Library News for September 28, 2022

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.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents may choose from three Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am and on Wednesdays at 1:00 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place. We will read the same book in each program. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs.

On Monday, October 3, kids are invited to our Drive-In @ the Library. We’ll decorate cars made from boxes and then drive to the story hour room to watch an animated Disney movie featuring a unique red automobile. We will decorate our cars at 4:00 pm. Snacks will be served at 4:45 pm. The movie will begin at 5:00 pm.

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

For First Friday, on October 7 at 6:00 pm, families are invited to dress up as their favorite book characters. Stop by the Library’s porch and have your picture made. We’ll award winners in each age group. Representatives from the Heart of Scottsville will vote on their favorites. The first 10 book characters to stop by will be given a pumpkin.

New books for children include: Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune by Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty, Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton, Mr. Coats by Sieb Posthuma, The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems, Puppy Bus by Drew Brockington, Patchwork by Matt De La Peńa, Bravo, Bucket Head! by Helen Lester, Three Little Vikings by Bethan Woollvin, The Witchling’s Wish by Lu Fraser, Wellington’s Big Day Out by Steve Small, Me and You In a Book Made for Two by Jean Reidy, Infinity: Figuring Out Forever by Sarah C. Campbell, and Action! by Meghan McCarthy.

Older children will enjoy: Graveyard Girls: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 I Declare a Thumb War by Lisi Harrison and Daniel Kraus, The Other Side of the River by Alda P. Dobbs, Lacey’s Story: A Puppy Tale by W. Bruce Cameron, and Shot Clock by Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks, A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon, Wish You Were Gone by Kieran Scott, Fox Creek by William Kent Kruger, The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Ballad of Laurel Springs by Janet Beard, Traitor’s Dance by Jeff Abbott, The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe, Sister Friends Forever by Kimberla Lawson Roby, The Neighborhood by Matthew Betley, and Do No Harm by Robert Pobi.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Political Prisoner by Paul Manafort, The FarmMade Cookbook by FarmMade, Stress-Free Chicken Tractor Plans by John Suscovich, A Generation of Sociopaths by Bruce Cannon Gibney, Breaking History: A White House Memoir by Jared Kushner, Raising Lazarus by Beth Macy, The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party by Dana Milbank, and Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter by Major Tom Schuman and Zainullah Zaki.

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.

 

 

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Library News for September 21, 2022

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.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents may choose from three Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am and on Wednesdays at 1:00 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place. We will read the same book in each program. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs.

On Thursday, September 22 at 5:00 pm, teens are invited to Fingerprint Basics with the Scottsville Police Department.

On Saturday, September 24 at 10:00 am, we are offering an acrylic painting class for adults and children twelve-years-old and older. Pre-registration is required. Call 270-237-3861 to register for this free program.

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

New books for children include: Dinos Don’t Give Up by Smriti Prasadam-Halls, Zero Zebras: A Counting Book about What’s Not There by Bruce Goldstone, Keepunumuk: Weeachumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alex Bunten, Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree House: The Graphic Novel: The Knight at Dawn. Adapted by Jenny Lair, M is for Music by Greg Paprocki, Poptropica: The Secret Society by Mitch Krpata, Reptiles for Kids by Michael G. Starkey After the Moonrise by Rich Lo, The Unique Lou Fox by Jody Carmichael. The Mouse Who Carried a Hosue on His Back by Jonathan Stutzman, Jigsaw: Mystery in the Mail by Bob Graham, Leila: The Perfect Witch by Flavia Z. Drago, Sun Wishes by Patricia Storms and Milan Pavlović, How to Catch a Class Pet by Alice Walstead & Andy Elkerton, Nine Color Deer by Kailin Duan, and Blanket by Ruth Ohi.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Fairy Tale by Stephen King, Blow Back: An American President Goes Insane by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois, Keya Das’s Second Act by Sopan Deb, First Born by Will Dean, Rough Draft by Katy Tur, A Little Hope by Ethan Joella, The Last Hours in Paris by Ruth Druart, Joan by Katherine J. Chen, The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander, The Florence Legacy by Lauraine Snelling, The Measure by Nikki Erlick, The Orchard by Beverly Lewis, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, QuickSand by Janet Dailey, Tick Tock by Fern Michaels, The Education of Dixie Dupree by Donna Everhart and Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, and Worthy of Legend by Roseanna M. White.

New large-print books include: The Orchard by Beverly Lewis, I’ll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatch, Still My Forever by Kim Vogel Sawyer, The Warmth of Sunshine by Kelly Irvin, The Last Way Home by Liz Johnson, and The Heart of the Mountains by Pepper Basham.

The library offers over 500 free on-online classes. Check out our website www.allencountylibrary.com, click on the “Free Online Classes” button, and create an account with your library card number.

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.

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Library News for September 14, 2022

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.

The annual Friends of the Library Book Sale is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17. The doors open at 9:00 am and close at 4:00 pm. Books are $1.00 per bag. Stop by early and fill up your bookshelf with great reads at a great price.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents may choose from three Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am and on Wednesdays at 1:00 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place. We will read the same book in each program. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs.

On Thursday, September 15 at 5:00 pm, Teens are invited to CD Maze.

New books for children include: Hope is an Arrow by Cory McCarthy, Diving Deep: Using Machines to Explore the Ocean by Michelle Cusolito, Happy Halloween, Little Engine! by Matt Mitter and Jannie Ho, Here We Are: Book of Opposites by Oliver Jeffers, The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Fall by Eric Carle, Camp Famous by Jennifer Blecher, Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree House: The Graphic Novel: Dinosaurs Before Dark. Adapted by Jenny Laird, Surely Surely Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly, Warriors: Graphic Novel: Winds of Change by Erin Hunter, Surviving the Wild: Sunny the Shark by Remy Lai, Star Wars: Bounty Hunters by Target Valance, My Life Begins by Patricia MacLachlan.

New graphic novels for young adults include: Robin & Batman by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, Pennyworth by Scott Bryan Wilson and Juan Gedeon, Lost Lad London by Shima Shinya, and Silk: Age of the Witch by Kim Miyazawa Herring.

New books for young adults include: Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert, The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Cloaked by Mike Richardson and Jordi Armengol, What Souls Are Made Of by Tasha Suri, Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert, The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson and The Rumor Jame by Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Dead Sea Conspiracy by Jerry B. Jenkins, The Brighter The Light by Mary Ellen Taylor, Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor, Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare, Armored by Mark Greaney, Treasure an Heiress by Roseanna M. White, The Last Paladin by P.T. Deutermann, Yesterday’s Gone by Cindy Woodsmall & Erin Woodsmall, The Swell by Allie Reynolds, The Crimson Thread by Kate Forsyth, The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda, The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford, The It Girl by Ruth Ware, The One You Want by Jennifer Ryan, The Book Eaters by Sunny Dean, The Book Eaters by George Dawes Green.

New adult large-print books include: Killer Words by V.M. Burns, One for the Hooks: A Crochet Mystery by Betty Hechtman, Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay, Much Ado about Nauticaling by Gabby Allan, Imperfect Promise by Susanna Lane, The Smiling Country by Elmer Kelton, and Lost Trails by Louis L’Amoure, Elmer Kelton, et.al.

The library offers over 500 free on-online classes. Check out our website www.allencountylibrary.com, click on the “Free Online Classes button, and create an account with your library card number.

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.

 

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Library News for September 7, 2022

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.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents may choose from three Pre-K Story Hours for their pre-school age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am and on Wednesdays at 1:00 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place. We will read the same book in each program. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs.

On Thursday, September 8 at 5:00 pm, Teens are invited to Teen Game Night.

New books for children this week include: The Little Bear by Nicola Killen, Whose Bones Are Those by Chihiro Takeuchi, To Find Treasure in the Mountain by Francine Rockey, A Little Ferry Tale by Chad Otis, Marvelous Body by Jane Wilsher & Andrés Lozano, Meet the Super Duper Seven by Tim Hamilton, The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson, Literary Critters by Sophie Corrigan, Duet by Elise Broach, A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin, Sonny Says Sorry! by Caryl Hart, Sharks for Kids by David McGuire, How to Catch a Witch by Alice Walstead & Megan Joyce, The Bailey School Kids: Frankenstein Doesn’t Plant Petunias: A Graphic Novel by Pearl Low, Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Mejia, and Poptropica: The Lost Expedition by Mitch Krpata.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Acts of Violence by Margarita Montimore, Paradise Girls by Sandy Gingras, A Haven for Her Heart by Susan Anne Mason, Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates, Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, Confidence by Denise Mina, Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown, Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier, The Lost Children by Shirley Dickson, Corinne by Rebecca Morrow, Walking in Tall Weeds by Robin Pearson, Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey, The Ninth Month by James Patterson, Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes, In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber, and The Poet’s House by Jean Thompson.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: I’m Not Going Anywhere by Kelly Lang, Relativity: The Special & The General Theory 100th Anniversary Edition by Albert Einstein, I’d Like to Play Alone Please by Tom Segura, The Complete Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant Oversized Edition Illustrated by Ulysses S. Grant, The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London by Catherine Ostler, Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath by Bill Browder, and Lessons from the Edge by Marie Yovanovitch.

Have you downloaded the Hoopla app yet? Hoopla allows library patrons to stream digital movies and T.V. shows for free with your Allen County Public Library card. Download the Hoopla app, find our library, and sign up. Patrons may check out ten items per month from Hoopla with your library card.

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.

 

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Library News for August 31, 2022

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 unless it is a holiday. If you are homebound, we are happy to make non-contact home deliveries. Call 270-237-3861 to schedule home deliveries.

The library will be closed on Monday, September 5, for Labor Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 6, at 9:00 am. Stop by early to check out library materials to enjoy through the long holiday weekend.

In September, we are resuming children’s programs. Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents may choose from three Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am and on Wednesdays at 1:00 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place. We will read the same book in each program. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs.

Teens meet each Thursday at 5:00 pm. On Thursday, September 1, teens are invited to the Pearler Bead Club. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

New books for children this week include: The Baby-Changing Station by Thett Miller, A Very Big Fall by Emmy Kastner, The More You Give by Marcy Campbell and Francesca Sanna, Goodnight, Butterfly by Ross Burach, The Surprise by Zadie Smith and Nick Laird, The Longest Journey: An Arctic Tern’s Migration by Amy Hevron, Peter Rabbit: Trick or Treat by Beatrix Potter, Here We Are: Book of Colors by Oliver Jeffers, Exploring Sharks by Jill McDonald, Exploring the Solar System by Jill McDonald, The Pet Potato by Josh Lacey, The Stone Child by Davi A. Robertson, Moon Light by Stephen Savage, Breda’s Island by Jessie Ann Foley, Agent Llama Double Trouble by Angela Woolfe, Berry Song by Michaela Goade, Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School! by Carrie Finison, Valentina Salazar is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova and The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett.

New audiobooks for adults include: The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand, The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer, Movie Land by Lee Goldberg, Good Morning, Love by Ashley Coleman, Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton, A Spanish Sunrise by Boo Walker, The Codebreaker’s Secret by Sara Ackerman, Overkill by Sandra Brown, The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais, She’s Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino, and The It Girl by Ruth Ware.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, Into the Mist by P.C. Cast, Along the Shore by Rochelle Alers, The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger, The Hunt by Faye Kellerman, The New Neighbor by Karen Cleveland, The Bird Cage by Eve Chase, A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen, A Dark and Stormy Tea by Laura Childs, Alias Emma by Ava Glass, The House on Blueberry Lane by Brenda Jackson, Addicted to You by Krista & Becca Ritchie, The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston, Homebound by John David Anderson, From the Jump by Lacie Waldon, Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia, The Life She Had by K.L. Armstrong, and A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophia Irwin.

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.

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