Address: 5094 Poplar Memphis TN 38117 
Phone: (901) 415-2777
Library Hours: Monday -Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.  Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday CLOSED 
Holiday Closings for all Memphis Public Library & Information Center libraries can be found here.

The Poplar-White Station branch library is located on Poplar Avenue between White Station and Mendenhall roads, in front of the Clark Tower and White Station Tower office buildings.

History of the Poplar- White Station Branch Library

The branch opened on August 9, 1964 to great acclaim.  Customers were eager for the ninth library building to begin offering service to East Memphis.  There were only 20,000 volumes on the shelves and all checked out in the first month.  The library director at the time, Lamar Wallis, requested an additional $7,000 to add books to the collection.  Today the branch has almost 80,000 items and provides a wide range of material for all ages, including a travel section, large print books, DVDs, and a collection of books-on-CD.  

When the Poplar- White Station Branch opened in 1964, the world was very different from today.  The building of the World Trade Center had just been authorized.  The World's Fair opened in New York City.  Martin Luther King accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.  The Warren Commission had just released it's report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed in July.  Willie Mays was the highest paid professional baseball player, earning $105, 000 that year.  The Beatles came to the United States for the first time and released "A Hard Days's Night" later in the year.  Mary Poppins, Hello Dolly and Dr. Strangelove were hit movies.  -Information taken from The World Almanac.
 

Reader's Center

Use our Reader’s Center which includes resources on specific kinds of books - mystery, historical fiction, romance, thrillers, science fiction and more. Magazines and booklists are part of this collection.

Meeting Room

The meeting room is available for reservation by groups. It holds a maximum of 40 people. There is no charge for non-profit groups to use the room. Fees are charged for profit-making groups and for use of the TV and VCR.
 Contact Michelle Allen at 901-415-2777 for more information.

Children's Programs 
 

• Baby Storytime

Caregivers connect with your baby, aged 4 months to 18 months, through 20 minutes of structured activity that includes stories, rhymes, bounces and songs, and is followed by a play-time.

 --Tuesdays at 11am in April and June

• Toddler Storytime 

Hear themed stories, rhymes and participate in physical activities and crafts during toddler storytime for ages 1 ½ to 3 years old.

--Tuesdays at 11am, May 14th and 21st

• Family Movie Day 
  Saturday 
  4/27/13  1-3pm 
  The program will begin with the reading of a passage from Tolkien’s The Hobbit.  Then we will watch the cartoon version of The Hobbit.  After the movie we will do some trivia and word games based on the movie.
   
• Family Movie Day 
  Saturday 
  5/25/13 1-3pm 
  The program will begin with the reading of a passage from Peter Beagle’s The Last Unicorn.  Then we will watch the cartoon version of The Last Unicorn.  After the movie we will do some trivia and word games based on the movie.
   
• Family Movie Day 
  Saturday 
  6/22/13 1-3pm 
  The program will begin with the reading of a passage from Ted Hughes’s The Iron Giant: a Story in Five Nights.  Then we will watch the cartoon version of The Iron Giant.  After the movie we will do some trivia and word games based on the movie.
   

• Tuesday  6/25/13 2-3pm
  Ronald McDonald will read stories.
  
   

Teen Programs

     

Craft Program 

Tuesday 04/16/13 3:00-4:00pm 
April is National Poetry Month so to honor this time, teens, aged 12-17, will be discussing different types of poems. We will be composing our own acrostic poetry.
 

•  Craft Program 
  Wednesday 
  05/08/13 3:00-4:00pm 
  Teens 12-17 will be making a craft to honor our mothers on their special day.
   
• Summer Reading Club Program 
  Wednesday
   06/05/13 3:00-4:00 
  “Ring Bling”- teens will be making rings and jewelry out of recycled craft pieces.
   
• Teen Movie Day 
  Wednesday
   06/19/13 1:00-3:00 
  Viewing of “LORD OF THE RINGS” PART 1
   

• Teen Movie Day
  Wednesday 
  06/26/13 1:00-3:00 
  “LOTR” Part 2

Adult Programs 

• Poplar-White Station Book Club

  Meeting Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 NOON; 4th Saturday of the every other month.

Contact: Barbara Wallace - (901) 415-2777; barbara.wallace@memphistn.gov
 

• Read Through
  Wednesdays
  5:30pm-6:30pm
  Read-Through provides adult participants with an opportunity to read plays aloud as a group. Plays are chosen by participants.