re pleased to have him join our team in this great community. Be sure to stop in and say hello.

We have had a couple of generous donors recently who have given the Overbrook Library some retro character cake pans to add to our collection.  The photo in this post shows some of the new items that have been added. I hear many of these are coming back in popularity. So come to the library and check out a few – just for fun times with the youngsters before school starts – or for a special party. I hear there are even several bakers in the area who have made cakes for parties using our bakeware.  Have fun!