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.
Summer reading is winding down. If you registered for Summer Reading and want to earn your prize package, reading logs are due on Friday, July 22, 2022, by 4:00 pm. A huge THANK YOU to Pizza Hut for donating coupons for a free personal pan pizza to be included in our summer reading prize package Teens who registered for summer reading must turn in their completed BINGO sheets by 4:00 pm on Friday, July 22, 2022, to earn your prizes.
On Thursday, July 21, at 1:00 pm, kids of all ages are invited to attend Barry Mitchell’s, Magic Show. At 2:00 pm on the same day, teens are invited to participate in a Pirate Scavenger Hunt.
On Tuesday, July 26, at 1:00 pm, kids of all ages are invited to see Ed May & the Runaway Puppet Theater. This is the grand finale for the Summer Reading program for kids. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, and guardians for bringing your kids to the library this summer.
New books for children this week include: Brave Every Day by Trudy Ludwig, Ablaze with Color by Jeanne Walker Harvey, Up Your Nose by Seth Fishman, Pink Is Not a Color by Lindsay Ward, Tell Me a Lion Story by Kara Kramer, Bruce’s Big Fun Day by Ryan T. Higgins, Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper, Brother Francis of Assisi by Tomie De Paola, Opal Lee and What It Means to be Free by Alice Faye Duncan, Fish for Kids: A Junior Scientist’s Guide by Kevin Kurtz, The Story of Juneteenth by Steven Otfinoski, Weather by Kristin Baird Rattini, The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey, There Was an Old Scientist Who Swallowed a Dinosaur! by Lucille Colandro, and The Islanders Search for Treasure by Mary Alice Monroe with Angela May.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh, Nothing Short of Wondrous by Regina Scott, A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott, Beyond the Desert Sands by Tracie Peterson, The Omega Factor by Steve Berry, Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith with Tom Harper, The Dead Husband by Carter Wilson, Josephine’s Guest House Quilt by Ann Hazelwood, Suspects by Danielle Steel, Red On the River by Christine Feehan, Girl Who Survived by Lisa Jackson, Inventions of the Heart by Mary Connealy, Cold Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs, Upgrade by Blake Crouch, The Best is Yet to Come by Debbie Macomber, Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason, 365 Days by Blanka Lipinska, Julianne and the Judge by Melody Carlson, and Chrysalis by Lincoln Child
New books on the adult non-fiction shelf include: The Other Side of Yet: Finding Light in the Midst of Darkness by Michelle D. Hord, Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Tunde Oyeneyin, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo, Home with Rue: Style for Everyone by Kelli Lam, Th Full Plate by Ayesha Curry, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell, and Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Griggs.
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.