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.

School-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, August 20, at 11:00 am. Miss Abby will have a fun build challenge ready for builders.

Teens are invited to join our teen book club. This month we’re reading Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee. Copies of the book are at the circulation desk. The teen book club will meet on Thursday, August 25, at 5:00 pm.

On Saturday, August 27, at 10:00 am, a photography workshop is open to patrons of all ages. Space is limited, so pre-registration is required for this free program. Call 270-237-3861 to register today.

New books for children include: Ballet Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins, Nana Loves You More by Jimmy Fallon, How Old is Mr. Tortoise? by Dev Petty, My First Tackle Box by B. master Caster, Juneteenth by Lisa Crayton, A Handful of Quiet by Thich Nhat Hanh, Isabel and Her Colores Go to School by Alexander Alessandri, Free at Last by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, Star & Stripe Grand Opening! By M.J. Offen, I Wanted to Be a Vase by Julio Torres, Shells by Janet Lawler, Periodic Table: The Definitive Visual Catalog of the Building Blocks of the Universe by DK Publishing, Chairs on Strike by Jennifer Jones, The Man Who Saved Books by Lun Plourde, and Ravenous Things by Derrick Chow,

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow, A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder by Diane Freeman, The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer, The Last Dress from Paris by Jade Beer, Out of Her Depth by Lizzy Barber, Ashton Hall by Lauren Belfer, The Gate Keeper by James Byrne, Can’t Look Away by Carola Lovering, December ’41 by William Martin, Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley,  Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter, The Setup by Lizzy Dent, Little Nothings by Julie Mayhew, Aurora by David Koepp, An Island Wedding by Jenny Colgan, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian, Hurrican Girl by Marcy Dermansky, Little Sister by Gytha Lodge, West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras, Sold on Love by Kathleen Fuller, Aura of Night by Heather Graham, The Bourne Sacrifice by Brian Freeman, and The Hidden One by Linda Castillo.

New large-print adult fiction books include: Suspects by Danielle Steel, The It Girl by Ruth Ware, Look Closer by David Ellis, Turn to Me by Becky Wade, Beyond the Desert Sands by Tracie Peterson, Written on the Wind by Elizabeth Camden, When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer, Relative Justice by Robert Whitlow, and  Unfailing Love by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf: Raising Antiracist Children: A Practical Guide by Britt Hawthorne with Natasha Yglesias, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin, The Complete Family Guide to Dementia by Thomas F. Harrison, and Brent P. Forester, MD, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars edited by Andrew Bacevich and Daniel A Sjursen, Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald, Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation by Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin, and Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle: Fourth Edition by Heather Smith Thomas.

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.

School-age children are invited to Lego My Library on Saturday, August 20, at 11:00 am. Miss Abby will have a fun build challenge ready for our builders.

Teens are invited to join our teen book club. This month we’re reading Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee. Copies of the book are at the circulation desk. The teen book club will meet on Thursday, August 25, at 5:00 pm.

On Saturday, August 27, at 10:00 am, a photography workshop is open to patrons of all ages. Space is limited, so pre-registration is required for this free program. Call 270-237-3861 to register today.

New books for children include: Poppy’s House by Karla Courtney, Begin One Way: A Children’s Book of Road Signs by Loana Stoian, The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson, I’m Going to Kindergarten! by Andrea Posner-Sanchez, Pete the Cat’s Not So Groovy Day by Kimberly & James Dean, Who Was Alexander the Great? by Kathryn Waterfield and Robin Waterfield, Where is the Parthenon? by Robert Edwards, Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Perfection by Matthew Swanson & Robbie Behr, Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Ancient Greece and the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, Turkey Goes to School by Wendi Silvano, The Cat Encyclopedia by DK Publishing, Two Dogs by Ian Falconer, The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz, Fossils for Kids by Ashley Hall, and Endless Ever After by Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat.

New books for young adults include: Tha Paladin Prophecy: Rogue: Book III by Mark Frost, Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, The Enchanter Heir by Cinda Williams Chima, The Damned by Renée Ahdieh, A Year to the Day by Robin Benway, Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch, and Sabriel: 25^th Anniversary Classic Edition by Garth Nix.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Grace Under Fire by Julie Garwood, Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook, Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton, These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany, The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick, Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro, Island Time by Georgia Clark, Meant to be Mine by Hannah Orenstein, One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke, Hatchet Island by Paul Doiron, The Teacher of Warsaw by Mario Escobar, It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler, The Wife Before by Shanora Williams, As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr, The Blue Diamond by Leonard Goldberg, Byway to Danger by Sandra Merville Hart, Her Dying Day by Mindy Carlson, and Remember Love by Mary Balogh.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: The Chief Witness: Escape from China’s Modern-Day Concentration Camps by Sayragul Sauytbay and Alexandra Cavelius, Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America by Jimmy W. Fike, Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber, and Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton.

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.

It’s been a fantastic summer, thanks to the parents, grandparents, and caregivers who registered their children in our summer reading program. Seeing our library active with kids in the library is wonderful. So, please, keep coming weekly. 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, August 20 at 11:00 am. Miss Abby will have a fun build challenge ready for our builders.

New books for children include: Francis in the Country by Liz Gaton Scanlon, The Adventures of Robo-Kid by Diane deGroat, Let’s Learn About the Forest by Katelyn Van Kooten, The Wills and the Won’ts by Angela Woolfe, Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree House: The Graphic Novel: Mummies in the Morning adapted by Jenny Laird, What is the Supreme Court? by Jill Abramson, The Queen of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes, The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale by Deborah Diesen, Ben Yokohama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson & Robbi Behr, and A Prayer for our Country by Senate Chaplain Barry Black.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Sweet Remnants of Summer: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel by Alexander McCall Smith, The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz, Red Warning by Matthew Quirk, Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini, The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand, Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins, Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher, The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager, The Lifestyle by Taylor Hahn, Thank You, Next by Andi J. Christopher, How to Fake It In Hollywood by Ava Wilder, A Thousand Miles by Bridget Morrissey, Snowstorm in August by Marshall Karp, What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad, A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari, Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Shattered by James Patterson and James O. Born, Blue Skies by Robyn Carr, and People of Cahokia: Lightning Shell by W. Michael & Kathleen O’Neal Gear.

New books for young adults include: Gideon Green in Black and White by Katie Henry, Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Tales from the Pizzaplex #1 Lally’s Game by Scott Cawthon, The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost, Murder for the Modern Girl by Kendall Kulper, and Piper Perish by Kayla Cagan. e

New large-print books include: Life Without Children by Roddy Doyle, Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace, The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak, The Trials of Harry S. Truman by Jeffrey Frank, Nightwork by Nora Roberts, Meant to Be by Emily Griffin, and It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler

 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.

Summer reading is winding down. THANK YOU, Pizza Hut, for donating gift certificates for personal pan pizzas to 194 kids who turned in their reading logs on time. We appreciate your support.

It’s been a fantastic summer, thanks to the parents, grandparents, and caregivers who registered and attended their children for our summer reading program. We appreciate all the workers at the CORE and the Boys and Girls Clubs who included their kids in Summer Reading. It was wonderful to see our library active with kids and teens. Please, keep coming weekly. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

On Friday, August 5, at 6:00 pm, families with children five years and under are invited to stop by our First Friday booth in front of the library for Kindergarten Readiness. Is your child ready for the classroom? Parents will learn teacher expectations for students entering kindergarten. Parents will also pick up skills they can use to begin preparing their children for kindergarten. Parents will receive free classroom materials until we run out of supplies. Kids will have the opportunity to complete a chalk obstacle course and more. We hope to see you there.

New books for children include: Mell Fell by Corey R. Tabor, All Different Now by Angela Johnson, Look and Listen by Dianne White, Grandfather’s Journey: 20^th Anniversary Edition by Allen Say, The Creator in You by Jordan Raynor, The World Needs More Purple Schools by Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart, Ancient China by DK Publishing, Punky Aloha by Shar Tuiasoa, The Dinos on the Bus by Peter Millett and Tony Neal, Don’t Worry, Murray by David Ezra Stein, The Shelterlings by Sarah Beth Durst, Amazing Snakes! by Sarah L. Thomson, Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Endless Waiting by Matthew Swanson & Robbie Behr, Vanishing Act by Laura Martin, and Treasure Tracks by S.A. Rodriguez.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Heart of the Mountains by Pepper Basham, A Feeling of Home by Susan Anne Mason, Right Behind Her by Melinda Leigh, The Curse Workers by Holly Black, The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn, This May End Badly by Samantha Markum, More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez, Vactionland by Meg Mitchell Moore, Gilt by Jamie Brenner, Cold Fear by Brandon Webb & John David Mann, The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays, Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva, By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley, The Local by Joey Hartstone, The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis, and A Secret About a Secret by Peter Spiegelman,

New large-print books: Point Last Seen Christina Dodd, Reputation by Sarah Vaughan, Cold Cold Bones Kathy Reichs, The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager, Gilt by Jamie Brenner, The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick, The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, and The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi,

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: James Patterson: The Stories of My Life by James Patterson, Liking Myself Back by Jacey Duprie, Love Yourself First: Finding Joy in the Golden Rule by Adrien Booher, Pickin’ Up the Pieces by Kimberly Bartley, Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the Maga Media are Destroying America by Dan Pfeiffer,  If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing by Kathleen Buhle, and Wastelands: The True Story of Fam Country on Trial by Corban Addison.

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.

Summer reading is winding down. If you registered for Summer Reading and want to earn your prize package, reading logs are due on Friday, July 22, 2022, by 4:00 pm. A huge THANK YOU to Pizza Hut for donating coupons for a free personal pan pizza to be included in our summer reading prize package Teens who registered for summer reading must turn in their completed BINGO sheets by 4:00 pm on Friday, July 22, 2022, to earn your prizes.

On Thursday, July 21, at 1:00 pm, kids of all ages are invited to attend Barry Mitchell’s, Magic Show. At 2:00 pm on the same day, teens are invited to participate in a Pirate Scavenger Hunt.

On Tuesday, July 26, at 1:00 pm, kids of all ages are invited to see Ed May & the Runaway Puppet Theater. This is the grand finale for the Summer Reading program for kids. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, and guardians for bringing your kids to the library this summer.

New books for children this week include: Brave Every Day by Trudy Ludwig, Ablaze with Color by Jeanne Walker Harvey, Up Your Nose by Seth Fishman,  Pink Is Not a Color by Lindsay Ward, Tell Me a Lion Story by Kara Kramer, Bruce’s Big Fun Day by Ryan T. Higgins, Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper, Brother Francis of Assisi by Tomie De Paola, Opal Lee and What It Means to be Free by Alice Faye Duncan, Fish for Kids: A Junior Scientist’s Guide by Kevin Kurtz, The Story of Juneteenth by Steven Otfinoski, Weather by Kristin Baird Rattini, The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey, There Was an Old Scientist Who Swallowed a Dinosaur! by Lucille Colandro, and The Islanders Search for Treasure by Mary Alice Monroe with Angela May.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh, Nothing Short of Wondrous by Regina Scott, A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott, Beyond the Desert Sands by Tracie Peterson, The Omega Factor by Steve Berry, Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith with Tom Harper, The Dead Husband by Carter Wilson, Josephine’s Guest House Quilt by Ann Hazelwood, Suspects by Danielle Steel, Red On the River by Christine Feehan, Girl Who Survived by Lisa Jackson, Inventions of the Heart by Mary Connealy, Cold Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs, Upgrade by Blake Crouch, The Best is Yet to Come by Debbie Macomber, Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason, 365 Days by Blanka Lipinska, Julianne and the Judge by Melody Carlson, and  Chrysalis by Lincoln Child

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: The Other Side of Yet: Finding Light in the Midst of Darkness by Michelle D. Hord, Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Tunde Oyeneyin, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo, Home with Rue: Style for Everyone by Kelli Lam, Th Full Plate by Ayesha Curry, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell, and Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Griggs.

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.

We need families with elementary-age children to participate in Prime Time Family Reading, a six-week reading, discussion and storytelling program that starts on Thursday, July 14, 2022. We’ll serve a light meal at 5:00 pm. and start the storytelling/discussion at 5:30 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to register your family today. Space is limited to ten families, and childcare will be provided for infants and toddlers after the meal. The Kentucky Humanities Council and the Allen County Public Library provided funds for this program.

On July 14 at 2:00 pm, teens are invited to make jellyfish lanterns as a part of our summer reading program, Oceans of Possibilities, and on Tuesday, July 21, kids 12 and under are invited to Barry Mitchell’s magic show at 1:00 pm.

New books for children this week include: Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead, Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco, Kindergarten: Where Kindness Matters Every Day by Vera Ahiyya, Life in Hot Water: Wildlife at the Bottom of the Ocean by Mary Batten, Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway, You’re Always Enough and More Than I Hoped For by Emily Ley, A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis, Knight Owl by Christopher Denise, Ocean Planet by Ben Rothery, Arlo Draws an Octopus by Lori Mortensen, Just be Jelly by Maddie Frost, Francis Discovers Possible by Ashlee Latimer, See You Someday Soon by Pat Zietlow Miller, The Wind, and Clover by Audrey Helen Weber, Hot Dog by Doug Salati, One Turtle’s Last Straw by Elisa Boxer, and Sir Ladybug and the Queen Bee by Corey R. Tabor.

New books for young adults include: A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir, Star Wars: Queen’s Hope by E.K. Johnston, Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk, The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson, Lost Lad London by Shima Shinya, Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, and Diamond Park by Phillippe Diederich.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Escape by James Patterson and David Ellis, Trouble with the Cursed by Kim Harrison, A Face to Die For by Iris Johansen, Flying Solo by Linda Holmes, The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, Daughter of the Occupation by Shelly Sanders, Ruinsong by Lulia Ember, Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert, Bad Actors by Mick Herron, Mrs. Jeffries and the Midwinter Murders by Emily Brightwell, Never Trifle with Murder by Livia J. Washburn, The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate, Battle of the Teton Basin by Jason Manning and Ralph Compton – The Saltwater Trail by Jackson Lowry.

New large-print adult fiction books include: Looking for Leroy by Melody Carlson, Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan, The Souls of Lost Lake by Jamie Jo Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day, An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Rayborn, The Other Dr. Gilmer by Benjamin Gilmer, When She Dreams by Amanda Quick, The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies Heiresses by Laura Thompson, and An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Rayborn.

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 Allen County Public Library will close at 4:00 pm on Saturday, March 14, 2020, and will remain closed through Sunday, April 5, 2020.  We currently plan to reopen on Monday, April 6.  2020.

Please do not return library materials until we reopen. There will be no charges for overdue materials. We will automatically renew any items checked out.

Please take this opportunity to access our digital collections on our website at www.allencountylibrary.com.

Please understand, decisions such as this are difficult but are being made to mitigate the harm to library patrons and staff. These measures can change at any time, and could be extended if local officials determine extending the closure will be beneficial to reduce the spread of illness.

We will post notices on our Facebook account and our website at www.allencountylibrary.com under the About Us tab under News.

Registration is open for Prime Time Family Reading. Space is limited to thirty families. Join us for weekly storytelling, reading and discussion sessions featuring award-winning children’s books. Sessions are directed by trained storytellers and scholars.  By participating in PRIME TIME, you will help your child enjoy reading and share ideas, explore together topics such as community, fairness, and determination, learn more about community, and your public library resources, and plant the seeds for future academic success. A free meal will be provided as well as child care for siblings. Call 270-237-3861 to register for this free program. This program is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Allen County Public Library.

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On Saturday, February 9 at 10:00 am, join us as we learn how to craft beautiful cards for Valentine’s Day.

Our weekly programs for children include: Baby Time on Wednesdays at 2:00 pm. Toddlers Time is on Thursdays at 10:00 am, Stories & More for pre-school children meet on Tuesdays at 10:00 am, and enrichment programs for homeschool youth meet on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.

The Lego Club for school age children meets the third Saturday of each month at 11:00 am. Join us on Feb. 16 for a build-challenge.

New books for young adults include: Turbo Racers: Trailblazer by Austin Aslan, Sadie by Courtney Summers, Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram, The Selection by Kiera Cass, Amulet by Supernova, The Wicked King by Holly Black, Broken Things by Lauren Oliver, Stain by A.G. Howard, 96 Words for Love by Rachel Roy and Ava Dash, The Similars by Rebecca Hanover,  The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm by Christopher Paolini, Boarding School Juliet by Yousuke Kaneda, Two Can Keep a Secret…If One Is Dead by Karen M. McManus, Slayer by Kiersten White, and Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge by Pepper Basham, The Flimflam Affair by Bill Pronzini, Any Man of Mine by Diana Palmer, Rule of Law by John Lescroart, No Exit by Taylor Adams, No Sunscreen for the Dead by Tim Dorsey, Verses for the Dead by Preston and Child, The Enemy of My Enemy by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth, Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong, The Curiosities by Susan Gloss, Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken, Before We Were Strangers by Brenda Novak, The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman,  Connection in Death by J.D. Robb,  Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: Live Big: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Passion, Practicality, and Purpose by Ajit Nawalkha, More Sewing to Sell by Virginia Lindsay, Fat Quarter: One-Piece Projects by Tina Barrett, The Clean: East, Reset, Heal by Gwyneth Paltrow, Sew With Me by Brandy Nelson, The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Martha Manual: How to Do (Almost) Everything by Martha Stewart, Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents by Pete Souza amd America’s Most Haunted by Theresa Arie and Eric Olsen.

New movies include: Boy Erased starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crow, Indivisible starring Sarah Drew and Justin Bruening, The Wife starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce, Hunter Killer starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman, Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, and Lego: The Secret Exhibit.

If you love e-books or audio-books, check out our digital collection at www.allencountylibary.com and click on digital books.  We have thousands of new e-books and audio-books available for FREE with your library card.  Download the free Overdrive App or the Libby App and start reading today. WHY buy these products from internet stores when you can download them for free with your Allen County Public library card?

To access our digital resources or to borrow movies or music from the library, simply get a library card.  Library cards are free. Just provide us with a photo I.D. and a recently postmarked piece of mail. If there’s a special book, movie, or music artist you would like to see offered, please let us know. We’ll do our best to meet your needs.