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

If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings ‘n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents/guardians may choose from two Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00 am. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs. The Inbetweens, students ages 10-12, meet on Mondays at 3:30 pm. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

In November, our book club is reading, The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan. Our second book club is reading The Broken Girls by Simone St. James.  Stop by the circulation desk to pick up your copy today. Both book clubs meet on the third Tuesday of each month. Books on the Square meets at 2:00 pm, and There’s a Mystery at the Library meets at 5:00 pm.

New books for children this week include: I Ship: A Container Ship’s Colossal Journey by Kelly Rice Schmitt and Jam Dong, The Crayon’s Book of Numbers by Drew Daywalt, Glow Wild by Martin Kratt and Chris Kratt, Grandpa and Lucy: A Story About Love and Dementia by Edi Weinstein, Dragon’s First Taco by Adam Rubin, 365: How to Count a Year by Miranda Paul and Julien Chung, Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima, We Planted a Pumpkin by Rob Ramsden, Paula’s Patches by Gabriella Adleman, The Halloween Costume Ball by Anne Sawan, Happy Halloween by Liesbet Slegers, The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella, Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Cholodenko, Good Night, Little Fish by Lucy Cousins, Being Away From Your Parents by Joy Berry, The Watering Can by Marnie Reynolds-Bourque, Old Red’s Christmas by Marnie Reynolds-Bourque, and When Daddy Goes on Storm by Krista Conway.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The River We Rember by William Kent Krueger, Out of Nowhere by Sandra Brown, Dead Mountain by Preston and Child, The Queen of the Valley by Lorena Hughes, Murder at the Elms by Alyssa Maxwell, Halloween Cupcake Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld by Catherine Lloyd, Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll, The Murder of Mrs. Wickham by Claudia Gray, Love Me Do by Lindsey Kelk, Addicted After All by Krista & Becca Ritchie, The Interpreter by Brooke Robinson, Forsaken Country by Allen Eskens, The Long Game by Elena Armas,  Happiness Falls by Angie Kim, The Light on Halsey Street by Vanessa Miller, and North Woods by Daniel Mason,

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson, The Woman They Wanted by Shannon Harris, I Don’t Know Who I Am Anymore by Carole Holiday, God Never Gives Up On You by Max Lucado, Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany by Katja Hoyer, Power by Kemi Nekvasil, Twelve Rules for Live by Jordan B. Peterson, The Josiah Manifesto by Jonathan Cahn, Build the Life You Want by Arthur C. Brooks & Oprah Winfrey, Street Smarts by Gregory Koukal, Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson, Talking to My Angels by Melissa Etheridge, and When It’s Your Turn to Serve by Karen Pence.

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 on Monday through Thursday, from 9:00 am – to 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – to 4:00 pm.

If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings ‘n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents/guardians may choose from two Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place, or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs. Home-school teens are invited to enrichment on Monday, October 23, at 2:00 pm. The Inbetweens, students ages 10-12, meet on Mondays at 3:30 pm. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

School-age children are invited to Lego-My-Library on Saturday, October 21, at 11:00 am. Miss Abby will have a fun build challenge for the builders. Register for this free event under the event tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com

New books for children include: I’ll Always Come Back to You by Carmen Tafolla, You! Yes? by Chris Raschka, Pete the Cate and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, Just Because by Matthew McConaughey, The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, Listen to the Birds by Donald Kroodsma, Léna Mazilu, Yoann Guény, Trash Truck by Max Keane, Bluey: What Games Should We Play? by Penguin Young Readers, What Do We Know About the Winchester House? by Emma Carlson Berne, The Baby-Sitters Club: Claudia and the Sad Good-bye by Anne M. Martin, Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers by Dav Pilkey, What is the Story of the Headless Horseman? by Sheila Keenan, How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague, and Ranger’s Apprentice: The Royal Ranger: Arazan’s Wolves by John Flanagan.

New arrivals on the adult fiction shelf include: The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan, Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones, Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck, Her Sweet Revenge by Sarah Bonner, Out of the Dawn by P.C. Cast, The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson, and Darius by J.R. Ward. New large-print adult fiction include: Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams, Death Knells and Wedding Bells by Eva Gates, Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust by Mindy Quigley, Storm Riders by James Hitt, The Golden Spoon by Sadie & Sophie Cuffe, Gone But Not For Garden by Kate Collins and With a Kiss I Die by Rod Miller.

 New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic —and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace, It’s Not About the Wine by Celeste Yvonne, The Unofficial Book of Christmas Cricut Crafts by Amy Pelzner, Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, One Hundred Saturdays by Michael Frank, and The Six: The Untold tory of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush. New large-print non-fiction books for adults include: The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the Wary by James B. Conroy, The Last Honest Man: The CIA, The FBE, The Mafia, and the Kennedys and One Senator’s Fight to Save Democracy by James Risen, and All Hands on Deck by Will Sofrin.

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 requ

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.

If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings ‘n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents/guardians may choose from two Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place, or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com. The Inbetweens, students ages 10-12, meet on Mondays at 3:30 pm. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

School-age children are invited to Lego-My-Library on Saturday, October 21 at 11:00 am. Miss Abby will have a fun build challenger for the builders. Register for this free event under the event tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com

New books for children include: I Love You Near and Far by Marjorie Blain Parker, Jeb on the Farm by Lawrence Dupkin, A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey, and Kaboom! A Volcano Erupts by Jessica Kulekjian and Zoe Si, Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews by Julie Hedlund, Proud Mouse: How A Little Sister Found Her Own Way by Cara Mentzel and Idina Menzel, An Unofficial Guide to the World of Studio GHIBLI by Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham, Make Tracks: Cars by Johnn Dyrander, The Way I Feel by Janan Cain, Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger, Sometimes I’m Bombaloo by Rachel Vail, One Is a Snal Ten is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre, Animals on Board by Stuart J. Murphy, Two-Headed Chicken: Beak to the Future by Tom Angleberger, Paper Peek Alphabet by Chihiro Takeuchi, andThe Inkwell Chronicles: Race to Krakatoa by J.D. Peabody.

New books for young adults include: Ayakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki, The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu, House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas, My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi, Record of Ragnarok by Azychika, Shinya Umemura, and Takumi Fukui, Rez Ball by Byron Graves, Bounded by Firelight by Dan Swift, and Spells Trouble by P.C.Cast & Kristin Cast.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: No Reserve by Felix Francis, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, None of This is True by Lisa Jewell, Awakened: A House of Night Novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, Breathe and County Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester, Second Act by Daniel Steel, Judgement Pray by John Sandford, Dark Memory by Christine Feehan,

New large-print books on the shelf include: The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves, The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger, None of This is True by Lisa Jewell, Cassandra In Reverse by Holly Smale, Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess, Girls and Their Horses by Eliza Jane Barzier, The President’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood, The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikkie Bramer, Such Kindness by Andr Dubus III, Clive Cussler Condor’s Fury by Graham Brown, Good Bad Birl by Alice Feeney, Tom Clancy Weapons Grade by Don Bentley, Masters of Death by Olivie Blake and Holly by Stephen King.

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.