Allen County Public Library News – December 7, 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.

Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesday at 10:00 am. Parents/guardians may choose from three Pre-K Story Hours for preschool-age children. 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. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

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:  Watercress by Andrew Wang, Logan’s Greenhouse by JaNay Brown-Wood, Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold, Baby Plays Chess bu Glo Wan, The Twelve Cats of Christmas by Feather Flores, Timid by Harry Woodgate, Through the North Pole Snow by Polly Faber, Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft by Tom Credstodina,  Narwhalicorn and Jelly by Ben Clanton, No Snowball! by Isabella Kung, Dragons on the Inside (And Other Big Feelings) by Valerie Coulman, All Through the Night: Important Jobs that Get Done at Night by Polly Faber, The Christmas Pine by Julia Donaldson and Victoria Sandøy, If You Were a City by Kyo Maclear, The Little Green Jacket by Jodi Dee, Unicorns are the Worst! by Alex Willan, and We are the Gardeners by Julianna Swaney.

Older children will enjoy: Delicates by Brenna Thummler, In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III, The Lego Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo et al., Warriors A Starless Clan #2: Sky by Erin Hunter, The Stern Chase (The Brotherhood Chronicles) by John Flannagan, What Do We Know About the Loch Ness Monster? by Steve Korté, Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: Tourney of Terror by Madeleine Roux, and Big Nate: Release the Hounds! by Lincoln Peirce.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Perfect Assassin by James Patterson and Brian Sitts, Christmas at Thorne Manor by Kelley Armstrong, Three-Edged Sword by Jeff Lindsay, Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, Tom Clancy: Red Winter by Marc Cameron, Night Shift by Robin Cook, The Outcast Girls by Shirley Dickson The Hidden Palace by Dinah Jefferies, Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict, The Hidden Prince by Tessa Afshar, How to Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison, Honor Bound by Hallee Bridgeman, The Innocent One by Lisa Ballantyne, Like the Wind by Robin Lee Hatcher, The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar, The Girls in Navy Blue by Alix Rickloff, The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal, Trash Lands by Alison Stine, Verity by Colleen Hoover, The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz, and Meredith Alone by Claire Alexander.

New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama, How to Make the Best Coffee at Home by James Hoffman, Super Good Cookies for Kids by Duff Goldman, American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide by Susan Barba and Leanne Shapton, Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals by Melissa Clark, and Kurashi at Home by Marie Kondo.

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.

2022-12-07T12:56:34+00:00