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.
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. 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. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place, or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com.We hope you’ll make visiting the library 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, Embroidery Machine, Cricut Vinyl Cutter, Ellison Die Cut Shapes, and more. Sign up today.
New books for children include: Rory the Remarkable Dragon by Kathryn Rammell, Bear at the Fair by Sophia Gholz, A Very Dinosaur Christmas by Adam Wallace, What Can a Mess Make? by Bee Johnson, Bluey: Shadowlands by Penguin Young Readers Licenses, The Light of Home by Diana Farid, A Star Shines Through by Anna Desnitskaya, The Cat Way by Sara Lundbert, The House Without Lights by Reem Faruqi, Priceless Facts About Money by Mellody Hobson, What is Color? by Steven Weinberg, What is the Scientific Method? by Baby Professor, The Science Girls by Aki, Our World in Numbers: Dinosaurs & Others Prehistoric Life by DK Publishing, Dexdingo: World’s Best Greatest Ever Inventor! by Greg Foley, The Graphic Novel: I Survived The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis, Library Girl by Polly Horvath, Cat on the Run: In Cucumber Madness! by Aaron Blabey, The Witching Wind by Natalie Lloyd, and The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo.
New books for young adults include: Eerie Legends by Ricardo Diseño, Djinn-Ology from the notebooks of Dr. N. edited by Seema Yasmin, Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now… by Jason Reynolds, My Hero Academia #39 by Kohei Horikoshi, Gachiakuta by Kei Urana, Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White, Giddy Barber Explodes in 11 by Dina Havranek, Red in Tooth and Claw by Lish McBride, This Land Is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story by Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo, and My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files by Natsumi Ito
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: All We Thought We Knew by Michelle Shocklee, Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jonasson, The Swimmer by Lorth Anne White, The Bonus by T.L. Swan, Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson, An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson, Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas, All I Want is You by Fallon Ballard, My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine, Evil Eye by Etaf Rum, The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan, The Christmas Cottage by Davis Bunn, The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir, Collided by Lauren Asher, Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb, The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave, The Butcher Game by Alaina Urquhart, Before We Were Us by Denise Hunter, and The Black Loch by Peter May.
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.