The Allen County Public Library is seeking families with school age children to participate in Prime Time Family Read Time. This six-week program will start on Thursday, February 16. Prime Time Family Read Time is an award-winning, reading, discussion, and storytelling series based on Children’s illustrated books. This program is made possible due to a grant from the Kentucky Humanities Council. We’ll start the program with a light meal at 5:00 pm and then start the discussion at 5:30 with plans to end at 6:45. This is a free program, but space is limited, so families must pre-register to attend. Call 270-237-3861 to register
Preschool children can attend Story Hour on Tuesdays at 10:00 am and Saturdays at 1:00 pm. Toddler Time is Thursdays at 10:00 am. We hope you make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.
Lego My Library will meet at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 18th. Kids ages six through teens are invited to join us for Lego build challenges.
New books for children include: Star Wars Jedi Academy: A New Class by Jarrett J. Krosaczka, Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy by Richard Michelson, Flood Warning by Katharine Kenāh, Hug It Out! by Louis Thomas, Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin, Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, The Warden’s Daughter by Jerry Spinelli, The Friendship Experiment by Erin Teagan, and Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney, The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri, The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsay Lee Johnson, World, Chase Me Down by Andrew Hilleman, Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chan, The Magadalen Girls by V.S. Alexander, Night of Fire by Colin Thubron, The Fire by Night by Teresa Messineo, HerEvery Fear by Peter Swanson, and The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams.
New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King, Bill Clinton by MichaelTomasky, Live Better While You Age by James W. Jones, The Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Schwab, Amazing Stories of the Space Age by Rod Pyle, The Hidden South by Brent Walker, The Underground Culinary Tours by Damian D’Aghese, Audacity: How Barak Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy that Will Prevail by Jonathan Chait, The Wars of the Roosevelts by William J. Mann, and Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission by Bret Baier.
New movies this week include: Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite starring Bum-Soo Lee, Jung-Jae Lee and Liam Neeson, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage starring Nocolas Cage with Tom Sizemore, Inferno starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones, Queen of Katwe starring David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o, Never Go Back starring Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, Madea on the Run: The Play starring Tyler Perry, Victoria: The Complete First Season starring Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes, The Light Between Oceans starring Michael Fassbende and Alicia Vikander, Lost and Found starring Jusin Kelly and Benjamin Stockham, I’m Not Ashamed starring Masey McLain and Sadie Robertson, and Disney’s Pinocchio.
To access our digital resources or to borrow books, movies, or music from the library, simply get a library card. Library cards are free with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. If there’s a special book, movie, or music artist you would like to see offered, please let us know and we’ll do our best to acquire the items requested.