Moving abroad, learning a new language, and immersing yourself in a new culture are challenges many in our community experience. With that in mind, our English Language Learners (ELL) Conversation Group and ELL Book Clubs provide a safe and fun place for our patrons to practice their English.

Star anise comes from an evergreen tree native to South China and Vietnam. Its licorice taste resembles that of anise seeds from Egypt and West Asia, although the two plants are unrelated.

Favorite Authors Club is how you can automatically be put on hold for new releases by popular authors. We have a list of 45 bestselling authors. Each time one of the authors releases a new book, we place everyone who has signed up for that author on hold well before the book is even published.

RHPL’s Outreach Services partners with five senior communities to make library materials more accessible. The library’s partners house the mini-branches, while RHPL provides the materials that patrons can check out. The mini-branches’ collections are selected and maintained by Outreach Services, with new books delivered each week.

Rochester Hills Public Library was announced as a finalist in the Clarivate Library Innovation Awards, an annual program designed to recognize and support innovation in academic, national, and public libraries worldwide, for the design of its Kids Catalog.