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.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our summer reading programs. Kids who turned in reading logs earned $5.00 gift cards to Sonic and Dairy Queen and a gift certificate from Pizza Hut for a person pan pizzas. A big thank you to Pizza Hut for donating the gift certificates. By rewarding the kids with prizes for reading, we hope we’ve helped them avoid the summer slide in reading skills. Thank you to all the parents and caregivers who continued bringing children to the Library all summer. We hope you’ll continue to make visiting the Library a part of your weekly routine.

The Library hosts three book clubs. One for teens and three for adults. Books on the Square meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm. There’s a Mystery at the Library meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 pm, and the Cook Book Club meets quarterly. Stop by the circulation desk to pick up the book for the book club that interests you.

New books for children this week include: Pirate & Penguin by Mike Allegra, An Asian American A to Z: A Children’s Guide to OurHistory by Cathy Linh Che & Kyle Lucia Wu, Dear Street by Lindsay Zier-Vogel, Rock ‘N’ Roll by Daniel Grogan, Black Lagoon Adventures: The Magic Show from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler, The Remarkable Rescue of Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos, I Remember My Breath: Mindful Breathing for All My Feelings by Lynn Rummel, We Can Sign! by Tara Adams, and Whose Tracks in the Snow? by Alexandra Milton.

New books for young adults include: My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak, Rice or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu, Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities edited by Ismée Williams and Rebecca Bálcarcel, Someone You Loved byRobin Constantine, A Starlet’s Secret to A Sensational Afterlife by Kendall Kulper, Turning Japanese by Marinaomi, and Frontera by Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Letters of Trust by Wanda E. Brunstetter, Adrift by Lisa Brideau, Only the Dead by Jack Carr, The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren, The Missus by E.L. James, The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart, Famous in a Small Town by Viola Shipman, The Café at Beach End by RaeAnne Thayne, A Fatal Affair by A.R. Torre, Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman, The Siberian Job by Josh Haven, The 9^th Man by Steve Berry with Grant Blackwood, You Were Always Mine by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza, The Libyan Diversion by Joel C. Rosenberg, The House on Prytania by Karen White, and Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything by Michio Kaku, The Shift: A Guide to Dating, Self Worth & Becoming the Main Character of Your Life by TIN, How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key, Serenity in the Storm by Kayleigh McEnany, The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of Worl War I by Lindsey Fitzharris, and Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page.

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, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public 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, and it’s time to turn in your summer reading logs. To be eligible for prizes, reading logs must be turned in to Mrs. Amanda by Friday, July 21, before the library closes at 4:00 pm. We will check the book drop before closing. We cannot accept reading logs late, but you can always turn in your reading logs early. So don’t procrastinate and miss out. We’ll award summer reading prizes on Tuesday, July 25. We hope kids will be pleased to receive a $5.00 gift card from Sonic, a $5.00 gift card from Dairy Queen, and a coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Thank you to Pizza Hut for donating to our summer reading program. A big thank you to the parents and caregivers who brought kids to the library all summer long. We hope you’ll continue to make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

On Thursday, July 20, at 2:00 pm, teens are invited to celebrate friendship by creating custom friendship bracelets. All supplies will be provided.

Smokey the Bear and representatives from  U.S. Forestry Department will be at the library on Tuesday, July 25, at 1:00 pm to teach families the importance of fire safety. We are all better when we ALL work together.

New books for children this week include: Turkey’s Sandtastic Beach Day by Wendi Silvano, Bitsy Bat: School Star by Kaz Windness, The Magic Cap by Mireille Messier, Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion by Dave Eggers, I Spy with My Little Eye: John Deere Farm & Find by Jack Redwing, E is for Earth! An Eco-Friendly Alphabet by Claire Winslow, Black Lagoon Adventures: Hubie Cool: Superhero by Mike Thaler, Cities: How Humans Live Together by Megan Clendenan, Tumble by Adriana Hernández Bergstrom, Good Night, J.J. by Maria Le, I Survived: The Shark attacks of 1916 by Lauren Tarshis, Wings of Fire: The Hive Queen by Tui T. Sutherland, Forgotten Five: Rebel Undercover by Lisa McMann, and Falling Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Two to Tango by Kathleen Fuller, Must Love Flowers by Debbie Macomber, The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters, Summer on Sag Harbor by Sunny Hostin, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks, The Woman from Lydia by Angela Hunt, The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson, You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heart, The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry, Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding, Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini, Central Park West by James Comey, King of Wrath by Ana Huang, Kyland by Mia Sheridan, Zero Day by Ruth Ware, The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel, and The Whispers by Ashley Audrain,

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, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.

The library building is open to the public Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Did you know the average child loses two months of reading skills over the summer? You can help avoid the slide by registering your child for Summer Reading and encouraging your child to read for twenty minutes daily. We have thousands of books from which to choose. There’s something for everyone at the Allen County Public Library.

On Thursday, July 13, at 2:00 pm, teens are invited to a Scavenger Hunt in the library. You’ll learn about the history and local businesses as you study the clues and figure out what’s hidden in the library. Participants will have the chance to win a $25 gift card.

Children twelve and under are invited to the Barry Mitchell and Friends Puppet Show on Tuesday, July 18, at 1:00 pm. This program is full of clean humor, silly jokes, magic tricks, and puppets galore.

New books for children include: Wombats Are Pretty Weird by Abi Cushman, The One and Only Sparkella and the Big Lie by Channing Tatum, Tadpoles by Matt James, The Train Home by Dan-ah Kim, The Digger, and the Buggerfly by Joseph Kuefler, A Day in the Sun by Diana Ejaita, 1001 Birds by Joanna Rzezak, We Are Going to be Pals! by Mark Teague, Pigs Can’t Look Up by Vincent D’Onofrio, As Brave as a Lion by Erika Meza, Gnome is Where Your Heart Is by Casey Lyall, The Books of Clash Vol. 1 by Les McClaine et al., I Survived The Children’s Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis, Warriers: Graphic Novel: A Thief in Thunderclan by Erin Hunter, Big Nate: Next Stop, Superstardom! by Lincoln Peirce, Black Lagoon Adventures: Hubie Cool: Super Spy by Mike Thaler, and Middle School and Other Disasters by Wanda Coven.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt by Jeff Shaara, A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins, Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan, The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon, The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni, Killing Moon by Joe Nesbó, Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul, Fall Out by Carrie Stuart Parks, The Happiness Plan by Susan Mallery, Happy Place by Emily Henry, Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore, All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby, The Bookshop by the Bay by Pamela Kelley, The Celebrants by Steven Rowley, The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer, Obsessed by James Patterson and James O. Born, The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane, and Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin, Tell Me Everything by Minka Kelly, Strong Female Character by Fern Brady, George: A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes, Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering, Volume 3 by Joanna Gaines, 2023 Christmas with Southern Living by Southern Living Books, 1964 Eyes of the Storm by Paul McCartney, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath and Beyond by Geezer Butler, and Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court by Chris Paul.

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.

Check out our events tab at www.allencountylibrary.com to see all the great programs planned. If you click on the program, you can pre-register to reserve your spot by adding your name and email.

Summer Reading is moving right along. We have programs and prizes for library patrons of all ages. It’s not too late to sign up. We still have programs scheduled through the end of July.

Did you know the average child loses two months of reading skills over the summer? You can help avoid the slide by registering your child for Summer Reading and encouraging your child to read for twenty minutes daily. We have thousands of books from which to choose. There’s something for everyone at the Allen County Public Library.

Our favorite Science Guy is back on Tuesday, July 11, at 1:00 pm! Jason Lindsey with Hooked on Science will be doing some amazing science experiments. “Mr. Science” is a nationally recognized STEM educator, science multimedia journalist, digital meteorologist, and author. Even if your child didn’t register for summer reading, he/she is welcome to attend.

Adults are invited to join us for Trivia Night on Tuesday evening, July 11, at 5:30 pm. The winning team of two will receive a $25 gift card.

Teens are invited to participate in a Scavenger Hunt on Thursday, July 13, at 2:00 pm. Do you have what it takes to find all the hidden items associated with local businesses and Allen County’s history. Participants will have the chance to win a prize.

Join us on the porch for First Friday on July 7, 2023, for a mini-flash book sale from 6:00– 8:00 pm. Gently used books will be $1.00 per bag. Stop by early for the best selections.

Have you ever thought about joining the Friends of the Library? Being a Friend of the Library allows you to volunteer for library activities and services. Friends promote public awareness of the library, activities, and services. Most importantly, members serve as advocates for the library. Applications to join our Friends of the Library will be available at our First Friday event.

New books for children this week include: My Indigo World: A True Story of the Color Blue by Rosa Chang, Harold the Iceberg Melts Down by Lisa Wyzlic, and Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? by Helen Yoon, Sora’s Seashells by Helena Ku Rhee Astrid, and Stella: Star Struck! by Sabrina Moyle, Batcat by Meggie Ramm, The Thief Who Sang Storms by Sophie Anderson, Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Ballerina’s Ballet Tour by Katharine Holabird Skandar and the Phantom Rider by A.F. Steadman, Ada Twist by Jarvis, Scientist The Why Files: Bug Bonanza! by Andrea Beaty and Dr. Theanne Griffith, Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories by Jarvis, Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl Who Lost a Leopard by Nizrana Farook, Slime from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler, Stitch Camp: 18 Crafty Projects for Kids & Tweens by Nicole Blum & Catherine Newman, and The Book of Stolen Dreams by David Farr. 

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.