Library News for September 13, 2017

Preschool children are invited to 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.

School age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, September 16 at 11:00 am.

There will be a youth photo class on Saturday, September 23 at 9:30 am.  This is a free program but you must pre-register to attend by calling 270-237-3831.

Loose Ends will teach you to knit or crochet. Crafters meet every Tuesday at 3:30. Supplies are provided for beginners

New books for children this week includes: The Only Fish in the Sea by Matthew Cordell, Gnome-A-Geddon by K.A. Holt, The Warlie People by Hye-eun Shin, I’m Smart! by Kate & Jim McMullan, The Bedtime Book by Mary Engelbreit,Quantum Entanglement for Babies by Chris Ferrie, Optical Physics for Babies by Chris Ferrie, Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud by Katie Harnett, Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberly, The Wolf is Hungry by Christian Naumann-Vllemin and Kris DI Giacomo, Plume by Isabelle Simler, Mighty Moby by Barbara Dacosta, Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler, Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten by Candice Ransom, Molly’s Story: A Dog’s Purpose Novel by W. Bruce Cameron, and Great Escapes: Mount St. Helens 1980: Fiery Eruption by Gare Thompson.

New books for young adults include: The Branded Series: Liberated by Logan Byrne, Feeder: Book One by Eliza Green, Apprentice by Rachele E. Carter, Caped: The Omega Superhero Book One by Darius Brasher, Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol, Chosen by Ted Dekker, Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, et al., The Capture by Tom Isbell, Unfiltered: No Shame,No Regrets, Just Me by Lily Collins, Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together (Sort Of) by Arden Rose, Artificial Intelligence by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, and Teen Incarceration: From Cell Bars to Ankle Bracelets by Patrick Jones.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  The Unquiet Grave by Sharyn McCrumb, A Column of Fire by Ken Follett, The Romanov Ransom by Clive Cussler, Enigma by Catherine Coulter, Robert B. Parker’s The Hangman’s Sonnet by Reed Farrel Coleman, Handbook for Mortals by Lant Sarem, Michael Vey: The Final Spark by Richard Paul Evans, Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco and James Patterson, Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popovic, The Proving by Beverly Lewis, Dark Legacy by Christine Feehan, Enemy of the State by Vince Flynn, Legacy of Spies by John LeCarré, Before Evil by Alex Kava, All She Left Behind by Jane Kirkpatrick, Cherished Mercy by Tracie Peterson, and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline,

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include:  Where Valor Rests: Arlington  National Cemetery by Rick Atkinson, What Our Mamas Taught Us by Linda Seger, Careers If You Like Music by Laura Roberts, and Project You: More Than 50 Way to Calm Down, De-Stress, and Freel Great by Aubre Andrus and Karen Bluth,

New movies include: Rough Night starring Scarlett Johansson and Kate McKinnon, All Eyez On Me starring Jr. Demetrius Shipp, Megan Leavey starring Kate Mara, The Last Face starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem, First starring Hayden Christensen and Bruce Willis, ad Paw Patrol: The Great Pirate Rescue.

To access our digital resources or to borrow 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. We’ll do our best to meet your needs.

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Library News for September 6, 2017

 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.

Tweens are invited to Perler Bead Art on Thursday, September 7 at 5:00 pm.

On Saturday, Septmeber 9, from 10:00 am -12:00 pm,  youth art from the Summer Art Series will be displayed on the library’s front porch.  Light refreshments will be served.

At 2:00 pm on September 9 we’ll have a Grandparents’ Day program.  We’ll be reading stories, offer crafts, a photo booth and snacks. Kids are encouraged to stop by with grandparents.

On Monday, September 11 at 5:00 pm, Colonel Turner, Instructor for Allen County Scottsville  High School’s JROTC, will present a program on flag folding, flag etiquette, and other symbols of patriotism.  All families are invited to attend.

Loose Ends will teach you to knit or crochet. Crafters meet every Tuesday at 3:30. Supplies are provided for beginners

New books for children this week includes: Flora and the Chicks by Molly Idle, Goodnight Baseball by Michael Dahl, Seamus’s Short Story by Heather Hartt- Sussman and Milan Pavlović, Magic Tree House: #29: A Big Day for Baseball by Mary Pope Osborne, Me and My Dad! by Alison Ritchie, Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds, Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend by Naseem Hrab & Josh Holinaty, This Beautiful Day by Richard Jackson, Walk With Me by Jairo Buitrago & Rafael Yockteng, That Neighbor Kid by Daniel Miyares, Bedtime for Batman by Michael Dahl, Yoga Bug: Simple Poses for Little Ones by Sarah Jane Hinder, Side Tracked by Diana Harmon Asher, Nerdy Birdy Tweets by Aaron Reynolds, Chibi Samurai Wants a Pet by Sanae Ishida, Don’t Color This Book! It’s Cursed  by Emmy Cicierega, The Unofficial Minecrafters Academy Series: Hidden in the Chest by Winter Morgan, and Goodnight Lab: A Scientific Parody by Chris Ferrie.

New books for young adults include:  How to Be a Hepburn in a Kardashian World by Jordan Christy, Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens, The Gender End by Bella Forrest, The Safest Lies by Megan Miranda, Breakdthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World by Jack Andraka, and Game On! Video Game History by Dustin, Hansen,

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong, The Dream Keeper’s Daughter by Emiy Colin, Suddenly Engaged by Julia London, The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang, The Library of Light and Shadow by M.J. Rose, Blame by Jeff Abbott, The Right Time by Danielle Steel, Texas Fire by Janet Dailey, The Room of White Fire by T. Jefferson Parker, Charlatans by Robin Cook, Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton,  The Housekeeper by Suellen Dainty, Let the Dead Speak by Jane Casey.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include:  You Have a brain by Ben Carson, MD, The Making of a Navy Seal by Brandon Webb, Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean to Each Other and How We Can Change by Bonnie Burton, Trashing the Planet: Examining Our Global Garbage Glut by Stuart A. Kallen, Pregnancy and Parenting by Jessica Akin. The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern  South by John T. Edge, and The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sandy Cave by John Benton,Bill Napper, and Bob Thompson.

To access our digital resources or to borrow 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. We’ll do our best to meet your needs.

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Library News for August 30, 2017

The Scottsville Art Guild will offer a free acrylic art class for students ages 8 – 18 on Thursday August 31 at 4:00 pm. Students will be painting a sunflower.  All supplies will be provided, but you must pre-register to attend as space is limited.  Call 270-237-3861.

The library will be closed on Monday, September 4, for the Labor Day Holiday.

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.

Tweens are invited to Perler Bead Art on Thursday, September 7 at 5:00 pm.

On Saturday, Septmeber 9, from 10:00 am -12:00 pm,  youth art from the Summer Art Series will be displayed on the library’s front porch.  Light refreshments will be served.

At 2:00 pm on September 9 we’ll have a Grandparents’ Day program.  We’ll be reading stories, offer crafts, a photo booth and snacks. Kids are encouraged to stop by with grandparents.

On Monday, September 11 at 5:00 pm, Colonel Turner, Instructor for Allen County Scottsville  High School’s JROTC, will present a program on flag folding, flag etiquette, and other symbols of patriotism.  All families are invited to attend.

New books for children this week include: Hair Pocalypse by Geoff Herbach, Ready, Set, Build! by Meg Fleming, A Different Pond by Bao Phi, Pig the Pug: Winner by Aaron Blabey, L M N O pea-quel by Keith Baker, Another Way to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon, Little Junoichi: The Ninja Girl by Sane Ishida, Pokémon: Thunderstshock in Pummelo Stadium adapted by Tracey West, Pokémon: Psyduck Ducks Out adapted by Jennifer Johnson, and Pokémon: Talent Show adapted by Tracey West.

New books for young adults include: Jack The Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco, Gilt Hollow by Lori Langdon, Lost Girls by Merrie Destefano, One of Us Lying by Karen M. McManus, In 27 Days by Alison Gervais, The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda, Corruption by Jessica Shirvington, This Land Is Our Land by Linda Barrett Osborne, The Gender Plan by Bella Forrest, and We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente, Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson, The Girl with No Name by Diney Costeloe, The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop.  Taming Angelina by Helen Hardt, Gathering the Threads by Cindy Woodsmall, Rose Madder by Stephen King, The Diplomat’s Daughter by Karin Tanabe, Collared by David Rosenfelt, The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne, Sun at Midnight by Rose Thomas, All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker, Hello Sunshine by Laura Dave, Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips, What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons, The Locals by Jonathan Dee. The Atlas of Forgotten Places by Jenny D. Williams, Who is Rich? by Matthew Klam, The Cartel by Ashley & JaQuavis and Undertow by Elizabeth Heathcote.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include:. The Making of the President 2016 by Roger Stone, Game of Thorns: The Inside Story of Hillary Clinton’s Failed Campaign and Donald Trump’s Winning Strateg by Doug Wead, The Koran for Dummies by Sohaib Sultan, and A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal by Jen Waite.

New movies include: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul starring Jason Drucker, Scales: Mermaids are Real starring Emmy Perry, Kill Switch starring Dan Stevens, and Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor,  

To access our digital resources or to borrow 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. We’ll do our best to meet your needs.

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Library News for August 23, 2017

The Scottsville Art Guild will offer a free acrylic art class for students ages 8 – 18 on Thursday August 31 at 4:00 pm. Students will be painting a flower.  All supplies will be provided, but you must pre-register to attend as space is limited.  Call 270-237-3861.

Story hour will start again in September.  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.

New books for children this week include: Sam in Winter by Edward van de Vendel, Barkus by Patricia Maclachlan, The Principal’s Underwear is Missing by Holly Kowitt, Mama Lion Wins the Race by Jon J. Muth, Robins: How They Grow Up by Eileen Christelow, Hooray for Birds! by Lucy Cousins, The Emperor’s Ostrich  by Julie Berry, Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls by Beth McMullen, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya, Dork Diaries: Tales from the Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter by Rachel Renée Russell, A Traitor Among the Boys by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Night Night, Train by Amy Parker, Five-Minute Bedtime Bible Stories retold by Amy Parker.

Loose Ends will teach you to knit or crochet. Crafters meet every Tuesday at 3:30. Supplies are provided for beginners

New audiobooks include: Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand, The Lying Game by Ruth Ware, The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neill, House of Spies by Daniel Silva, and The Break Down by B.A. Paris.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  The Bookshop at Water’s End by Patti Callahan Henry, The Café by the Sea by Jenny Colgan, The Captain’s Daughter by Meg Mitchell Moore, Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed, Where Light Falls by Allison and Owen Pataki, Beautiful Animals by Lawrence Osborne, The Fallen by Ace Atkins, The Light Keeper’s Daughter by Jean E. Pendziwol, The Reason You’re Alive by Matthew Quick, Hum If You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais,  Monterey Bay by Lindsay Hatton, LoveMurder by Saul Black, Summer of Secrets by Charlotte Hubbard, The Homestead by Linda Byler, Treasuring Amber by Helen Hardt, All or Nothing at  All by Jennifer Probst, When the English Fall by David Williams, and My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier,

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Readig with Patrick  by Michelle Kuo, The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs, Find Your Whistle by Christopher Ullman, Bushcraft First Aid by Dave Canterbury & Jason A. Hunt, PhD, How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution by Joel B. Pollak and Larry Schweikart, Big Gal Yoga by Valerie Sagun, Jeff Godon: His Dream, Drive, & Destiny by Joe Garner, and Backyard Foraging by Ellen Zachos.

New movies include: Alien Covenant, starring Michael Fassbender and Rachel Waterson,  The Case for Christ, starring Mike Vogel, Disney’s Descendants 2, starring Sophia Carson, Venice, starring Bruce Willis and John Goodman, Hickok, starring Luke Hemsworth and Trace Adkins, How to Be a Latin Lover, starring Eugenio Derbez, and Spy in the Wild 2 by BBC Earth.

To access our digital resources or to borrow 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. We’ll do our best to meet your needs.

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Library News for August 16, 2017

Congratulations to the Primary Center  for winning the Buggy Book Club by logging the most library visits  this summer.  Your grand prize will be a special program, Eclipsing the Sun by our favorite science guy, Jason Lindsey on August 18th, the Friday before the historical solar eclipse.

On Thursday, August 17, at 5:00 pm,  teens and tween are invited to Build Your Own Lava Lamp.  All supplies will be provided for this free program, but you must pre-register.  Call 270-237-3861.

School age children ar invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, August 19 at 11:00 am.

New books for children this week include: The Plans I Have for You by Amy Parker, Super Manny Stand Up! by Kelly DiPucchio, Take a Picture of Me by James Janderzee, Can You Find My Robot’s Arm? by Chihiro Takeuchi, Sam Sorts by Marthe Jocelyn, How Coal is Formed by Blair Belton, Nora and the Little Blue Rabbit by Martin Berdahl Aamundsen, Bob and Tom by Denys Cazet, The Fox Wish by Kimiko Aman, Samira and the Skeletons by Camilla Kuhn, Cricket in the Thicket by Carol Murray, Doris: The Bookasaurus by Diana Muray, Two Truths and a Lie by Ammi-Joan Paquette & Laurie Ann Thompson, The Girls’ Revnge by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by AVI, Andy  Sandy and the Big Talent Show by Tomie dePaola, Our Story Begins, edited by Elissa Brent Weissman, Night Guard by Sunne Lea, Pig & Goose and the First Day of Spring by Rebecca Bond, and Wildman by J.C. Geiger.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  Under a Summer Sky by Melody Carlson, One of the Boys by Daniel Margariel,  The One-Eyed Man by Ron Currie, Exposed by Lisa Scottoline, The Store by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo, I Know A Secret by Tess Gerretson, Seeing Red by Sandra Brown, Belgravia by Julian Fellowes, Amanda Wakes Up by Alysyn Camerota,  Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters, The Risen by Ron Rash, Rebellion by Molly Patterson, Chasing Down a Dream by Beverly Jenkins, Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza, Rituals by Kelley Armstrong, The Wilding Sisters by Eve Chase, and The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: I Can Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums by Travis Barker with Gavin Edwards, First Aid Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Everyone by DK Publishing, Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes by Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy, Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups-Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor who Turned $100,00 into $100,000,000 by Jason Calacanis, Comparative Religion for Dummies by William P. Lazarus and Mark Sullivan, Sons and Soldiers by Bruce Henderson and Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment by DK Publishing.

New movies include: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword starring Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law, Snatched starring Amy Schumer and Goldi Hawn, The Exception starring Lily James and Jai Courtney,  The Sea starring Ciaran Hinds and Charlotte Rampling, Undercover Grandpa starrin James Caan and Louis Gossett Jr, Blind starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore, and The Hunter’s Prayer starring Sam Worthington.

To access our digital resources or to borrow 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. We’ll do our best to meet your needs.

Library News for August 16, 2017 2017-09-07T13:02:58+00:00