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.