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.
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. 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.
School-age children are invited to Lego-My-Library on Saturday, October 21 at 11:00 am. Miss Abby will have a fun build challenger for the builders. Register for this free event under the event tab @ www.allencountylibrary.com
New books for children include: I Love You Near and Far by Marjorie Blain Parker, Jeb on the Farm by Lawrence Dupkin, A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey, and Kaboom! A Volcano Erupts by Jessica Kulekjian and Zoe Si, Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews by Julie Hedlund, Proud Mouse: How A Little Sister Found Her Own Way by Cara Mentzel and Idina Menzel, An Unofficial Guide to the World of Studio GHIBLI by Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham, Make Tracks: Cars by Johnn Dyrander, The Way I Feel by Janan Cain, Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger, Sometimes I’m Bombaloo by Rachel Vail, One Is a Snal Ten is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre, Animals on Board by Stuart J. Murphy, Two-Headed Chicken: Beak to the Future by Tom Angleberger, Paper Peek Alphabet by Chihiro Takeuchi, andThe Inkwell Chronicles: Race to Krakatoa by J.D. Peabody.
New books for young adults include: Ayakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki, The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu, House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas, My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi, Record of Ragnarok by Azychika, Shinya Umemura, and Takumi Fukui, Rez Ball by Byron Graves, Bounded by Firelight by Dan Swift, and Spells Trouble by P.C.Cast & Kristin Cast.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: No Reserve by Felix Francis, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, None of This is True by Lisa Jewell, Awakened: A House of Night Novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, Breathe and County Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester, Second Act by Daniel Steel, Judgement Pray by John Sandford, Dark Memory by Christine Feehan,
New large-print books on the shelf include: The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves, The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger, None of This is True by Lisa Jewell, Cassandra In Reverse by Holly Smale, Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess, Girls and Their Horses by Eliza Jane Barzier, The President’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood, The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikkie Bramer, Such Kindness by Andr Dubus III, Clive Cussler Condor’s Fury by Graham Brown, Good Bad Birl by Alice Feeney, Tom Clancy Weapons Grade by Don Bentley, Masters of Death by Olivie Blake and Holly by Stephen King.
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.