Allen County Public Library News – December 21, 2022

 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.

The library will be closed on Saturday, December 24, for Christmas Eve. The library will reopen on Monday, December 26 at 9:00 am. We hope you have a wonderful Merry Christmas! Regular children’s programs will resume on January 3, 2023.

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:  The Big Christmas Bake by Fiona Barker and Pippa Curnick, How to Help a Friend by Karl Newson, Puffin by Martin Jenkins, Where in the World are You? by Marie G. Rohde, The Dark Was Done by Lauren Stringer, Strum and Drum: A Merry Little Quest by Jashar Awan, The Corgi and the Queen by Caroline L. Perry, Counting in Dog Years and other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy Franco, Knitting for Dogs by Laurel Molk, Van Dog by Gosia Herba & Mikolaj Pa, Sumo Puppy by David Biedrzycki, Yetis Are the Worst! by Alex Willan, Our Seasons by Sue Lowell Gallion, Cradle Me by Debby Slier, and Big Green Garage by Jen Arena.

Old children will enjoy: The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart, Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll, Yonder by Ali Standish, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer, The Forgotten Five by Lisa McMann, Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews, Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb, and Tangled Up in Nonsense by Merrill Wyatt.

New books for young adults include:  One Great Lie by Deb Caletti, You Too? 25 Voices Share Their #METOO Stories edited by Janet Gurtler, You Call This Democracy? by Elizabeth Rusch, A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw, White Out by Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfold, et al., When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris, We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds, Eternally Yours edited by Patrice Caldwell, The Epic Story of Every Living Thing by Deb Caletti, Creep: A Love Story by Lygia Da Peňaflor, Time of Our Lives by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch, and Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Premonition at Withers Farm by Jaime Jo Wright, Remember Me by Mario Escobar, Secrets of the Nile by Tasha Alexander, The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin, Sunburst by Susan May Warren, Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths, The Book of the Goose by Yiyun Li, Seventeen: Last Man Standing by John Brownlow, Devil’s Delight by M.C. Beaton, All She Ever Dreamed by Robin Lee Hatcher, The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green, Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover, Authentically, Izzy by Pepper Basham, and Small Game by Blair Braverman.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents 4th Edition by Bill Yenne, The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More by Maurizio Leo, Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx, Never Finished by David Goggins, and Nature’s Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy.

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.

2022-12-21T13:32:49+00:00