It's a Thanksgiving celebration at MPL, Charlie Brown

The kids laugh along to a special screening of "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" at Mentor Public Library.

Like Charlie Brown missing the football, some traditions are built to last.

We may not have had any poultry at our annual Charlie Brown Thanksgiving party, but we had enough popcorn and ice cream to make Chef Snoopy proud.

We screened the classic A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving today at our Main Branch and even served the same lunch as Charlie Brown did for his friends—popcorn, pretzels, toast and ice cream sundaes.

Bryn pauses from her popcorn to pose for a photo.

Our branches close 5 p.m. Wednesday and our closed Thursday for the holiday, but all of our digital services are still available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You can still download ebooks and audiobooks from OverDrive and 3M, download music on Freegal, stream music and movies on Hoopla, and check out digital editions of magazines on Zinio.

So have a happy Thanksgiving and we'll see you Friday!

Maddie decorates her name tag during our Peanuts Thanksgiving party.

For more photos from our Charlie Brown Thanksgiving party, visit Mentor Library's Facebook page.

It’s a Peanuts Thanksgiving at Mentor Library, Charlie Brown

We hosted a special screening of "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" on Wednesday, Nov. 26, and also served the kids a feast of popcorn, toast and ice cream.

Where’s the turkey, Chuck?

We may not have had any poultry at our Charlie Brown Thanksgiving party, but we had enough popcorn and ice cream to make Chef Charlie Brown proud.

We screened the classic A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on Wednesday at our Main Branch and even served the same lunch as Charlie Brown did for his friends—popcorn, pretzels, toast and ice cream sundaes.

Rachel tosses the football during the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving party.

Afterward, the kids tested their football skills (as not to get tricked my Lucy) and transformed plastic utensils into Peanuts pilgrims.

The menu at our Thanksgiving party

For more photos from Mentor Library programs and events, check out our Facebook page.

Some of our Favorite Things

I asked my coworkers at Mentor Public Library what their favorite Christmas story, movie or song is. For your convenience, I've linked their answers to where you can find them in our collection.


Dee from Circulation: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the Boris Karloff version)
Kim from Children's: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the Jim Carrey version) and Baby, It's Cold Outside
Sue from Administration: Jolly Snow by Jane Hissey
Andy from IT: Love Actually
Chuck from Facilities: A Christmas Story
Leslie from Circulation: White Christmas (the movie)
Sally from Shelving: White Christmas (the song)
Morgan from Shelving: Carol of the Bells
Barb from Tech Services: Christmas Carol (both the book and the film starring Alistair Sim)
Mary from Tech Services: The Bishop's Wife
Rita from Circulation: It's a Wonderful Life
Torey from Circulation: This Christmas by Donny Hathaway
Kristin from Reference: The Muppet Christmas Carol
Meredith from Reference: All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
Mary from our Children's Department: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and O Holy Night by Josh Groban
Judy from Children's: The Santa Clause and Underneath the Christmas Tree by Kelly Clarkson
Lisa from Children's: A Charlie Brown Christmas (both the movie and soundtrack)
Kelly from Finance: Miracle on 34th Street
Tiffany from Tech Services: Elf
Mary Beth from Tech Services: Lilies of the Field
Julie from Tech Services: The Christmas Donkey by T. William Taylor
Lynn from Administration: The Hallelujah Chorus
Caleb from Circulation: 2000 Miles by The Pretenders
Amanda from Reference: A Garfield Christmas and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Cailey from Reference: The Year Without Santa Claus
Pam from our Mentor-on-the-Lake Branch: Sound of Music
Mary from Reference: Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer by Elmo 'n Patsy
Jason from Community Outreach: I Hate Christmas by Oscar, the Grouch

You can find all of our favorites at Mentor Public Library. What's your favorite Christmas song, movie or book?