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.

Summer reading is winding down. THANK YOU, Pizza Hut, for donating gift certificates for personal pan pizzas to 194 kids who turned in their reading logs on time. We appreciate your support.

It’s been a fantastic summer, thanks to the parents, grandparents, and caregivers who registered and attended their children for our summer reading program. We appreciate all the workers at the CORE and the Boys and Girls Clubs who included their kids in Summer Reading. It was wonderful to see our library active with kids and teens. Please, keep coming weekly. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

On Friday, August 5, at 6:00 pm, families with children five years and under are invited to stop by our First Friday booth in front of the library for Kindergarten Readiness. Is your child ready for the classroom? Parents will learn teacher expectations for students entering kindergarten. Parents will also pick up skills they can use to begin preparing their children for kindergarten. Parents will receive free classroom materials until we run out of supplies. Kids will have the opportunity to complete a chalk obstacle course and more. We hope to see you there.

New books for children include: Mell Fell by Corey R. Tabor, All Different Now by Angela Johnson, Look and Listen by Dianne White, Grandfather’s Journey: 20^th Anniversary Edition by Allen Say, The Creator in You by Jordan Raynor, The World Needs More Purple Schools by Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart, Ancient China by DK Publishing, Punky Aloha by Shar Tuiasoa, The Dinos on the Bus by Peter Millett and Tony Neal, Don’t Worry, Murray by David Ezra Stein, The Shelterlings by Sarah Beth Durst, Amazing Snakes! by Sarah L. Thomson, Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Endless Waiting by Matthew Swanson & Robbie Behr, Vanishing Act by Laura Martin, and Treasure Tracks by S.A. Rodriguez.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Heart of the Mountains by Pepper Basham, A Feeling of Home by Susan Anne Mason, Right Behind Her by Melinda Leigh, The Curse Workers by Holly Black, The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn, This May End Badly by Samantha Markum, More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez, Vactionland by Meg Mitchell Moore, Gilt by Jamie Brenner, Cold Fear by Brandon Webb & John David Mann, The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays, Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva, By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley, The Local by Joey Hartstone, The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis, and A Secret About a Secret by Peter Spiegelman,

New large-print books: Point Last Seen Christina Dodd, Reputation by Sarah Vaughan, Cold Cold Bones Kathy Reichs, The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager, Gilt by Jamie Brenner, The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick, The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, and The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi,

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: James Patterson: The Stories of My Life by James Patterson, Liking Myself Back by Jacey Duprie, Love Yourself First: Finding Joy in the Golden Rule by Adrien Booher, Pickin’ Up the Pieces by Kimberly Bartley, Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the Maga Media are Destroying America by Dan Pfeiffer,  If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing by Kathleen Buhle, and Wastelands: The True Story of Fam Country on Trial by Corban Addison.

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.

Summer reading is winding down. If you registered for Summer Reading and want to earn your prize package, reading logs are due on Friday, July 22, 2022, by 4:00 pm. A huge THANK YOU to Pizza Hut for donating coupons for a free personal pan pizza to be included in our summer reading prize package Teens who registered for summer reading must turn in their completed BINGO sheets by 4:00 pm on Friday, July 22, 2022, to earn your prizes.

On Thursday, July 21, at 1:00 pm, kids of all ages are invited to attend Barry Mitchell’s, Magic Show. At 2:00 pm on the same day, teens are invited to participate in a Pirate Scavenger Hunt.

On Tuesday, July 26, at 1:00 pm, kids of all ages are invited to see Ed May & the Runaway Puppet Theater. This is the grand finale for the Summer Reading program for kids. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, and guardians for bringing your kids to the library this summer.

New books for children this week include: Brave Every Day by Trudy Ludwig, Ablaze with Color by Jeanne Walker Harvey, Up Your Nose by Seth Fishman,  Pink Is Not a Color by Lindsay Ward, Tell Me a Lion Story by Kara Kramer, Bruce’s Big Fun Day by Ryan T. Higgins, Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper, Brother Francis of Assisi by Tomie De Paola, Opal Lee and What It Means to be Free by Alice Faye Duncan, Fish for Kids: A Junior Scientist’s Guide by Kevin Kurtz, The Story of Juneteenth by Steven Otfinoski, Weather by Kristin Baird Rattini, The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey, There Was an Old Scientist Who Swallowed a Dinosaur! by Lucille Colandro, and The Islanders Search for Treasure by Mary Alice Monroe with Angela May.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh, Nothing Short of Wondrous by Regina Scott, A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott, Beyond the Desert Sands by Tracie Peterson, The Omega Factor by Steve Berry, Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith with Tom Harper, The Dead Husband by Carter Wilson, Josephine’s Guest House Quilt by Ann Hazelwood, Suspects by Danielle Steel, Red On the River by Christine Feehan, Girl Who Survived by Lisa Jackson, Inventions of the Heart by Mary Connealy, Cold Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs, Upgrade by Blake Crouch, The Best is Yet to Come by Debbie Macomber, Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason, 365 Days by Blanka Lipinska, Julianne and the Judge by Melody Carlson, and  Chrysalis by Lincoln Child

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: The Other Side of Yet: Finding Light in the Midst of Darkness by Michelle D. Hord, Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Tunde Oyeneyin, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo, Home with Rue: Style for Everyone by Kelli Lam, Th Full Plate by Ayesha Curry, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell, and Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Griggs.

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.

We need families with elementary-age children to participate in Prime Time Family Reading, a six-week reading, discussion and storytelling program that starts on Thursday, July 14, 2022. We’ll serve a light meal at 5:00 pm. and start the storytelling/discussion at 5:30 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to register your family today. Space is limited to ten families, and childcare will be provided for infants and toddlers after the meal. The Kentucky Humanities Council and the Allen County Public Library provided funds for this program.

On July 14 at 2:00 pm, teens are invited to make jellyfish lanterns as a part of our summer reading program, Oceans of Possibilities, and on Tuesday, July 21, kids 12 and under are invited to Barry Mitchell’s magic show at 1:00 pm.

New books for children this week include: Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead, Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco, Kindergarten: Where Kindness Matters Every Day by Vera Ahiyya, Life in Hot Water: Wildlife at the Bottom of the Ocean by Mary Batten, Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway, You’re Always Enough and More Than I Hoped For by Emily Ley, A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis, Knight Owl by Christopher Denise, Ocean Planet by Ben Rothery, Arlo Draws an Octopus by Lori Mortensen, Just be Jelly by Maddie Frost, Francis Discovers Possible by Ashlee Latimer, See You Someday Soon by Pat Zietlow Miller, The Wind, and Clover by Audrey Helen Weber, Hot Dog by Doug Salati, One Turtle’s Last Straw by Elisa Boxer, and Sir Ladybug and the Queen Bee by Corey R. Tabor.

New books for young adults include: A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir, Star Wars: Queen’s Hope by E.K. Johnston, Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk, The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson, Lost Lad London by Shima Shinya, Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, and Diamond Park by Phillippe Diederich.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Escape by James Patterson and David Ellis, Trouble with the Cursed by Kim Harrison, A Face to Die For by Iris Johansen, Flying Solo by Linda Holmes, The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, Daughter of the Occupation by Shelly Sanders, Ruinsong by Lulia Ember, Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert, Bad Actors by Mick Herron, Mrs. Jeffries and the Midwinter Murders by Emily Brightwell, Never Trifle with Murder by Livia J. Washburn, The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate, Battle of the Teton Basin by Jason Manning and Ralph Compton – The Saltwater Trail by Jackson Lowry.

New large-print adult fiction books include: Looking for Leroy by Melody Carlson, Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan, The Souls of Lost Lake by Jamie Jo Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day, An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Rayborn, The Other Dr. Gilmer by Benjamin Gilmer, When She Dreams by Amanda Quick, The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies Heiresses by Laura Thompson, and An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Rayborn.

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.