The library building is open to the public Monday through Thursday, from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
If you’d like to learn to knit or crochet, join us for Strings’ n Things on Wednesdays at 2:30. We’ll provide new participants with a starter kit. All you need to do is register for the program under our events tab and show up.
Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. 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 am. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place, or click on the events tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs. Home-School teens are invited to enrichment on Monday, September 11, at 2:00 pm. The Inbetweens, students ages 10-12, meet on Mondays at 3:30 pm. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.
Our book club, “Books on the Square,” meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm. In September, we’re reading Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. We also have a Murder/Mystery Book club called “There’s a Mystery at the Library” that meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 pm. In September, we’re reading The Lost Girls by John Glatt. Stop by the library to pick up a copy of either book so you can join the conversation. There are no right or wrong answers, all opinions are respected, and there is lots of book talk. We hope you’ll join us
New books for children include: Construction Site: Spring Delight by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Ag Ford, On the Night Before Kindergarten by Rosemary Wells, Whatever After: Abby in Neverland by Sarah Mlynowski, Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot by Anna Branford, Marker by Anna Kang, The Duck Never Blinks by Alex Latimer, Good Night with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, The Little Mermaid by Ruth Homberg, Mario’s Big Adventure by Mary Man-King, Elemental: A Family’s Dream adapted by Kathy McCullough, Arfy and the Stinky Smell by Troy Cummings, Dragon Masters: Dawn of the Light Dragon by Tracey West, Big Foot and Little Foot: The Squatchicorns by Ellen Potter, The Bellwoods Game by Celia Krampien, The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things by Rob Renzetti, Forget-Me-Not Blue by Sharelle Byars Moranville, What Do We Know About Alien Abduction? by Kirsten Mayer, A Narwhal and Jelly Book: A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton, and The Islands of Elsewhere by Heather Fawcett.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Sunset Crowd by Karin Tanabe, Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery, The Bitter Past by Bruce Gorgos, Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn, The Guest House by Tasha Sylva, Boys in the Valley by Philip Francassi, Forget Me Not by Julie Soto, A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert, Fatal Legacy by Lindsey Davis, The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer, Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn, Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer, The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell by Kelly Flanagan, Broken by Jane Daly, Lion & Lamb by James Patterson, Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose, Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent, and The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman.
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, 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.