The library will be closed on Monday, September 1, for Labor Day. Unless it’s a holiday, the library is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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

Tinker Time in our Maker Space is open every Friday at 2:00 pm. Register online for help with your projects or stop by to explore the space and ask questions. The equipment includes a Poster Printer, Embroidery Machine, Cricut Vinyl Cutter, Ellison Die-Cut Shapes, and more. Sign up today.

The library offers over six hundred free online courses in the following areas of study: accounting, alternative medicine, crafts & hobbies, business, career training, computer training, entrepreneurship, finance, health & medicine, homeschooling, language arts, law/legal/criminal, office skills, parenting & family, personal development, psychology, science, self-help, special education, spiritual studies, teacher resources, test preparation and writing skills. To learn more, visit our website www.allencountylibrary.com and click on “Free Online Classes.”

New books for children this week include: The Moon Moved In by Sue Soltis, Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin, Mustafa’s Mithai by Sana Rafi, How to Draw Favorite Characters In Easy Steps by Disney, Over In the Mangroves by Jyoti Rajan Gopal, The Buffalo Are Back by Jean Craighead George, The Friendship Train by Debbie Levy, The Whisperwicks: The Impossible Trials of Benjamiah Creek by Jordan Lees, The AI Incident by J.E. Thomas, and King & Kayla and the Case of the Escape Artist by Dori Hillestad Butler.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Summer That Changed Everything by Brenda Novak, King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby, The Girls of Good Fortune by Kristina McMorris, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel, The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram, The Last Second Chance by Luce Score, Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi, Beach Reads and the Deadly Deeds by Alison Brennan,  The Master Jeweler by Weina Dai Randel, The Last Sunrise by Anna Todd, The Best We Could Hope For by Nicola Kraus, When Stars Align by Melissa De La Cruz, Someone Knows by V.I. Keeland, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa Gardner, and For Richer or Poorer by Danielle Steel.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson by Mark Kriegel, JFK: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild by Bryan Burrough, Uncommon Favor by Dawn Staley, We Might Just Make It After All: My Best Friendship with Kate Spade by Elyce Aarons, and Keep It Simple Y’all: Easy Dinners from Your Barefoot Neighbor by Matthew Bounds.

Getting a free library card is easy. Call 270-237-3861 or visit us with a photo I.D. and recently postmarked mail. Once you have your card, a world of books, movies, and music will be at your fingertips. And remember, your voice matters. Let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you’d like to see in our collection. We’re here to make your library experience the best it can be.

The library is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tinker Time in our Maker Space is open every Friday at 2:00 pm. Register online for help with your projects, or stop by to explore the space and ask questions. Equipment includes a Poster Printer, Embroidery Machine, Cricut Vinyl Cutter, Ellison Die Cut Shapes, and more. Sign up today.

The library offers over six hundred free online courses in the following areas of study: accounting, alternative medicine, crafts & hobbies, business, career training, computer training, entrepreneurship, finance, health & medicine, homeschooling, language arts, law/legal/criminal, office skills, parenting & family, personal development, psychology, science, self-help, special education, spiritual studies, teacher resources, test preparation and writing skills. To learn more, visit our website www.allencountylibrary.com and click on “Free Online Classes.”

If you can’t make it to the library, you can download free e-books, audiobooks, and television shows if you have an active library card. Our digital library is always open. Download the Libby and Hoopla apps to access our digital materials. There are thousands of items from which to choose.

New books for children include: It’s Corn Picking Time by Jill Esbaum, Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page, Zoom Out Natural World by Owen Davey, Daisy Rewilds by Margaret McNamara and Kerascoët, The Marvelous Now by Lorena Alvarez Gómez, The Moving Book by Lisa Brown, The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World by Rachel Lancashire, Rima and the Painter by Leila Boukarim, Grumpy Monkey: School Stinks by Suzanne Lang, Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin, and How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing by Cressida Cowell.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Don’t Open Your Eyes by Liv Constantine, Flashlight by Susan Choi, The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King, The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman, The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater, Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster by Gerri Willis, The Names by Florence Knapp, The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone, Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown, Enlightenment by Sarah Perry, I Bet You’d Look Good in a Coffin by Katy Brent, So Far Gone by Jess Walter, The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick, Albion by Anna Hope.

New books for young adults include: Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Chainsaw Man #1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Chainsaw Man #2 by Tatsuki Fujimoto, and Ew, It’s Beautiful: A False Knees Comic Collection by Joshua Barkman.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism by Stephen Breyer, Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television by Todd S. Purdum, Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed My Life by Noraly Schoenmaker, and Attack From Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade.

Getting a free library card is easy. Call 270-237-3861 or visit us with a photo I.D. and recently postmarked mail. Once you have your card, a world of books, movies, and music will be at your fingertips. And remember, your voice matters. Let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you’d like to see in our collection. We’re here to make your library experience the best it can be.

The library is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tinker Time in our Maker Space is open every Friday at 2:00 pm. Register online for help with your projects, or stop by to explore the space and ask questions. Equipment includes a Poster Printer, Embroidery Machine, Cricut Vinyl Cutter, Ellison Die Cut Shapes, and more. Sign up today.

The library offers over six hundred free online courses in the following areas of study: accounting, alternative medicine, crafts & hobbies, business, career training, computer training, entrepreneurship, finance, health & medicine, homeschooling, language arts, law/legal/criminal, office skills, parenting & family, personal development, psychology, science, self-help, special education, spiritual studies, teacher resources, test preparation and writing skills. To learn more, visit our website www.allencountylibrary.com and click on “Free Online Classes.”

If you can’t make it to the library, you can download free e-books, audiobooks, and television shows if you have an active library card. Our digital library is always open. Download the Libby and Hoopla apps to access our digital materials. There are thousands of items from which to choose.

New books for children this week include: Forgotten Five: Masters of Disguise by Lisa McMann,  Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha by Erin Hunter, More Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, collected by Alvin Schwartz, The Bedtime Book by Todd Parr, Joan in the Cone by Bill Sharff, Legendary Heroes: Epic Characters from Across the Ages by DK Publishing, Our Friendly Farmhouse by Melissa Ferguson and her children, Narwhale vs. Kindergarten by Vanessa Roeder, and I Got You: A Brother’s Promise by Derrick Barnes and Shamar Knight-Justice.

New books for young adults include: Luna Battle: The Game by Billie Jo Priestley, Difficult Girls by Veronica Bane, Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olson, Outer Banks: Dead Break by Jay Coles. The Game Master’s Guide to Fantasy Map Making by Dody James King, Masks: A Graphic Novel by Margaret Rae and Brian Nathanson, Cat + Crazy by Wataru Nadatani, Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and The Cellar by Natasha Preston.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Hamptons Lawyer by James Patterson and Mike Lupica  Wayward Girls by Susan Wiggs, Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh, The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline, An Inside Job by Daniel Silva, 323 Days in May by Betty Corrello, The Ones We Wait For by Michael L. Ivanov, Burning Hearts by Lisa Phillips, Burning Rivals by Voni Harris, Burning Escape by Michelle Sass Aleckson, Summerlin Groves by Elizabeth Camden, She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena, and Robert Ludlum’s: The Bourne Escape by Brian Freeman.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast, Behind the Badge: Answering the Call to Serve on America’s Homefront by Johnny Joey Jones, The Forever Dog Life by Dr. Karen Shaw Becker & Rodney Habib, A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst, and Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language by Adam Aleksic.

Getting a free library card is easy. Call 270-237-3861 or visit us with a photo I.D. and recently postmarked mail. Once you have your card, a world of books, movies, and music will be at your fingertips. And remember, your voice matters. Let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you’d like to see in our collection. We’re here to make your library experience the best it can be.

 The library is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tinker Time in our Maker Space is open every Friday at 2:00 pm. Register online for help with your projects, or stop by to explore the space and ask questions. Equipment includes a Poster Printer, Embroidery Machine, Cricut Vinyl Cutter, Ellison Die Cut Shapes, and more. Sign up today.

The library offers over six hundred free online courses in the following areas of study: accounting, alternative medicine, crafts & hobbies, business, career training, computer training, entrepreneurship, finance, health & medicine, homeschooling, language arts, law/legal/criminal, office skills, parenting & family, personal development, psychology, science, self-help, special education, spiritual studies, teacher resources, test preparation and writing skills. To learn more, visit our website www.allencountylibrary.com and click on “Free Online Classes.”

If you can’t make it to the library, you can download free e-books, audiobooks, and television shows if you have an active library card. Our digital library is always open. Download the Libby and Hoopla apps to access our digital materials. There are thousands of items from which to choose.

New books for children this week include: Forgotten Five: Masters of Disguise by Lisa McMann,  Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha by Erin Hunter, More Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, collected by Alvin Schwartz, The Bedtime Book by Todd Parr, Joan in the Cone by Bill Sharff, Legendary Heroes: Epic Characters from Across the Ages by DK Publishing, Our Friendly Farmhouse by Melissa Ferguson and her children, Narwhale vs. Kindergarten by Vanessa Roeder, and I Got You: A Brother’s Promise by Derrick Barnes and Shamar Knight-Justice.

New books for young adults include: Luna Battle: The Game by Billie Jo Priestley, Difficult Girls by Veronica Bane, Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olson, Outer Banks: Dead Break by Jay Coles. The Game Master’s Guide to Fantasy Map Making by Dody James King, Masks: A Graphic Novel by Margaret Rae and Brian Nathanson, Cat + Crazy by Wataru Nadatani, Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and The Cellar by Natasha Preston.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Hamptons Lawyer by James Patterson and Mike Lupica  Wayward Girls by Susan Wiggs, Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh, The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline, An Inside Job by Daniel Silva, 323 Days in May by Betty Corrello, The Ones We Wait For by Michael L. Ivanov, Burning Hearts by Lisa Phillips, Burning Rivals by Voni Harris, Burning Escape by Michelle Sass Aleckson, Summerlin Groves by Elizabeth Camden, She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena, and Robert Ludlum’s: The Bourne Escape by Brian Freeman.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast, Behind the Badge: Answering the Call to Serve on America’s Homefront by Johnny Joey Jones, The Forever Dog Life by Dr. Karen Shaw Becker & Rodney Habib, A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst, and Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language by Adam Aleksic.

Getting a free library card is easy. Call 270-237-3861 or visit us with a photo I.D. and recently postmarked mail. Once you have your card, a world of books, movies, and music will be at your fingertips. And remember, your voice matters. Let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you’d like to see in our collection. We’re here to make your library experience the best it can be.

The library is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tinker Time in our Maker Space is open every Friday at 2:00 pm. Register online for help with your projects, or stop by to explore the space and ask questions. Equipment includes a Poster Printer, Embroidery Machine, Cricut Vinyl Cutter, Ellison Die Cut Shapes, and more. Sign up today.

The library offers over six hundred free online courses in the following areas of study: accounting, alternative medicine, crafts & hobbies, business, career training, computer training, entrepreneurship, finance, health & medicine, homeschooling, language arts, law/legal/criminal, office skills, parenting & family, personal development, psychology, science, self-help, special education, spiritual studies, teacher resources, test preparation and writing skills. To learn more, visit our website www.allencountylibrary.com and click on “Free Online Classes.”

If you can’t make it to the library, you can download free e-books, audiobooks, and television shows if you have an active library card. Our digital library is always open. Download the Libby and Hoopla apps to access our digital materials. There are thousands of items from which to choose.

New books for children include: Smurfs Book of Magic by Harper,  A Good Place by Lucy Cousins, Owl Diaries: Eva and the New Teacher by Rebecca Elliott, You’re My Quiet Little Cricket by Eric Carle, Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, Epic! Seeker Society by Jana Tropper, Kyle Higgins and Zack Giallongo, Explore the Spider-Verse by DK Publishing, How the U.S. Government Works: A Kid’s Guide to Civics by Syl Sobel, The Bad Guys: Guide to the Good, the Bad, and Everything in Between by Shelby Curran, Shells: A Collection of Fascinating Shells from Around the World by Simon P. Aiken, An Immense World by Ed Yong, Diary of a Roblox: Haunted House by Ari Avatar, My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Fins of Fry by Mo O’Hara Thea Stilton and the Search for the Secret Garden by Scholastic, Inc., I Spy A-To-Z: A Book of Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo, and Everywhere You Are by Victoria Monét.

New books for young adults include: Now She’s Dead by Roselyn Clarke, Miri Lives in the Cat’s Eyes by Taiga Shiki, Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol 14 (14) by Gege Akutami, Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 (10) by Naoya Matsumoto, Float, Vol 1 by Kate Marchant, Fateless by Julie Kagawa, and  Disney Twist-Wonderland: The Manga – Book of Octavinelle, Vol. 1(1) by Yana Toboso, Wakana Hazuki, et al.,

New books on the adult fiction shelf include:  The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers, Austen at Sea by Natalie Jenner, The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North, The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff, Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd, After Taste by Daris  Lavelle, Coram House by Bailey Seybolt, Bridesmaid by Chance by Meghan Quinn, Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay, Silent Horizons by Chad Robichaux, Whe She Returned by Lucinda Berry, Every Deadly Suspicion by Janice Cantore, Love Sick by Deidra Duncan, Gone Dark by Ryan Steck, The Love Haters by Katherine Center, The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White, Guess Again by Charlie Donlea, Fade In by Kyle Mills, and The Winds from Further West by Alexander McCall Smith.

Getting a free library card is easy. Call 270-237-3861 or visit us with a photo I.D. and recently postmarked mail. Once you have your card, a world of books, movies, and music will be at your fingertips. And remember, your voice matters. Let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you’d like to see in our collection. We’re here to make your library experience the best it can be.