Library News for August 31, 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 unless it is a holiday. If you are homebound, we are happy to make non-contact home deliveries. Call 270-237-3861 to schedule home deliveries.

The library will be closed on Monday, September 5, for Labor Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 6, at 9:00 am. Stop by early to check out library materials to enjoy through the long holiday weekend.

In September, we are resuming children’s programs. Toddlers are invited to Toddler Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents may choose from three Pre-K Story Hours for their preschool-age child. We’ll offer the same program on Tuesday and  Thursday at 10:00 am and on Wednesdays at 1:00 pm. Call 270-237-3861 to reserve your child’s place. We will read the same book in each program. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm, Home-School children ages 5-12 are invited to enrichment programs.

Teens meet each Thursday at 5:00 pm. On Thursday, September 1, teens are invited to the Pearler Bead Club. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your weekly routine.

New books for children this week include: The Baby-Changing Station by Thett Miller, A Very Big Fall by Emmy Kastner, The More You Give by Marcy Campbell and Francesca Sanna, Goodnight, Butterfly by Ross Burach, The Surprise by Zadie Smith and Nick Laird, The Longest Journey: An Arctic Tern’s Migration by Amy Hevron, Peter Rabbit: Trick or Treat by Beatrix Potter, Here We Are: Book of Colors by Oliver Jeffers, Exploring Sharks by Jill McDonald, Exploring the Solar System by Jill McDonald, The Pet Potato by Josh Lacey, The Stone Child by Davi A. Robertson, Moon Light by Stephen Savage, Breda’s Island by Jessie Ann Foley, Agent Llama Double Trouble by Angela Woolfe, Berry Song by Michaela Goade, Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School! by Carrie Finison, Valentina Salazar is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova and The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett.

New audiobooks for adults include: The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand, The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer, Movie Land by Lee Goldberg, Good Morning, Love by Ashley Coleman, Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton, A Spanish Sunrise by Boo Walker, The Codebreaker’s Secret by Sara Ackerman, Overkill by Sandra Brown, The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais, She’s Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino, and The It Girl by Ruth Ware.

New books on the adult fiction shelf include: The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, Into the Mist by P.C. Cast, Along the Shore by Rochelle Alers, The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger, The Hunt by Faye Kellerman, The New Neighbor by Karen Cleveland, The Bird Cage by Eve Chase, A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen, A Dark and Stormy Tea by Laura Childs, Alias Emma by Ava Glass, The House on Blueberry Lane by Brenda Jackson, Addicted to You by Krista & Becca Ritchie, The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston, Homebound by John David Anderson, From the Jump by Lacie Waldon, Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia, The Life She Had by K.L. Armstrong, and A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophia Irwin.

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.

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