The library building is open to the public on 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.
Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. Parents/guardians may choose from two Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place, or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com. On Tuesday at 1:00 p.m., Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs. The Inbetweens, students ages 10-12, meet on Mondays at 3:30 p.m. We hope you’ll make visiting the library with your children a part of your weekly routine.
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, Embroider Machine, 3-D Printer, Button Maker, Cricut Vinyl Cutter, and more. Sign up today.
Check out items from our newest addition, our Library of Things. There are special baking pans, a sewing machine, an electric drill, a ukelele, and more. It’s located by the circulation desk in the library.
New books for children include: My Thoughts Have Wings by Maggie Smith, The Garden, The Curtain, and The Cross by Carl Laferton, The Friend Who Forgives by Dan DeWitt, Pokémon: World Championship #2: Ash’s Taste of Victory adapted by Jeanette Lane, The Goodnight Train: Easter by June Sobel, Searching for Home by Chantal Bourgonje, You Broke It! by Liana Finck, I am Not the Easter Bunny! by T.L. McBeth, Ten Little Rabbits by Maurice Sendak, Lucky Duck by Greg Pizzoli, Cranky by Phuc Tran and Pete Oswald, The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris, and You’re Going to Love This Book by Jory John.
Older children will enjoy Amil and the After by Vera Hiranandani, The Forgotten Five: Dangerous Allies by Lisa McMann, What is a Solar Eclipse? by Dana Meachen Rau, The World Famous Nine by Ben Guterson, and Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett.
New Manga books for teens include: Chainsaw Man #13 by Tatsuki Fujimoto, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princes #11 by Akira Himekawa, Mashle: Magic and Muscles #4 by Hajimi Komoto, My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi, and Black Clover #33 by Yŭki Tabata.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: What is Mine by Lyn Lioa Butler, Christmas in the Crosshairs by Lynette Eason, My Friends by Hisham Matar, After Annie by Anna Quindlen, Green Dot by Madeleine Gray, Simply the Best by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, The Catch by Amy Lea, The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney, The Wishing Stone by Dakota Willink, The Wharton Plot by Mariah Fredericks, Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box, The Guest by B.A. Paris, Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander, Letters of Wisdom by Wanda E. Brunstetter, The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger, The Hunter by Tana French, Never Too Late by Danielle Steel, Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison, Murder Road by Simone St. James Missing Persons by James Patterson, and Death of a Spy by M.C. Beaton.
New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include Set for Life: An All-Out Approach to Early Financial Freedom by Scott Trench and Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up by Rand Paul.
To get a free library card, call 270-237-3861 or stop by the library with a photo I.D. and recently postmarked mail. Then, you’ll be able to check out or download library materials. Also, please let us know if there’s a particular book, movie, or music artist you would like added to the collection. We’ll do our best to fulfill your requests.