The library building is open to the public Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Did you know the average child loses two months of reading skills over the summer? You can help avoid the slide by registering your child for Summer Reading and encouraging your child to read for twenty minutes daily. We have thousands of books from which to choose. There’s something for everyone at the Allen County Public Library.
On Thursday, July 13, at 2:00 pm, teens are invited to a Scavenger Hunt in the library. You’ll learn about the history and local businesses as you study the clues and figure out what’s hidden in the library. Participants will have the chance to win a $25 gift card.
Children twelve and under are invited to the Barry Mitchell and Friends Puppet Show on Tuesday, July 18, at 1:00 pm. This program is full of clean humor, silly jokes, magic tricks, and puppets galore.
New books for children include: Wombats Are Pretty Weird by Abi Cushman, The One and Only Sparkella and the Big Lie by Channing Tatum, Tadpoles by Matt James, The Train Home by Dan-ah Kim, The Digger, and the Buggerfly by Joseph Kuefler, A Day in the Sun by Diana Ejaita, 1001 Birds by Joanna Rzezak, We Are Going to be Pals! by Mark Teague, Pigs Can’t Look Up by Vincent D’Onofrio, As Brave as a Lion by Erika Meza, Gnome is Where Your Heart Is by Casey Lyall, The Books of Clash Vol. 1 by Les McClaine et al., I Survived The Children’s Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis, Warriers: Graphic Novel: A Thief in Thunderclan by Erin Hunter, Big Nate: Next Stop, Superstardom! by Lincoln Peirce, Black Lagoon Adventures: Hubie Cool: Super Spy by Mike Thaler, and Middle School and Other Disasters by Wanda Coven.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt by Jeff Shaara, A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins, Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan, The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon, The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni, Killing Moon by Joe Nesbó, Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul, Fall Out by Carrie Stuart Parks, The Happiness Plan by Susan Mallery, Happy Place by Emily Henry, Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore, All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby, The Bookshop by the Bay by Pamela Kelley, The Celebrants by Steven Rowley, The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer, Obsessed by James Patterson and James O. Born, The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane, and Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess.
New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin, Tell Me Everything by Minka Kelly, Strong Female Character by Fern Brady, George: A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes, Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering, Volume 3 by Joanna Gaines, 2023 Christmas with Southern Living by Southern Living Books, 1964 Eyes of the Storm by Paul McCartney, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath and Beyond by Geezer Butler, and Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court by Chris Paul.
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.