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.

Regular children’s programs will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Happy New Year!

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents/guardians 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. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs. On Thursdays at 2:00 pm, Home-School teens are invited to enrichment programs. To register for programs, just visit www.allencountylibrary.com and click on the events tab. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

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: The Greatest in the World! by Ben Clanton, Who Dug This Hole? by Laura Gehl, Drip by Maggie Li, Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night by Julia Kuo, The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales retold by James Bruchac and Joseph Brucher, Ph.D. When the Sky Glows by Nell Cross Beckerman, The Bird Book by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page, Polar Bear by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann, Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson and David Shannon, City Under the City by Dan Yaccarino, The Mystery of the Love List by Sarah Glenn Marsh,  and A Bear Far From Home by Susan Fletcher.

Older children will enjoy: Clarice Bean: Think Like an Elf by Lauren Child, How I Became a Ghost by Tim Tingle, Hatch: The Overthrow: Book 2 by Kenneth Oppel, A Long Way from Home by Laura Schaefer, Mihi Ever After by Tae Keller, Chase: The Boy Who Hid by Z. Jeffries, Young Divas That Care by Candace Gish.

New books for young adults include: The Young Adult Starter Kit: 12 Steps to Becoming a Better Person by Ben Povlow, My Brother’s Shot by Y.R. Spence, Trailblazing Your Teen Years by Noah Halloran, Sabina: In the Eye of the Storm by Bell Kuligowska Zucker, To What Ever End by Lindsey Frydman, Vegetarian Cookbook for Teens by Sarah Baker, The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere by Jaclyn Moriarty, and House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Secrets Typed in Blood by Stephen Spotswood, All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay, Marmee by Sarah Miller, A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny Judas 62 by Charles Cumming, So This Is Christmas by Jenny Holiday, Snowflakes and Starlight by Debbie Macomber, The Zero Night by Brian Freeman, Blue Moon Haven by Janet Dailey, Wicked Dreams by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush, Beneath His Silence by Hannah Linder, and A Murder at Balmoral by Chris McGeorge.

New large-print books for adults include: W.E.B. Griffin, The Devil’s Weapons by Peter Kirsanow, Hunting Time by Jeffery Deaver, All the Broken Places by John Boyne, The Frederick Sisters are Living the Dream by Jeannie Zusy, The Marsh Queen by Virginia Hartman, The Old Place by Bobby Finger, The Choice by Nora Roberts, Hope Creek by Janet Dailey, Rules at the Schol by the Sea by Jenny Colgan, A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans, Wyoming Homecoming by Diana Palmer, and Putin by Philip Short.  

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.

The library will be closed on Saturday, December 24, for Christmas Eve. The library will reopen on Monday, December 26 at 9:00 am. We hope you have a wonderful Merry Christmas! Regular children’s programs will resume on January 3, 2023.

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:  The Big Christmas Bake by Fiona Barker and Pippa Curnick, How to Help a Friend by Karl Newson, Puffin by Martin Jenkins, Where in the World are You? by Marie G. Rohde, The Dark Was Done by Lauren Stringer, Strum and Drum: A Merry Little Quest by Jashar Awan, The Corgi and the Queen by Caroline L. Perry, Counting in Dog Years and other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy Franco, Knitting for Dogs by Laurel Molk, Van Dog by Gosia Herba & Mikolaj Pa, Sumo Puppy by David Biedrzycki, Yetis Are the Worst! by Alex Willan, Our Seasons by Sue Lowell Gallion, Cradle Me by Debby Slier, and Big Green Garage by Jen Arena.

Old children will enjoy: The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart, Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll, Yonder by Ali Standish, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer, The Forgotten Five by Lisa McMann, Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews, Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb, and Tangled Up in Nonsense by Merrill Wyatt.

New books for young adults include:  One Great Lie by Deb Caletti, You Too? 25 Voices Share Their #METOO Stories edited by Janet Gurtler, You Call This Democracy? by Elizabeth Rusch, A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw, White Out by Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfold, et al., When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris, We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds, Eternally Yours edited by Patrice Caldwell, The Epic Story of Every Living Thing by Deb Caletti, Creep: A Love Story by Lygia Da Peňaflor, Time of Our Lives by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch, and Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Premonition at Withers Farm by Jaime Jo Wright, Remember Me by Mario Escobar, Secrets of the Nile by Tasha Alexander, The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin, Sunburst by Susan May Warren, Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths, The Book of the Goose by Yiyun Li, Seventeen: Last Man Standing by John Brownlow, Devil’s Delight by M.C. Beaton, All She Ever Dreamed by Robin Lee Hatcher, The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green, Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover, Authentically, Izzy by Pepper Basham, and Small Game by Blair Braverman.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents 4^th Edition by Bill Yenne, The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More by Maurizio Leo, Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx, Never Finished by David Goggins, and Nature’s Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy.

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.

Due to the busy holiday schedule, no children’s programs are scheduled for the last two weeks of the month. Regular children’s programs will resume on January 3, 2023.

New books for children include:  The Wise Men Who Found Christmas by Ramond Arroyo, The Christmas Princess by Mariah Carey, What’s UP, Pup? by Kersten Hamilton, Love, Escargot by Pashka Slater, The Justice League Saves Christmas! by Steve Foxe and Pernille Orum, Thomas and Friends Meet the Engines: An Encyclopedia of the Thomas and Friends Characters by Julie March, The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher, The Sour Grape by Jory John and Pete Oswald, A Spark in the Dark by Pam Fong, The Lost Library by Jess McGeachin, My Little Bento Box: Colors, Shapes, Numbers by Insight Kids, Scooby-Doo! Scooby’s Scary Christmas! by Random House, The Lights That Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer, and The Little Toymaker by Cat Min.

Older children will enjoy: The Bridge Battle by Jacqueline Davies, How I Met My Monster (Goosebumps Most Wanted #3) by R.L. Stine, Outside Where by Adam Borba, Paws: Mindy Makes Some Space by Michele Assarasakorn and Nathan Fairbairn, Minecraft: Epic Inventions by Mojan AB and The Official Minecraft Team, Africana: An Encyclopedia of an Amazing Continent by Kim Chakanetsam, and Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adam’s Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki.

New books on CD include: Beasts of the Earth by James Wade, The Perfect Assassin by James Patterson, Livid by Patricia Cornwell, Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng, The Do-Over by Lynn Painter, No Plan B by Lee and Andrew Child, Santa’s Little Yelpers by David Rosenfelt, Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton, and The Seven Circles by Chelsey Luger & Thosh Collins.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: My Policeman by Bethan Roberts, Maybe Now by Colleen Hoover, Flight by Lynn Steger Strong, The Family Game by Catherine Steadman, Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn, The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah, Circle of Vengeance by Ramona Richards, The Call of the Wrens by Jennifer Walsh, The Break by Katie Sise, Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover, Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby, To Win a Prince by Toni Shiloh, Sundown by Susan May Warren, Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan, All the Broken Places by John Boyne, A Wish for Winter by Viola Shipman, Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen, and Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Faith Still Moves Mountains by Harris Faulkner, Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Deenan, The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves by Alexandra Horowitz, The Way Home by Kardea Brown, Toil & Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson, The Stone Age: 60 Years of the Rolling Stones by Lesley-Ann Jones, The Last Hill: The Epic Story of A Ranger Battalion and the Battle that Defined WWII by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, The Ashland Tragedy: Murder, a Mob & a Militia in Kentucky by H.E.” Joe” Castle & J.M. Huff, and The Great British Baking Show Favorite Flavors by Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith & The Bakers.

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.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesday at 10:00 am. Parents/guardians may choose from three Pre-K Story Hours for preschool-age children. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am and on Wednesday at 1:00 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs. On Thursdays at 2:00 pm, Home-School teens are invited to enrichment programs. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

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:  Watercress by Andrew Wang, Logan’s Greenhouse by JaNay Brown-Wood, Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold, Baby Plays Chess bu Glo Wan, The Twelve Cats of Christmas by Feather Flores, Timid by Harry Woodgate, Through the North Pole Snow by Polly Faber, Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft by Tom Credstodina,  Narwhalicorn and Jelly by Ben Clanton, No Snowball! by Isabella Kung, Dragons on the Inside (And Other Big Feelings) by Valerie Coulman, All Through the Night: Important Jobs that Get Done at Night by Polly Faber, The Christmas Pine by Julia Donaldson and Victoria Sandøy, If You Were a City by Kyo Maclear, The Little Green Jacket by Jodi Dee, Unicorns are the Worst! by Alex Willan, and We are the Gardeners by Julianna Swaney.

Older children will enjoy: Delicates by Brenna Thummler, In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III, The Lego Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo et al., Warriors A Starless Clan #2: Sky by Erin Hunter, The Stern Chase (The Brotherhood Chronicles) by John Flannagan, What Do We Know About the Loch Ness Monster? by Steve Korté, Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: Tourney of Terror by Madeleine Roux, and Big Nate: Release the Hounds! by Lincoln Peirce.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Perfect Assassin by James Patterson and Brian Sitts, Christmas at Thorne Manor by Kelley Armstrong, Three-Edged Sword by Jeff Lindsay, Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, Tom Clancy: Red Winter by Marc Cameron, Night Shift by Robin Cook, The Outcast Girls by Shirley Dickson The Hidden Palace by Dinah Jefferies, Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict, The Hidden Prince by Tessa Afshar, How to Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison, Honor Bound by Hallee Bridgeman, The Innocent One by Lisa Ballantyne, Like the Wind by Robin Lee Hatcher, The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar, The Girls in Navy Blue by Alix Rickloff, The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal, Trash Lands by Alison Stine, Verity by Colleen Hoover, The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz, and Meredith Alone by Claire Alexander.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama, How to Make the Best Coffee at Home by James Hoffman, Super Good Cookies for Kids by Duff Goldman, American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide by Susan Barba and Leanne Shapton, Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals by Melissa Clark, and Kurashi at Home by Marie Kondo.

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.