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The library will be closed on Thursday, November 24, 2022, for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will re-open at 9:00 am on Friday, November 25, 2022

Unless it’s a holiday, 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/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 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.

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: This Book is Not a Present by Max Greenfield, Tiny Spoon vs. Little Fork by Constance Lombardo, I Wish by Christoph Niemann, I Did It! by Michael Emberley, A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer, Meanwhile Back on Earth by Oliver Jeffers, Bluey: 5-Minutes Stories by Penguin Young Readers Licenses. Brothers In Arms: A True World War II Story of Wojtek the Bear and the Soldiers Who Loved Him by Susan Hood, Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood & Bruce Wood, Nothing Special by Desiree Cooper, A Sweet New Year for Ren by Michelle Sterling, and Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World by Kate DePalma.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Hunting Time by Jeffery Deaver, The Whittiers by Danielle Steel, The Choice by Nora Roberts, Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal, The Bad Angel Brothers by Paul Theroux, Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer, The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker, All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien, On the Roof Top by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Christmas at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan, Christmas in Blue Dog Valley by Annie England Noblin, Acts of Oblivion by Robert Harris, The Mean$ by Amy Fusselman, The Wheel Doll by Jonathan Ames, If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne, The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber, The Serpent in Heaven by Charlaine Harris, and A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Dinner with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships by Nina Totenberg, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir by Jann S. Wenner, Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, The Nazis’ Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre, Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice by David Enrich, The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, Smart Brevity by Jim Vandehei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz, Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday, Life’s Work, A Memoir by David Milch, and The Long Alliance; The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti.

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.

The library will be closed on Thursday, November 24, 2022, for the Thanksgiving holiday.  We will re-open at 9:00 am on Friday, November 25, 2022

Unless it’s a holiday, 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/guardians may choose from two Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday 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 an enrichment 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.

School-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, November 19, at 11:00 am. Miss Abby will have a fun build challenge ready for our builders.

New books for children include: Colt’s Thanksgiving Adventure by Rachel Denner, Mrs. Potts Finds Thanksgiving by Alice K. Boatwright, Busy Betty by Reese Witherspoon,  A Library by Erin K. Robinson, Looking for a Jumbie by Tracey Baptiste, Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, Peyton Picks the Perfect Pie: A Thanksgiving Celebration by Jack Bishop, How to Catch a Turkey by Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton, Friendsgiving by Nancy Siscoe, Be Thankful Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, The First Thanksgiving by Peter Mavrikis, The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose, We Give Thanks by Cynthia Rylant, The Very First Thanksgiving Day by Rhonda Gowler Greene, and Squantos Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving by Joseph Bruchac Shed.

New books for young adults include: Unite Me by Tahereh Mafi, She-Hulke Jen, Again by Rainbow Rowell et al., Secrets so Deep by Ginny Myers Sain, Moon Knight Too Tough to Die by Jed McKay et al., The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Volumes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10  by Akira Himekawa, Tokyo Ghoul: Volumes, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 by Sui Ishida, and Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media by Mark Kurlansky.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: April in Spain by John Banville, When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash, The House Party by Rita Cameron. The Make-Up Test by Jenny L. Howe, Flare by Helen Hardt, A Country Village Christmas by Suzanne Snow, In the Shadow Garden by Liz Parker, Snowed In for Christmas by Sarah Morgan, The Winter Orphans by Kristin Beck, Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory, Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings, The Ops Room Girls by Vicki Beeby, The American Roommate Experiment by elena Armas, Her Perfect Twin by Sarah Bonner, The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart, Something in the Heir by Suzanne Enoch, Imposter by Bradeigh Godfrey,

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Sew It Yourself: 20 pattern-free projects by Daisy Braid, Taking Back Trump’s America by Peter Navarro, The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s Battle for Democracy, and What it Means for ht World by Iuliia Mendel, Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora, The Resurrect Jesus: The Church in the New Testament by David Limbaugh and Christinen Limbaugh Bloom, Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity by Bill O’Reilly  Martin Dugard, Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz, and The Daughter of Auschwitz by Tova Friedman and Malcolm Brabant.

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 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. 

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. 

On Friday, November 11, at 2:00 pm, everyone is invited to join us for a Veteran’s Day program with the local VFW Chapter.  

School-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, November 19, at 11:00 am. Miss Abby will have a fun build challenge ready for our builders.  

New books for children this week include: The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower or John Howland’s Good Fortune by P.J. Lynch, Pete the Cat: Falling for Autumn by Kimberly & James Dean, Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano, Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson, Albie On His Way by Jutta Bauer, How to Draw a Happy Cat by Ethan T. Berlin, Grandma’s Farm by Michael Garland, Dadaji’s Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Ruchi Mhasane, Goodby Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak, and Wombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy. 

Older children will enjoy a collection by R.L. Stein: Goosebumps Most Wanted: The Lizard of Oz, Goosebumps SlappyWorld: The Dummy Meets the Mummy!, Goosebumps Hall of Horrors: Why I Quit Zombie School, Goosebumps SlappyWorld: Revenge of the Invisible Boy,  Goosebumps: The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, Goosebumps: Deep Trouble, Goosebumps HorrorLand: Revenge of the Living Dummy, and Goosebumps SlappyWorld: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!  

New books for young adults include: Find Me by Tahereh Mafi, Black Clover by Yŭki Tabata, I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers, How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy, Believe Me by Tahereh Mafi, A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo, On the Subject of Unmentionable Things by Julia Walton, and Muted by Tami Charles. 

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Rules of Engagement by Stacey Abrams, Lessons by Ian McEwan, The Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West, Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz, People Person by Candice Carty-Williams, The Bachelor and the Bride by Sarah M. Eden, All is Bright by RaeAnne Thayne The Magician by Colm Tóibín, The Return of the Gods by Jonathan Cahn, The Shadow Murders by Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Only Child by Kayte Nunn, The House with the Golden Door by Elodie Harper, and Assembly by Natasha Brown.  

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World: The Official Vacation Guide 2023 by Stephen Birnbaum, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman, What If  ? 2 by Randall Munroe, The Simply Happy Cookbook by Steve and Kathy Doocy, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent by Sarah Kendzior, You’ve Been Chosen by Cynt Marshall, and Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love by Kendra Scott  

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.

Kids are invited to visit library staff in the library courtyard starting at 6:00 pm on Friday, November 4^th for First Friday. Kids can pick up a craft kit and create a Thanksgiving art project. Come early, as supplies are limited to the first 100 children.

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.  On Thursday, November 3 at 5:00 pm, teens are invited to the Perler Bead Club.

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: Peculiar Primates by Debra Kempf Shumaker, This is Not about a Kitten by Randall de Séve and Carson Ellis, The Tower of Life by Chana Stiefel, Pete the Cat Falling for Autumn by Kimberly & James Dean, Christmas Swim: Part of Bluey by Penguin Young Readers Licenses, Hello, Fall! by Deborah Diesen, Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan and Chris Raschka, The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Peekaboo Christmas by Eric Carle, Not All Sheep Are Boring! by Bobby Moynihan, and Unlimited Squirrels in The Frustrating Book!  by Mo Williams.

Older children will enjoy: The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Very First Encyclopedia (World of Eric Carle) by DK Publishing, Duck’s Backyard by Ulrich Hub, The Inkwell Chronicles: The Ink of Elspet by J.D. Peabody, A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga, Big Rig by Louis Hawes, Two Degrees by Alan Gratz, Oh, Sal by Kevin Henkes, Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Treehouse: The Graphic Novel: Pirates Past Noon adapted by Jenny Laird, Odder by Katherine Applegate, and Breda’s Island by Jessie Ann Foley.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Fall Guy by Archer Mayor, An Affair of Spies by Ronald H. Balson, Acts of Love and War by Maggie Brookes, Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young, All Dressed Up by Jilly Gagnon, The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber, Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie, Do You Take This Man by Denise Williams, Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower, The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland, When in Rome by Arah Adams,  Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn, Sugar Street by Jonathan Dee, House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, and The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine.

New books on the adult nonfiction shelf include: Me and Paul: Untold Stories of a Fabled Friendship by Willie Nelson with David Ritz, Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture by Natasha Crain, Nadiya’s Everyday Baking by Nadiya Hussain, Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep you Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partners by Kevin and Melissa Fredericks, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman, Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World by Karen Armstrong,

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 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.

On Friday, October 28, children are invited to participate in the annual Trick ‘O Treat parade. Parents or adult caregivers must accompany children through the parade route. Thanks in advance to the Scottsville Police Department for agreeing to help us cross streets safely and a huge thank you to the downtown merchants who agreed to distribute treats to the kiddos.

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:   Welcome, Dark by Charis St. Pierre,  The Iheards by Emily Kilgore, A Very Mercy Christmas by Kate DiCamillo, Caves by Nell Cross Beckerman, Mushroom Lullaby by Kenneth Kraegel, Summer Green to Autumn Gold by Mia Posada, I Cannot Draw a Horse by Charise Mericle Harper, Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens, Pig the Rebel by Aaron Blabey, That Fat Cat Who Changed His Ways by Daniel Walten, Poultrygeist by Eric Geron, At Home with the Heelers: Part of Bluey: by Penguin Young Readers Licenses,  The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett, Leaves: An Autumn Pop-Up Book by Janet Lawler, Mr. Putter & Tabby Pick the Pears by Cynthia Ryland & Arthur Howard, Green is for Christmas by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers, Herbet on the Slide by Rilla Alexander, Tree Hole Homes: Daytime Dens and Nighttime Nooks by Melissa Steward and Amy Hevron, and Middle School Bites: Night of the Vam-Wolf-Zom by Steven Banks.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham, Righteous Prey by John Sandford, The Twelve Topsy-Turvey, Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson and Tad Safran, Next in Line by Jeffrey Archer, A Turn of the Tide by Kelly Armstrong, Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter, Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain, Thank you for Listening by Julia Whelan, The Devil Takes You Home by Gabina Iglesias, Lighthouse Cove by Rachel Hanna, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, A Model of Devotion by Mary Connealy, Sugar and Salt by Susan Wiggs, Trinity by Leon Uris, The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber, Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson, The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, No Plan B by Lee Child and Andrew Child, Thief of Fate by Jude Deveraux and Tara Sheets, and The Last Chairlift by John Irving.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: We Never Die: Secrets of the Afterlife by Matt Fraser, Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat by Nichki Carangelo, You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn, How to Teach Anything by Peter Hollins, Macramé for Beginners by Emily Ribbons, and Water Bath Canning and Preserving by Lauren Bulk

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.

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/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.

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: Brand-New Bubbe by Sarah Aronson, The Best Gift for Bear by Jennifer A. Bell, A Grand Day by Jean Reidy, Hey, Bruce! by Ryan T. Higgins, Granny and Bean by Karen Hesse, In the Neighborhood by Rocio Bonilla, Loud Mouse by Cara Mentzel and Idina Menzel, Fall Friends by Mike Curato, The Mermaid Moon by Briony May Smith, Sidney: The Lonely Cloud by Tim Hopgood, Judy Moody In a Monday Mood by Megan McDonald, Tiana’s Cookbook by Disney Press, One Winter Up North by John Owens, Concrete: From the Ground Up by Larissa Theule and National Park: A to Z Adventure from Acadia to Zion by Gus D’Angelo.

New books for young adults include: The Getaway by Lamar Giles, How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow, The Killing Code by Ellie Marney, Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus, Raising the Horseman by Serena Valentino, The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson, Unravel Me, Restore Me, Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi, Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros, and All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Hermann

Thank you to the O’Neal family for donating: Livin’ On the Line: The O’Neals of Garretts Creek, Allen County, Kentucky, published by Carmen O’Neal, Contributors: Judy O’Neal, Rodney Carter, Lillia Mignaud, Ruby Holland, Donnie O’Neal, Stacie O’Neal, William Irwin, David Irwin and Jeremy Phagan, et al. Those interested in history, especially Allen County’s history, will appreciate this book.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean, To Kill a Troubadour by Martin Walker, Wake by Shelley Burr, Bend Toward the Sun by Jen Devon, When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff, Sophie Go’s Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim, The Shadow Lily by Johanna Mo, Rules at the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan, The Secret of Bow Lane by Jennifer Ashley The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul, The Night Singer by Johanna Mo, The Forgotten Cottage by Courtney Ellis, The Space Between World by Micaiah Johnson, Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane, The Actual Star by Monica Byrne, The Making of Her by Bernadette Jiwa, The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson, As the Wicked Watch by Tamron Hall, All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews, The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty, and The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong.

New large-print books for adults include: Black Horse Mountain by Kinley Roby, The Good Old Boys by Elmer Kelton, Ghost Towns by Louis L’Amour, Elmer Kelton, et al., Murder through the English Post by Jessica Ellicott, Something Fishy This Way Comes by Gabby Allan, Death by Beach Read by Eva Gates, A Murder Yule Regret by Winnie Archer, Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan, A Truth to Lie For by Anne Perry, Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark, Righteous Prey by John Sandford, The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin, The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston and Distant Thunder by Stuart Woods.

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 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.

School-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, October 15, at 11:00 am. Ms. Abby will have a building challenge ready for creative builders.

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.

Are you a crafter? If so, we’re offering tours and training for our Maker-Space on Thursday, October 20, and on Monday, October 24, at 5:00 pm. We have an embroidery machine, 3-D printer, button maker, and Cricut (electronic cutting machine) that can cut all sorts of designs from materials like vinyl, card stock, and iron-on transfers. Space is limited to 10 people, so call 270-237-3861 to register. Patrons must be trained before reserving the maker space.

New books for children include: This Pup is Stuck by Bob Shea & Brian Won, The Crayons Trick or Treat by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers, Scooby-Doo! Scooby’s Scary Christmas! Adapted by Lee Howard, For Your Smile by Loryn Brantz, Little Blue Truck Makes a Friend by Alice Schertle, If Animals Trick-or-Treated by Ann Whitford Paul, Little Good Wolf by Janet Stevens an dSusan Stevens Crummel, School is Whereever I am by Ellie Peterson, Gold! by David Shannon, Frozen: Ann, Elsa, and the Enchanting Holiday by Meredith Rusu, Hocus Pocus Spell Book by Eric Geron,  Hocus Pocus by A.W. Jantha and 1 2 3s of Kindness by Patrica Hegarty and Once Upone Another Time by James Riley.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Red and Rose Solve a Murder by Laurien Berenson, The French House by Helen Ripp, Bookish People by Susan Coll, A Certain Darkness by Anna Lee Huber, Where the Sky Begins by Rhys Bowen, What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy, In All Good Faith by Liza Nash Taylor, Felonious Monk by William Kotzwinkle, Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews, First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn, Stay Awake by Megan Goldin, Die Around Sundown by Mark Pryor, Long Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen, The Disappearance by Bentley Little, The Codebreaker’s Secret by Sara Ackermann, Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood, The Fixer Upper by Lauren Forsythe, Bark to the Future by Spencer Quinn, The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid, The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, and The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden.

New non-fiction books include: Gun Digest 2023 edited by Philip P. Massaro, Her Honor: myLife on the Bench… by LaDoris hazard Cordell, Robert E. Lee: A Life by Allen C. Guelzo,  The God of the Way by Kathie Lee Gifford and Rabbi Jason Sobel, All of This A Memoir of Death and Desire by Rebecca Woolf, and Swerve or Die by Kyle Petter and Ellis Henican, Hometown Victory: A Coach’s Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home by Keanon Low with Justin Spizman, Life on the Mississippi: An EpicAmerican Adventure by Rinker Buck, Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present by Eugene Linden, and Path it by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss.

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 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.

School-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, October 15, at 11:00 am. Ms. Abby will have a building challenge ready for creative builders.

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. There will be winners in each 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.

Are you a crafter? If so, we’re offering tours and training for our Maker Space on Thursday, October 20, and on Monday, October 24, at 5:00 pm. We have an embroidery machine, 3-D printer, button maker, and Cricut (electronic cutting machine) that can cut all sorts of designs from materials like vinyl, card stock, and iron-on transfers. Space is limited to 10 people, so call 270-237-3861 to register. Patrons must be trained before reserving the maker space.

New books for children include: The Sea in the Way by Sophie Gilmore, A Spoonful of Frogs by Casey Lyall, Best Christmas Book Ever! by Richard Scarry, Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston, I Have a Superpower by Stephen Curry, How the Villains Ruined Christmas by Serena Valentino, Blood! Not Just a Vampire Drink by Stacy McAnulty, Come On In by Jamie Michalak, Books Aren’t For Eating by Carlie Sorosiak, I’m a Unicorn by Helen Yoon, Hello, Moon by Evan Turk, Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez & Gabriela Epstein, Crunch by Kayla Miller, Garlic & the Witch by Bree Paulsen, If You Read This by Kareen Getting, I Survived The Wellington Avalanche, 1910 by Lauren Tarshis, Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston, and Wildoak by C.C. Harrington,

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Suspect by Scott Turow, Treasure State by C.J. Box, Falling Stars by Fern Michaels, The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates, My Secret to Keep by Barbara Conry, The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman, What She Found by Robert Dugoni, The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper, Recursion by Blake Crouch, Murder at Beacon Rock by Alyssa Maxwell, Pack of Lies by Charlie Adhara, Properties of Thirst by Marianne Wiggins, Shutter by Ramona Emerson, I Remember You by Brian Freeman, The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith, Amy & Lan by Sadie Jones, Haven by Emma Donoghue, Small Angels by Lauren Owen, Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Dark Music by Davi Lagercrantz, Heart Breaker by Sarah MacLean, Sweetwater & The Witch by Kayne Ann Krentz, A Truth to Lie For by Anne Perry, and The Blame Game by Sandie Jones.

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 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.

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.