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 The library building is open to the public on Monday through Thursday, from 9:00 am – to 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – to 4:00 pm.

If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings ‘n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.

Library cardholders have access to over 500 free online classes. The most popular courses include: Coaching, Digital Photography, Basic Math 101, Resume Writing 101, and Computer Literacy – Computer Basics. To sign in, visit our website, www.allencountylibrary.com, and click on “Free On-Line Classes.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents/guardians may choose from two Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place, or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs. Home-school teens are invited to enrichment on Monday, September 25, at 2:00 pm. The Inbetweens, students ages 10-12, meet on Mondays at 3:30 pm. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

School-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, September 16, at 11:00 am. Ms. Abby will have a fun build challenge for you.

On Friday, September 15 at 2:00 pm, adults are invited to learn how to use the Cricut and the heat press to create a football-themed item. Participants must register as space is limited. Check out our events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com

New books for children include: Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl, Violet Mackerl’s Pocket Protest by Anna Branford, Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site: Crane Truck’s Opposites by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Mariokart: Off to the Races! by Steve Foxe, Paw atrol: Back on Track! By Christy Weber, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz, Disney One Saturday Morning Adventures by Laura McCreary, Scott Gimple et al., Every Night at Midnight by Peter Cheong, Spreckle’s Snack Surprise by Sandra Salsbury, The Super Mario Bros. Movie Official Storybook by Michael Moccio and Random House, The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl, There Was and Old Lady Who Picked a Pumpkin! by Lucille Colandro, Windows to the National Parks by Hannah Slendon-Dean, Mixed UP by Gordon Korman, Who Was Frank Sinatra? by Ellen Labrecque, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Overlode by Jeff Kinney, Iggy Rules the Animal Kingdom by Annie Barrows.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Cursed at Dawn by Heather Graham, After That Night by Karin Slaughter, Rock Bottom by Fern Michaels, Five Years After by William R. Forstchen, Tranquility Falls by Davis Bunn, Dead Mountain by Preston & Child, Silver Lady by Mary Jo Putney, Holly by Stephen King,  All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris, Adrift by W. Michael Gear, Shiny Broken Pieces by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton, Not Forever but For Now by Chuck Palahniuk, Tom Clancy: Weapons Grade by Don Bentley, Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot, Payback in Death by J.D. Robb, Christmas Every Day by Linda Byler, and Condor’s Fury by Clive Cussler.

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then, you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public Monday through Thursday, from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings’ n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents/guardians may choose from two Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place, or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs. Home-School teens are invited to enrichment on Monday, September 11, at 2:00 pm. The Inbetweens, students ages 10-12, meet on Mondays at 3:30 pm. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

Our book club, “Books on the Square,” meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm. In September, we’re reading Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. We also have a Murder/Mystery Book club called “There’s a Mystery at the Library” that meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 pm. In September, we’re reading The Lost Girls by John Glatt. Stop by the library to pick up a copy of either book so you can join the conversation. There are no right or wrong answers, all opinions are respected, and there is lots of book talk. We hope you’ll join us

New books for children include: Construction Site: Spring Delight by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Ag Ford, On the Night Before Kindergarten by Rosemary Wells, Whatever After: Abby in Neverland by Sarah Mlynowski, Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot by Anna Branford, Marker by Anna Kang, The Duck Never Blinks by Alex Latimer, Good Night with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, The Little Mermaid by Ruth Homberg, Mario’s Big Adventure by Mary Man-King, Elemental: A Family’s Dream adapted by Kathy McCullough, Arfy and the Stinky Smell by Troy Cummings, Dragon Masters: Dawn of the Light Dragon by Tracey West,  Big Foot and Little Foot: The Squatchicorns by Ellen Potter, The Bellwoods Game by Celia Krampien, The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things by Rob Renzetti, Forget-Me-Not Blue by Sharelle Byars Moranville, What Do We Know About Alien Abduction? by Kirsten Mayer, A Narwhal and Jelly Book: A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton, and The Islands of Elsewhere by Heather Fawcett.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Sunset Crowd by Karin Tanabe, Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery, The Bitter Past by Bruce Gorgos, Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn, The Guest House by Tasha Sylva, Boys in the Valley by Philip Francassi, Forget Me Not by Julie Soto, A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert, Fatal Legacy by Lindsey Davis, The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer, Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn, Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer, The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell by Kelly Flanagan, Broken by Jane Daly, Lion & Lamb by James Patterson, Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose, Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent, and The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman.

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then, you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, September 4. Unless it’s a holiday, the library building is open to the public on Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Regular children’s and teen programs will resume in September. Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. Parents/guardians may choose from two Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place, or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com. On Tuesday at 1:00 p.m., Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. Home-School teens are invited to enrichment on Monday, September 11 at 2:00. The Inbetweens, students ages 10-12, meet on Mondays at 3:30 p.m. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

If you are homebound, we are happy to make non-contact home deliveries. Call Ms. Mariah at 270-237-3861 if you need this service.

Our book club, “Books on the Square,” meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. In September, we’re reading Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. We also have a Murder/Mystery Book club called “There’s a Mystery at the Library” that meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. In September, we’re reading The Lost Girls by John Glatt. Stop by the library to pick up a copy of either book so you can join the conversation. There are no right or wrong answers, all opinions are respected, and there is lots of book talk. We hope you’ll join us.

New books for children include: This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie, Pumpkin Day at the Zoo by Susan Meissner, Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site : Excavator’s 123 by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Paw Patrol: Runaway Rocket by Elle Stephens, Princess Truly Picks a Pumpkin by Kelly Greenawalt, Pie is for Sharing by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard, The Lake I Love by Ed Shankman, Light Comes to Shadow Mountain by Toni Buzzeo, Snot Goblins and Other Tasteless Tales by Rob Kutner and David DeGrand, The Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers, Sort of Super: The Magma Cup by Gapstur, My Head Has a Bellyache and More Nonsense by Chris Harris and Andrea Tsurumi, Lanky Boy: Epic Adventure by Adam & Justin of Lankybox, You’re the Apple of my Pie by Rose Rossner, Goodnight Tractor by Michelle Robinson and Nick East, and The Best Would You Rather? Book by Penguin Workshop.

New books for young adults include: The Byways by Mary Pascual, Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton, At the Speed of Lies by Cindy L. Otis,  Damned If You Do by Alex Brown, The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, Where You See Yourself by Claire Forest, The Grimoire of Grave Fates by Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen, A Little Like Waking by Adam Rex, One True Loves by Elise Bryant. and Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard by Kate Robards, The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson, A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing, How Can I Help You by Laura Sims, Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh, Death Knells and Wedding Bells by Eva Gates, Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly, An Honest Man by Michael Koryta, Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano,  Hello Stranger by Katherine Center, The House Keepers by Alex Hay, Goodbye Earl by Lesesa Cross-Smith, Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons, The Botonist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari, When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon,  Dead Man’s Wake by Paul Doiron, Flop Dead Gorgeous by David Rosenfelt, and Wolfsong T.J. Klune.   

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public on Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings’ n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.

Our book club, “Books on the Square,” meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm. In September, we’re reading Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. We also have a Murder/Mystery Book club called “There’s a Mystery at the Library” that meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 pm. In September, we’re reading The Lost Girls by John Glatt. Stop by the library to pick up a copy of either book so you can join the conversation. There are no right or wrong answers, but lots of book talk. We hope you’ll join us.

New books for children this week include: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site: Cement Mixer’s ABC by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Ethan Long, Paw Patrol: Go, Pups, Go! by Scarlett Wing, Dinos Love Pajamas by Cottage Door Press, The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems, The Little Mermaid: Make a Splash, adapted by Ashley Franklin, Why Did the Monster Cross the Road? by R.L. Stine and Marc Brown, Hidden Gem by Linda Liu, I Love My Magic! by Kelly Leigh Miller, Llama Llama’s Little Lie by Anna Dewdney, Alligators and Crocodiles by Gail Gibbons, Greenlight by Breanna Carzoo, Enzo and the Fourth of July Races by Garth Stein, Diggersaurs Mission to Mars by Michael Whaite, and I Cannot Draw a Bicycle by Charise Mericle Harper.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena, Dead Fall by Brad Thor, Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini, Burn the Negative by Josh Winning, In the Weeds by B.K. Borison, Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, A Not So Peaceful Journey by Sandra Merville Hart, Hope by Andrew Ridker, The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, A Likeable Woman by May Cobb, Blind Fear by Brandon Webb and John David Mann, Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch, The Madwomen of Paris by Jennifer Cody Epstein, Al the Demons are Here by Jake Tapper, Somebody’s Fool by Richard Russo, A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin, Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead, and On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi,

New large-print books for adults include: The Happiness Plan by Susan Mallery, Hello Stranger by Katherine Center, The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James, A Likeable Woman by Mary Cobb, Dead Fall by Brad Thor, Immortal Longing by Chloe Gong, Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen, After Death by Dean Koontz, Robert Ludlum’s the Bourne Defiance by Brian Freeman, The Carnivale of Curiosities by Aimee Gibbs, The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Willaims, The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton, Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker, This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs, Silver Alert by Lee Smith, Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo,  and The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs.

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public on Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings’ n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.

All school-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, August 19, at 11:00. Ms. Abby will have a fun build challenge. Don’t forget to register for this free event under our events tab.

Teens are invited to learn a new art technique called Balloon Kiss Pour Paint on Monday, August 23, at 5:00 pm. As space and supplies are limited, pre-registration is required.

On Friday, August 25, at 10:00 am, adults are invited to learn how to make a Hypertufa pot. Hpertufa is a lightweight, porous material used in craft projects. It is made from a mixture of peat moss, cement, and either sand, vermiculite, or perlite. After mixing the ingredients, they are molded into shape and allowed to dry. Pre-registration is required as supplies are limited.

New books for children include: Wishing Season by Anica Mrose Rissi, Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen’s Haircut, a graphic novel by Katy Farina based on the novel by Ann M. Martin, Pizza and Taco: Dare to be Scared! by Stephen Shaskan, Bad Guys in Let the Games Begin! by Aaron Blabey, There’s a Beach in My Bedroom by Kevin Jonas & Danielle Jonas, The Red Jacket by Bob Holt, Back to School, Backpack! by Simon Rich, Night Night, Little Green Monster by Ed Emberley, Sometimes, a Tiger by Z.B. Asterplume, The Sharing Book by Dianne White, Ranger’s Apprentice: Duel at Araluen by John Flanagan, The Best Flower Ever! by Neesha Hudson, Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberley and Anne Miranda, Diggersaurs Explore by Michael Whaite, and Paper Mice by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Phoebe Wahl.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  Happiness by Danielle Steel, The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse, Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter, The Song That Could Have Been by Amanda Wen, Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James, The Summer Skies by Jenny Colgan, The Summer Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Block Party by Jamie Day, A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Echoes by Jess Montgomery, The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox, The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward, Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur, Lassiter by J. R. Ward, Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen, A Not So Convenient Marriage by Sandra Merville Hart, Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman, Not That Duke by Eloisa James, Lovlight Farms by B.K. Borison, The Woods Are Waiting by Katherine Greene, Sweet Tea & Honey Bees by Rachel Hanna, and Wanderlust by Elle Everhart.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Presidential Visits to Kentucky: 1819-2017 by Wane Onkst, King: A Life by Jonathan Eig, Jackie: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History by Serhii Polkhy, Knife Drop: Creative Recipes Anyone Can Cook by Nick Digiovanni, Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Agneles by Kate Flannery and Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the1980s by B. Dylan Hollis.

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

 The library building is open to the public on Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings’ n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.

On Monday, August 14, at 5:00 pm, adults are invited to learn the Balloon Kiss Pour Paint art technique. Space is limited, so register under our events tab. All supplies will be provided.

We have two book clubs that meet on the third Tuesday of each month. Books on the Square meets at 1:00 m, and There’s a Mystery at the Library meets at 5:00 pm. Stop by the circulation desk to pick up this month’s book club selection.

All school-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, August 19, at 11:00 am. Ms. Abby will have a fun build challenge. Don’t forget to register for this free event under our events tab.

New books for children include: The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! by Mo Willems, One Cool Duck: King of Cool by Mike Petrik, Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Logel, Come Back, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish, Buzzing by Samuel Sattin, Dragon Master: Saving the Sun Dragon by Tracey West, Ranger’s Apprentice: TheRoyal Ranger by John Flanagan, Katie the Catsitter: Secrets and Sidekicks by Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue.

New books for young adults include: Three Drops of Blood by Gretchen McNeil, Clementine and Danny Save the World (and each other) by Livia Blackburne, Vial of Tears by Cristin Bishara, Sing Me to Sleep by Gabbi Burton, and Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Island by Adrian McKinty, Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman, Rogue Justice by Stacey Abrams, Inside Threat by Matthew Quirk, The Spectacular by Fiona Davis, The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia by Samantha Leach, The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams. Dragon Masters: Ower of the Fire Dragon by Tracey West, Pink Lemonade Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke, Welcome to Beach Town by Susan Wiggs, The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, Under the Lights by Abbi Glines, Dune by Frank Herbert, A Rebel in My House by Sandra Merville Hart, The Emerald Tide by Davis Bunn, An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo, Finding Us by Tracie Peterson, The Christmas Hummingbird by Davis Bunn, and Recovery Road by Christine Feehan

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Never Give Up: A Prairie Family’s Story by Tom Brokaw, Zero-Sum: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates, My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar, The IN-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life’s Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos, RN, Canoeing & Kayaking Kentucky, 6^th Edition by Bob Sehlinger and Johnny Molloy, and Pagan Curious: A Beginner’s Guide to Nature, Magic & Spirituality by Debra DeAngelo.

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the Library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public on Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Thank you to everyone who participated in Summer Reading. Three-hundred and forty-eight (348) children turned in reading logs and logged 130,421 minutes of reading this summer. Kids earned a $5.00 gift card to Sonic and a $5.00 gift card to Dairy Queen. That’s $3,480 spent on gift cards, of which $1500 was rewarded to the library via a grant from Save the Children. By rewarding the kids with prizes for reading, we hope we’ve helped them avoid the summer slide.

We’d like to give a big THANK YOU! shout-out to Pizza Hut, which donated a personal pan pizza coupon to the kids who turned in reading logs.

Thank you to all the parents and caregivers who brought children to the library all summer. We hope you’ll continue to make the library a part of your weekly routine.

Join us on the porch for First Friday on August 4 from 6:00– 8:00 pm. We are partnering with the Regional Collaborative – Governor’s Office of Early Childhood to distribute school supplies for children entering kindergarten. Need More Acres will also join us to pass out fresh food kits and backpacks. Stop by early, as supplies are limited. Thank you to Southern Kentucky’s United Way for donating learning kits for kindergarteners.

New books for children include: Remind Me by Linda Shute, Dump Truck Duel by Jodie Parachini, Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish, Crane Jane! by Andrea Zimmerman, Hooray for Trucks! by Susan Hughes, Conjure Island by Eden Royce, Sunny Makes a Splash by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, Swing It, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, Little Tractor is Brave by Natalie Quintart, Tractor by Sally Sutton, Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars by Steven Rinella, Dragon Masters: Song of the Poison Dragon by Tracey West, American Sign Language for Kids by Rochelle Barlow, Phonics from A to Z by Wiley Blevins, The Duckling Gets a Cookie by Mo Willems, Even Little Kids Get Diabetes by Connie White Pirner, and Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel.

New books for young adults include: You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron, Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier, I’m Not Here to Make Friends by Andrew Yang, The Faint of Heart by Kerilynn Wilson, A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow, Belle Morte by Bella Higgin, The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes, Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban, The Last One To Fall by Gabriella Lepore, A Crooked Mark by Linda Kao, This Town is on Fire by Pamela N. Harris, and Revelations by Bella Higgin.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Collector by Daniel Silva, After Death by Dean Koontz, The Hollows by Jess Montgomery, Be Mine by Richard Ford, The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, She Started It by Sian Gilbert, The Island of Lost Girls by Alex Marwood, The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray, The Only One Left by Riley Sager, Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood, Welcome to Beach Town by Susan Wiggs, My Magnolia Summer by Victoria Benton Frank, Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner, Unfortunately, Yours by Tessa Bailey, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, The Stills by Jess Montgomery, Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon, Prom Mom by Laura Lippman, Secrets in the Dark by Heather Graham, and Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Defiance by Brian Freeman

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection, please let us know. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public on Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our summer reading programs. Kids who turned in reading logs earned $5.00 gift cards to Sonic and Dairy Queen and a gift certificate from Pizza Hut for a person pan pizzas. A big thank you to Pizza Hut for donating the gift certificates. By rewarding the kids with prizes for reading, we hope we’ve helped them avoid the summer slide in reading skills. Thank you to all the parents and caregivers who continued bringing children to the Library all summer. We hope you’ll continue to make visiting the Library a part of your weekly routine.

The Library hosts three book clubs. One for teens and three for adults. Books on the Square meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm. There’s a Mystery at the Library meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 pm, and the Cook Book Club meets quarterly. Stop by the circulation desk to pick up the book for the book club that interests you.

New books for children this week include: Pirate & Penguin by Mike Allegra, An Asian American A to Z: A Children’s Guide to OurHistory by Cathy Linh Che & Kyle Lucia Wu, Dear Street by Lindsay Zier-Vogel, Rock ‘N’ Roll by Daniel Grogan, Black Lagoon Adventures: The Magic Show from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler, The Remarkable Rescue of Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos, I Remember My Breath: Mindful Breathing for All My Feelings by Lynn Rummel, We Can Sign! by Tara Adams, and Whose Tracks in the Snow? by Alexandra Milton.

New books for young adults include: My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak, Rice or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu, Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities edited by Ismée Williams and Rebecca Bálcarcel, Someone You Loved byRobin Constantine, A Starlet’s Secret to A Sensational Afterlife by Kendall Kulper, Turning Japanese by Marinaomi, and Frontera by Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Letters of Trust by Wanda E. Brunstetter, Adrift by Lisa Brideau, Only the Dead by Jack Carr, The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren, The Missus by E.L. James, The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart, Famous in a Small Town by Viola Shipman, The Café at Beach End by RaeAnne Thayne, A Fatal Affair by A.R. Torre, Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman, The Siberian Job by Josh Haven, The 9^th Man by Steve Berry with Grant Blackwood, You Were Always Mine by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza, The Libyan Diversion by Joel C. Rosenberg, The House on Prytania by Karen White, and Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything by Michio Kaku, The Shift: A Guide to Dating, Self Worth & Becoming the Main Character of Your Life by TIN, How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key, Serenity in the Storm by Kayleigh McEnany, The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of Worl War I by Lindsey Fitzharris, and Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page.

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the Library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Summer reading is winding down, and it’s time to turn in your summer reading logs. To be eligible for prizes, reading logs must be turned in to Mrs. Amanda by Friday, July 21, before the library closes at 4:00 pm. We will check the book drop before closing. We cannot accept reading logs late, but you can always turn in your reading logs early. So don’t procrastinate and miss out. We’ll award summer reading prizes on Tuesday, July 25. We hope kids will be pleased to receive a $5.00 gift card from Sonic, a $5.00 gift card from Dairy Queen, and a coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Thank you to Pizza Hut for donating to our summer reading program. A big thank you to the parents and caregivers who brought kids to the library all summer long. We hope you’ll continue to make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

On Thursday, July 20, at 2:00 pm, teens are invited to celebrate friendship by creating custom friendship bracelets. All supplies will be provided.

Smokey the Bear and representatives from  U.S. Forestry Department will be at the library on Tuesday, July 25, at 1:00 pm to teach families the importance of fire safety. We are all better when we ALL work together.

New books for children this week include: Turkey’s Sandtastic Beach Day by Wendi Silvano, Bitsy Bat: School Star by Kaz Windness, The Magic Cap by Mireille Messier, Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion by Dave Eggers, I Spy with My Little Eye: John Deere Farm & Find by Jack Redwing, E is for Earth! An Eco-Friendly Alphabet by Claire Winslow, Black Lagoon Adventures: Hubie Cool: Superhero by Mike Thaler, Cities: How Humans Live Together by Megan Clendenan, Tumble by Adriana Hernández Bergstrom, Good Night, J.J. by Maria Le, I Survived: The Shark attacks of 1916 by Lauren Tarshis, Wings of Fire: The Hive Queen by Tui T. Sutherland, Forgotten Five: Rebel Undercover by Lisa McMann, and Falling Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Two to Tango by Kathleen Fuller, Must Love Flowers by Debbie Macomber, The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters, Summer on Sag Harbor by Sunny Hostin, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks, The Woman from Lydia by Angela Hunt, The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson, You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heart, The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry, Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding, Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini, Central Park West by James Comey, King of Wrath by Ana Huang, Kyland by Mia Sheridan, Zero Day by Ruth Ware, The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel, and The Whispers by Ashley Audrain,

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Did you know the average child loses two months of reading skills over the summer? You can help avoid the slide by registering your child for Summer Reading and encouraging your child to read for twenty minutes daily. We have thousands of books from which to choose. There’s something for everyone at the Allen County Public Library.

On Thursday, July 13, at 2:00 pm, teens are invited to a Scavenger Hunt in the library. You’ll learn about the history and local businesses as you study the clues and figure out what’s hidden in the library. Participants will have the chance to win a $25 gift card.

Children twelve and under are invited to the Barry Mitchell and Friends Puppet Show on Tuesday, July 18, at 1:00 pm. This program is full of clean humor, silly jokes, magic tricks, and puppets galore.

New books for children include: Wombats Are Pretty Weird by Abi Cushman, The One and Only Sparkella and the Big Lie by Channing Tatum, Tadpoles by Matt James, The Train Home by Dan-ah Kim, The Digger, and the Buggerfly by Joseph Kuefler, A Day in the Sun by Diana Ejaita, 1001 Birds by Joanna Rzezak, We Are Going to be Pals! by Mark Teague, Pigs Can’t Look Up by Vincent D’Onofrio, As Brave as a Lion by Erika Meza, Gnome is Where Your Heart Is by Casey Lyall, The Books of Clash Vol. 1 by Les McClaine et al., I Survived The Children’s Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis, Warriers: Graphic Novel: A Thief in Thunderclan by Erin Hunter, Big Nate: Next Stop, Superstardom! by Lincoln Peirce, Black Lagoon Adventures: Hubie Cool: Super Spy by Mike Thaler, and Middle School and Other Disasters by Wanda Coven.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt by Jeff Shaara, A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins, Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan, The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon, The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni, Killing Moon by Joe Nesbó, Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul, Fall Out by Carrie Stuart Parks, The Happiness Plan by Susan Mallery, Happy Place by Emily Henry, Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore, All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby, The Bookshop by the Bay by Pamela Kelley, The Celebrants by Steven Rowley, The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer, Obsessed by James Patterson and James O. Born, The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane, and Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin, Tell Me Everything by Minka Kelly, Strong Female Character by Fern Brady, George: A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes, Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering, Volume 3 by Joanna Gaines, 2023 Christmas with Southern Living by Southern Living Books, 1964 Eyes of the Storm by Paul McCartney, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath and Beyond by Geezer Butler, and Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court by Chris Paul.

To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. Then you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection, please let us know. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.