Library News for May 30, 2018

The annual Friends of the Library used book sale will be Friday and Saturday, June 1st and 2nd. You can buy a grocery bag full of books for one dollar ($1.00). Doors open at 9:00 am. Stop by early for the best selections.

Summer Reading registration opens on Friday, June 1.  Kids who turn in their reading logs at the end of summer will have an opportunity to choose a prize from our store. There will be bikes, guitars, keyboards, Lego kits, and more fun things from which kids can choose. Those who register and log the most reading hours will get to shop first. We offer prizes to encourage kids to keep up their reading skills, but the real reward is developing a lifelong love of reading.

On Monday, June 11 at 5:00 pm, stop by for Donuts with Dad, a Father’s Day program for kids & Dads of all ages. We’ll read If You Give a Dog a Donut and have a Father’s Day Craft. This program will showcase the importance of Dads.

This month, the library’s adult book club is reading Allie & Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Pick up a copy of the book at the circulation desk and join us for book club on Tuesday,  June 20 at 1:00 PM.

Students ages 8 – 18 are invited sign up for a Youth Acrylic Art Class on Saturday, June 9 at 10:00 am. Supplies will be provided, but registration is required as space is limited to fifteen participants.

On Thursday, June 7 at 5:00 pm, teens are invited to Perler Bead Art.

Preschool children are invited to Story Hour on Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Homeschool Enrichment programs are offered on Tuesdays at 1:00, and Toddler Time is Thursdays at 10:00 am. Saturday at 1:00 pm we offer Crafternoon for all school age children. Don’t wear your best clothes for Crafternoon because we are sure to make a mess.We hope you make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.

New books for children this week include: Trains, Cranes & Troublesome Trucks by Random House, Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones, Pete the Kitty and the Groovy Playdate by Kimberly & James Dean, A Round of Robins by Katie Hesterman, Forever or a Day by Sarah Jacoby, My First Piano Book by Genevieve Helsby and Jason Chapman, Did You Know? Science: Amazing Answers to More than 200 Awesome Questions by Emily Dodd, Math Lab for Kids by Rebecca Rapoport and J.A. Yoder, Night Out by Daniel Miyares, A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano, Pass the Ball, Mo! by David A. Adler, Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea by Lynne Rae Perkins, Boying Up: How to Be Brave, Bold, and Brilliant by Mayim Bialik, PhD, and Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Warning Light by David Ricciardi, The Other Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick,The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz, Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer, Shot in the Dark by Cleo Coyle, All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson, The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner, Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr, Varina by Charles Frazier, Flying at Night by Rebecca L. Brown. Princess by James Patterson and Rees Jones, Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts, My Kind of Christmas by Janet Dailey, Warlight by Michael Ondaatje, Fade to Black by Heather Graham, and The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler.

New movies include: The Age of Adaline starring Blake Lively and Michiel Huisman, Samson starring Jackson Rathbone, Please Stand By starring Dakota Fanning, Forever My Girl starring Alex Ros and Jessica Rothe, and Dolphins: Spy in the Pod by BBC Earth.

To access our digital resources or to borrow movies or music from the library, simply get a library card.  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 May 23, 2018

The Library will be closed on Monday, May 28th for Memorial Day.  Stop by Saturday, May 26 and check out books, movies, and music for the long weekend.

It’s almost time for our annual Friends of Library Book Sale which will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 1st and 2nd from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.  Stop by early for the best selections.  If you have gently used books gathering dust, we hope you’ll consider donating them to the sale.

If you love e-books or audio-books, check out our digital collection at www.allencountylibary.com and click on digital books.  We have thousands of new e-books and audio-books available for FREE with your library card.  Download the free Overdrive App or the Libby App and start reading today. WHY buy these products from internet stores when you can download them for free with your Allen County Public library card?

The library’s adult book club is reading Allie & Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde this month. Pick up a copy of the book at the circulation desk and join us for book club on Tuesday,  June 20 at 1:00 PM.

Preschool children are invited to Story Hour on Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Homeschool Enrichment programs are offered on Tuesdays at 1:00, and Toddler Time is Thursdays at 10:00 am. Saturday at 1:00 pm we offer Crafternoon for all school age children. Don’t wear your best clothes for Crafternoon because we are sure to make a mess.We hope you make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.

New books for children this week include: Circle Rolls by Barbara Kanninen, Stop, Train, Stop by Random House, Baby Bear’s Book of Tiny Tales by David McPhail, Bigger! Bigger by Leslie Patricelli, Square by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen,  Pet Dad by Elanna Allen, A Stone for Sascha by Aaron Becker, Step by Step by Loreen Leedy, A Frog’s Life by Irene Kelly, Sometimes You Fly by Katherine Applegate, The Creativity Projects by Colby Sharp, Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote by Susan Zimet, and Evangeline of the Bayou by Jan Eldredge.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Mornings on Main by Jodi Thomas, Warning Light by David Ricciardi, The Other Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick,The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz, Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer, Shot in the Dark by Cleo Coyle, All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson, The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner, Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr, Varina by Charles Frazier, Flying at Night by Rebecca L. Brown, The Cast by Daniel Steel, By Invitation Only by Dorthea Benton Frank, Buried Secrets by Barbara Cameron, and Charmed to the Bones by Carolyn Haines

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf includes: New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyerconnected World-and How To Make It Work for You by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms, Adamant: Finding Truth in a Universe of Opinions by Lisa Bevere, Falling with Wings: A Mother’s Story by Dianna De La Garza,  Look Big and Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encouters of All Kinds by Rachel Levi, My Days:Happy and Otherwise by Marion Ross,

New movies include: The Other Woman starring Cameron Diaz, Fifty Shades Darker starring Dakota Johnson, Black Panther starring Chadwick Boseman and Michael Jordan, Fun Mom Dinner starring Katie Aselton, and God’s Best Friend starring Winnie Clarke.

To access our digital resources or to borrow movies or music from the library, simply get a library card.  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 May 16, 2018

It’s almost time for our annual Friends of Library Book Sale which will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 1st and 2nd from 9:00 am – 4:00.  Stop by early for the best selections.  If you have gently used books gathering dust, we hope you’ll consider donating them to the sale.

If you love e-books or audio-books, check out our digital collection at www.allencountylibary.com and click on digital books.  We have thousands of new e-books and audio-books available for FREE with your library card.  Download the free Overdrive App or the Libby App and start reading today. WHY buy these products from internet stores when you can download them for free with your Allen County Public library card?

Preschool children are invited to Story Hour on Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Homeschool Enrichment programs are offered on Tuesdays at 1:00, and Toddler Time is Thursdays at 10:00 am. Saturday at 1:00 pm we offer Crafternoon for all school age children. Don’t wear your best clothes for Crafternoon because we are sure to make a mess.We hope you make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.

On Saturday, May 19 at 11:00 am, school-age children are invited to Lego My Library.  Ms. Abby has a vertical build challenge prepared.  We can’t wait to see the results of the creative sparks flying as participants see their vision take shape.

On Thursday, May 17 at 5:00 pm, teens are invited to DIY Bath Bombs, and the following week, teens will be creating crafts from clay. It’s not too late to join the Teen Book Club.  This month teens will be reading and discussing The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Stop by the circulation desk to pick up a copy of the book. The teen book club will meet on Thursday, May 31 at 5:00 pm.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie, Room on the Porch Swing by Amy Clipston, Swimming Between Worlds by Elaine Neil Orr, The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty, One House Over by Mary Monroe, Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence, Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton, Death Doesn’t Bargain by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey, Give-A-Damn Jones by Bill Pronzini, Our Little Secret by Roz Nay, Home is Where the Heart Is by Linda Byler, Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone by Phaedra Patrick, Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry, Just In Time by Marie Bostwick, The Lying Game by Ruth Ware, Love and Other Words by Christine Lauren, The Family Gathering by Robyn Carr, and We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf includes: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey, The Fox Hunt: A Refugee’s Memoir of Coming to America by Mohammed Al Samawi, Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright, How to American: An Immigrant’s Guide to Disappointing Your Parents by Jimmy O. Yang, Debbie Macomber’s Table by Debbie Macomber, and 50 Ways to Get a Job: An Unconventional Guide to Finding Work on Your Terms by Dev Aujla,

To access our digital resources or to borrow movies or music from the library, simply get a library card.  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 May 16, 2018 2018-05-31T17:26:02+00:00

Library News for May 9, 2018

If you love e-books or audio-books, check out our digital collection at www.allencountylibary.com and click on digital books.  We have thousands of new e-books and audio-books available for FREE with your library card.  Download the free Overdrive App or the Libby App and start reading today. WHY buy these products from internet stores when you can download them for free with your Allen County Public library card?

Preschool children are invited to Story Hour on Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Homeschool Enrichment programs are offered on Tuesdays at 1:00, and Toddler Time is Thursdays at 10:00 am. Saturday at 1:00 pm we offer Crafternoon for all school age children. Don’t wear your best clothes for Crafternoon because we are sure to make a mess.We hope you make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.

On Thursday, May 10 at 5:00 pm, teens are invited to Crafting with Popsicle Sticks.

If you have an interested in genealogy, stop by on Monday, May 14 at 1:00 pm for Monday Roots with Ms. Amanda.

New books for children this week include: The Happy Egg by Ruth Krauss,  Friends Stick Together by Hanah E. Harrison, The Strange Awakening of Lazy Smurf by Peyo, The Book of Wildly Spectacular Sports Science: 54 All-Star Experiments by Sean Connolly, Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, and Running on the Roof of the World by Jess Butterworth.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  The Other Side of the Bridge by Camron Wright, The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth, The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman, Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao, Closer Than You Know by Brad Parks, To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear, The Coincidnce Makers by Yoav Blum, The Heart Between Us by Lindsay Harrel, The Heart’s Appeal by Jennifer Delamere, Pelican Point by Irene Hannon, Blind Betrayal by Nancy Mehl, Dare from Deep Within by D.L. Sleiman, The 17th Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea, Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk, Robert B. Parker’s Old Black Magic by Ace Atkins, The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel, The Thief by J.R. Ward, He by John Connolly, The Forgotten Road by Richard Paul Evans, Cave of Bones by Anne Hillerman, Unwilling Warrior by Andrew Boeshaar.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf includes: Be the BBQ Pitmaster by Will Budiaman, Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained by Kate Germano, Instant Pot Cookbook by Good Housekeeping, The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Table by Rick Bragg, Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World by Eileen McNamara, Can’t Help Myself: Lessons & Confessions from a Modern Advice Columnist by Meredith Goldstein, Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling by Amy Chozick, The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever by Jamie Wright, and Magnolia Table  by Joanna Gaines.

New movies include: Tremors starring Michael Gross and Jamie Kennedy, 12 Strong starring Chris Hemsworth, My Daddy is in Heaven starring Jenn Gotzon and Corbin Bernsen, Hallmark Channel’s Royal Wedding Collection starring Meghan Markle, Sheer & Wolves featuring the voices of Tom Felton and Ruby Rose, Paw Patrol: Summer Rescues, and Peter Rabbit.                                                       

To access our digital resources or to borrow movies or music from the library, simply get a library card.  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 May 9, 2018 2018-05-31T17:25:02+00:00

Library News for May 2, 2018

If you love e-books or audio-books, check out our digital collection at www.allencountylibary.com and click on digital books.  We have thousands of new e-books and audio-books available for FREE with your library card.  Download the free Overdrive App or the Libby App and start reading today. WHY buy these products from internet stores when you can download them for free with your Allen County Public library card?

It’s almost barbecue season! Learn about the history of American barbecue and sample flavorings from around the county on Saturday, May 5 from 11:00 am – 12:00 noon.

Preschool children are invited to Story Hour on Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Homeschool Enrichment programs are offered on Tuesdays at 1:00, and Toddler Time is Thursdays at 10:00 am. Saturday at 1:00 pm we offer Crafternoon for all school age children. Don’t wear your best clothes for Crafternoon because we are sure to make a mess.We hope you make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.

On Thursday, May 3 at 5:00 PM, teens are invited to Perler Bead Art.

New books for children this week include: Finn’s Fun Trucks: The Construction Crew by Finn Coyle, Triple Smurfs by Peyo, Rosie the Tarantula by Katie Macnamara, Moon by Alison Oliver, Who Will Bell the Cat? by Patricia C. McKissack, The Town of Turtle by Michelle Curvas, A Busy Creature’s Day Eating! by Mo Willems, The Fishing Lesson by Emile Bravo, The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora, Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall, A Journey Through Art by Aaron Rosen, The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson, The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science by Sean Connolly, Unti Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth by Seila O’Connor, and Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  The Sandman by Lars Kepler, The Terminal List by Jack Carr, Bone Music by Christopher Rice, The Secret by Kathryn Hughes, Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown, The Italian Party by Christina Lynch, High Treason by Diann Mills, Until We Find Home by Cathy Gohlke, Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe, No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert, Beneath a Prairie Moon by Kim Vogel Sawyer, Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson, Such Dark Things by Courtney Evan Tate, The Silent Companion by Laura Purcell, Starting from Scratch by Kate Lloyd, A Borrowed Dream by Amanda Cabot, Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton, A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber, The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova,

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf: Be Anxous For Nothing by Joyce Meyer, Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis, Now Make This: 24 DIY Projects curated by Thomas Barnthaler,  The Home Blacksmith  by Ryan Ridgway, DVM, Meghan: A Hollywood Princess by Andrew Morton, and  Who Moved My Pulpit?: Leading Change in Church by Thom S. Rainer.

New movies include: Dear Dictator starring Michael Caine, Forever My Girl starring Alex Rose, Maze Runner: Death Cure starring Dylan O’Brien, We are All…Hostiles starring Christian Bale, Den of Thieves starring Gerard Butler, The Post starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, The Commuter starring Liam Neeson and Paddington 2

To access our digital resources or to borrow movies or music from the library, simply get a library card.  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 April 25, 2018

If you love digital e-books or audio-books, check out our digital collection at www.allencountylibary.com and click on digital books.  We have thousands of new e-books and audio-books available for FREE with your library card.  Download the free Overdrive App or the Libby App and start reading today. Why buy these products from internet stores when you can download them for free with your Allen County Public library card?

It’s almost barbecue season! Learn about the history of American barbecue and sample flavorings from around the county on Saturday, May 5 from 11:00 am – 12:00 noon.

Preschool children are invited to Story Hour on Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Homeschool Enrichment programs are offered on Tuesdays at 1:00, and Toddler Time is Thursdays at 10:00 am. Saturday at 1:00 pm we offer Crafternoon for all school age children. Don’t wear your best clothes for Crafternoon because we are sure to make a mess.We hope you make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.

On Thursday, May 3 at 5:00 PM, teens are invited to Perler Bead art.

New books for children this week include: The King of Bees by Lester L. Laminack, Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones and Sara Ogilvie, A Dog with Nice Ears by Lauren Child, This Story is For You by Greg Pizzoli, When I Grow Up by Tim Minchin, I Got It! by David Wiesner, Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith, The Smurf Menace by Peyo, Finn’s Fun Trucks: The Clean-Up Crew by Finn Coyle, Crown of Three: The Lost Real by J. D. Rinehart, Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge, Massively Epic Engineering Disasters by Sean Connolly, The Unflushables by Ron Bates, Rebound by Kwame Alexander, Into the Nightfell Wood by Kristin Bailey and The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science by Sean Connolly.

New books for young adults include:  The Wish Granter by C.J. Redwine, Vengeance Road by Eric Bowman, What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper, Reclaiming Shilo Snow by Mary Weber, Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody, Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer, Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen, Perfect by Cecelia Ahern, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, A Season of Daring Greatly by Ellen Emerson White, Unbecoming by Jenny Downham, 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac, and Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  Bad Men and Wicked Women by Eric Jerome Dickey The Fallen by David Baldacci, The First Family – Michael Palmer by Daniel Palmer, Tangerine by Christine Mangan, The Longest Silence by Debra Webb, Crimson Lake by Candice Fox, Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh, Fade to Black by David Rosenfelt, A Guide for Murdered Children by Sarah Sparow, The Bishop’s Pawn by Steve Berry, The Broken Girls by Simone St. James, The Child by Fiona Barton, Anatomy of a Miracle by Jonathan Miles, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas, The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollnghurst, Girl in Disguise by Greer McAllster.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf:  KY Basketball Encylopedia: 100th Anniversary Edition by Jeff Bridgeman,  The Costume Making Guide by Svetlano Quindt, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin, Secret Empires by Peter Schweizer, and I’ve Been Thinking by Maria Shriver.

To access our digital resources or to borrow movies or music from the library, simply get a library card.  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 April 25, 2018 2018-05-03T18:09:02+00:00