2026 Museum Passes

The following passes will be available for the 2026 season. They are located on the top shelf of the periodicals stand in the Main Floor Reading Room. For availability, call 518-523-3200 or check in our catalog using the links below.

Adirondack Experience Museum (Coming Soon)

Receive 50% off general admissions. Good for 4 adults or 2 adults and all children 17 and under. Children under 5 are free.

Open May 22-Oct 12 Daily 10am-5pm

Check Catalog for Availability

Fort Ticonderoga (Available Now)

Receive 10% off general admission for up to 4 people during the 2026 Campaign Season.

Open May 2-October 25, 2026: Tuesday-Sunday 9:30am-5pm (last entry at 4:30)

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High Falls Gorge (Available Now)

Receive 15% off general admission for up to 4 people during the summer season.

Open May 2-Oct 25, Daily 9am-4pm

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The Wild Center (Coming Soon)

Admits: 2 Adults at $10 each; 4 Youth Free (Ages 5-17); Ages 4 and under are always free

Open May 1–24: Fridays–Sundays, 10 am–5 pm

Open May 25 – October 31: daily 10 am–5 pm

Check Catalog for Availability

Library Vote – May 12, 10:00-6:00

The annual Library election and budget vote will be held at the Library on:

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

All residents of the Lake Placid Central School District are eligible to vote.

Ballot Items

Voters will elect two candidates to the Board of Trustees and a vote on the Proposed 2026–2027 Library Operations Budget.

Candidates for the Board of Trustees

There are three candidates running in this year’s election for two available seats on the Board of Trustees:

  1. Jenifer Briggs — current Board Member and Treasurer
  2. Heather Beane
  3. Robert DiMarco

The two candidates with the highest vote count will win seats on the Board of Trustees and each serve a five year term.

Proposed Budget 2026-27

More Information About the Lake Placid Public Library

2025-2026 Budget (as of April, 2026)

2024-2025 Annual Report

New Titles March and April 2026

new titles include recently published works, replacements of beloved titles, and donated books that expand the breadth of our collection

New Adirondack and Local Author Titles

Spring melt. Foster, Lori Duffy. F FOS
The tenth trail mark. Looby, Mark. F LOO
The Adirondack turkey referee: claiming happiness in a fractured world. Vineyard, Manci. B VIN
The Boomerang House: an Adirondack tale of adventure and resilience. Vineyard, Nanci. B VIN

New Adult Fiction

A dance of lies / Arena, Brittney, author. F ARE
The devil’s bible / Berry, Steve, 1955- author. F BER C.M.#20
Bad Juliet / Blunt, Giles, author. F BLU
Upward bound : a novel / Brown, Woody author F BRO
Judge Stone : a novel / Davis, Viola, 1965- author. F PAT
Now I surrender / Enrigue, Alvaro, 1969- author. F ENR
The keeper: a novel / French, Tana. F FRE
This is not about us / Goodman, Allegra, author. F GOO
Before I forget : a novel / Henwood Hoen, Tory author. F HOE
Lady Tremaine : a novel / Hochhauser, Rachel, author. F HOC
Saoirse : a novel / Hurtubise, Charleen, author. F HUR
Kin : a novel / Jones, Tayari, author. F JON
The reservation : a novel / Kauffman, Rebecca, author. F KAU
Murder at gulls nest / Kidd, Jess, author. F KID
Arcana Academy / Kova, Elise, author. F KOV
The wren in the Holly Library / Linde, K. A., author. F LIN
The complex / Mahajan, Karan author F MAH
Son of nobody : a novel / Martel, Yann author F MAR
Harlem rhapsody / Murray, Victoria Christopher, F MUR
It girl/ Pataki, Allison, author. F PAT
Ruby falls : a novel / Phillips, Gin author. F PHI
More than enough / Quindlen, Anna, author. F QUI
The astral library / Quinn, Kate, author. F QUI
Lake effect : a novel / Sweeney, Cynthia D’Aprix. F SWE
The lilac people : a novel / Todd, Milo, author. F TOD
Beasts of the sea / Turpeinen, Iida, author. F TUR
Children of strife / Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972- author. SF TCH #4

New Adult Non-Fiction

(some are featured on the new title shelf and others are placed into the collection)

The company of owls : a memoir / Atkin, Polly, author. B ATK
Sent to war, returning for peace : my reconciliation with the Vietnam War / Bechtel, Charles M., author. B BEC
American pontiff : Pope Leo XIV and his plan to heal the church / Kengor, Paul, 1966- author. B LEO
Nonviolent : a memoir of resistance, agitation, and love / Lawson, James M., 1928-2024, B LAW
Black aces : essential stories from hockey’s Black trailblazers / McKenzie, Julian, author. B MCK
The right to be cold : one woman’s fight to protect the Arctic and save the Platen from Climate Change / Watt-Cloutier, Sheila author. B WAT

The American Revolution and the fate of the world / Bell, Richard, 1978- author. 973.3 BEL
The human brain book : a visual guide to structure and function / Carter, Rita, 1949- author. 616.8 CAR
Children of radium : a buried inheritance / Dunthorne, Joe, author. 623.4 DUN
This land is your land : a road trip through U.S. history / Gage, Beverly, author. 973 GAG
Mafia : a global history / Gingeras, Ryan, author. 364.106 GIN
The Fort Bragg cartel : drug trafficking and murder in the Special Forces / Harp, Seth author 361.1 HAR
The new perimenopause : an evidence-based guide to surviving the zone of chaos Haver, Mary Claire, author. 618.175 HAV
The sea captain’s wife : a true story of mutiny, love, and adventure… / Mazzeo, Tilar J., author. 910 MAZ
American Struggle : democracy, dissent, and the pursuit of a more perfect / Meacham, Jon. 320.5 MEA
American Birkebeiner : the nation’s greatest ski marathon / Poling, Jerry, 1958- author. 796.932 POL
A world appears : a journey into consciousness / Pollan, Michael author 126 POL
The beginning comes after the end : notes on a world of change / Solnit, Rebecca, author. 303.4 SOL
The unexpected journey : finding strength, hope, and yourself on the caregiving… / Willis, Emma Heming, author. 616.831 WIL
The Goldilocks planet : the four billion year story of Earth’s climate / Zalasiewicz, J. A. 551.609 ZAL

New Children’s

Loops / Awan, Jashar author E AWA
Billie Jean Peet, athlete / Beaty, Andrea, author. E BEA
Paddington bear in the garden / Bond, Michael, 1926- E BON
Go, bikes, go! / Boswell, Addie K. E BOS
Twig and Biscuit learn to play hockey. Elias, Lee MJ. E ELI
Twig and Biscuit learn to skate. Elias, Lee MJ. E ELI
The feelings book : a touch-and-feel playbook / Henson, Mike (Illustrator), author. E ORD Board
Froggy bakes a cake / London, Jonathan, 1947- E LON
Peaceful piggy meditation / MacLean, Kerry Lee. E MAC
Madeline at the White House / Marciano, John Bemelmans. E BEM
Goal! : my first soccer game / Ryan, Tanner, author. E RYA
Score! : my first hockey game / Ryan, Tanner, author. E RYA
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown / Schulz, Charles M. (Charles E SCH
Share some kindness, bring some light / Stott, Apryl. E STO
A rock is lively / Aston, Dianna Hutts, author. E552 AST
Abraham Lincoln : lawyer, leader, legend / Korman, Justine. ER B LIN
Pearl Harbor / Krensky, Stephen. ER 940.54 KRE

Journey : based on the true story of OR7, the most famous wolf in the West / Smith, Emma Bland, author. JPIC SMI

New Juvenile Fiction

Force of nature : a novel of Rachel Carson / Burg, Ann E., author. JF BUR
Alone / Freeman, Megan E., author. JF FRE
Zero tolerance / Fry, Michael, 1959- JF FRY #2
Saber-Tooth : a novel in verse. Gow, Robin. JF GOW
Agents of S.U.I.T. : 4, sew much trouble / Green, John Patrick, 1975- author. JF GRE
Out of hiding : a Holocaust survivor’s journey to America / Gruener, Ruth, author. JF GRU
When stars are scattered / Jamieson, Victoria. JF JAM
Hard luck / Kinney, Jeff. JF KIN #8
The getaway / Kinney, Jeff. JF KIN #12
The third wheel / Kinney, Jeff. JF KIN #7
Old school / Kinney, Jeff, author. JF KIN #10
Diary of a wimpy kid : double down / Kinney, Jeff, author. JF KIN #11
Diary of a wimpy kid : big shot / Kinney, Jeff, author. JF KIN #16
Diary of a wimpy kid : the meltdown / Kinney, Jeff, author, illustrator. JF KIN #13
Red River Rose / Lindstrom, Carole, 1964- author. JF LIN
Master of the phantom isle / Mull, Brandon, 1974- JF MUL #3
Return of the dragon slayers / Mull, Brandon, 1974- author. JF MUL #5
The lions’ run / Pennypacker, Sara, 1951- author. JF PEN
We didn’t mean to go to sea / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #7
Missee Lee / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #10
Winter holiday / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #4
Peter Duck / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #3
Secret water / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #8
Swallows and Amazons / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #1
Pigeon Post / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #6
The Big Six / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #9
The Picts and the martyrs, or, not welcome at all / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #11
Coot club / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #5
Swallowdale / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. JF RAN #2
Great Northern? / Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967., author JF RAN #12
Angela’s glacier / Scott, Jordan, 1978- author. E SCO
Against the tide / Sutherland, Tui, 1978- author. JF SUT #5
The hybrid prince / Sutherland, Tui, 1978- author. JF SUT #16
All the blues in the sky / Watson, Renée, author. JF WAT

New Juvenile Non-Fiction

The diary of a young girl : the definitive edition / Frank, Anne, 1929-1945. JB FRA
Susan B. Anthony / McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino. JB ANT
Citizen scientists : be a part of scientific discovery from your own backyard / Burns, Loree Griffin. J590.72 BUR
Extreme birdwatching : measuring change on a Galápagos Island / Burns, Loree Griffin, author. J598.072 BUR
The amazing generation : your guide to fun and freedom in a screen-filled world / Haidt, Jonathan, author. J616.85 HAI
Let’s get creative : art for a healthy planet / Rose, Jessica. J704.94 ROS
In it to win it : sports and the climate crisis / Silver, Erin, 1980- author. J306.48 SIL
The blue jays that grew a forest / Street, Lynn (Children’s literature J598.86 STR
Everything you need to ace pre-algebra & algebra 1 in one big fat notebook : the Wang, Jason / author. J512.9 WAN

New Young Adult Fiction

Ramin Abbas has major questions / Saber, Ahmad, author. YAF SAB

Homeschool Thursdays at LPPL

Join us each month during the school year for informal learning at the library!

This academic year, we will offer a variety of experiences for kids ages 5-13.

SeptemberMouse Heroes!
OctoberOlympic Center Visit
NovemberMagic Day
DecemberReaders Rally Holiday Event
JanuaryBe an Astronomer for a Day with ADK Sky Center
FebruaryLocal Author Presentation: Dog Sledding – Writing Your Own Stories
MarchRobots in Space! With ADK Sky Center
Aprilspring break
MayExtraterrestrials! With ADK Sky Center
JuneAdirondack Watershed Institute

ARBOR DAY POSTER COMPETITION:

Students in grades 2-5 are invited to enter a poster competition as part of an Arbor Day celebration with the Lake Placid Tree Board! Posters with the theme of Trees for the Future should be brought to the library before May 19, when they will be picked up for judging. Everyone is invited to the Arbor Day celebration on Tuesday, May 26 at 5pm.

More information from Judy Shea for the Lake Placid Tree Board:

The Lake Placid Arbor Day Celebration is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26 at 5pm. Location to be announced.

We are asking grades 2-5 to create a poster with the theme Trees for the future.

Pick up posters will be May 19. Judging of posters May 20 AM, by former art teachers (who enjoy this!!). Notification of winners Thursday May 21 or Friday May 22. We ask you to notify parents and invite them to the Arbor Day celebration, Tuesday May 26 at 5pm. Site to be arranged by Tree Board Chairperson. We hang all posters for all to see. Winners’ posters will also be shown at Community Day, May 31 at the ski jumps.

We hope you enjoy joining this effort.

Cordially,

Judy Shea for LP Tree Board

Computer Service Updates Jan 2026

  • WiFi printing and scanning is now available from any device. Ask any staff member for assistance.
  • Printing and copying now include color for .25/page as well as black and white .10/page.
  • All computers have been updated and include word and a pdf reader.

IT Librarian Josh Allen is available to assist with computer and phone use Tues-Sat. Please make an appointment for more thorough one-on-one instruction by emailing joshallen@lakeplacidlibrary.org.

Free Parking 8:00-11:00am and after 6:00pm for LP Residents

If you are registered to vote in Lake Placid or North Elba, you can visit the Town hall to get a parking pass that will allow free parking in town from 8:00am to 11:00am each day.

Download the application form here.

For more info, see the news article at https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/news/local-news/2023/07/27/village-of-lake-placid-to-offer-parking-passes-for-residents/