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.
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.
On Thursday, September 22 at 5:00 pm, teens are invited to Fingerprint Basics with the Scottsville Police Department.
On Saturday, September 24 at 10:00 am, we are offering an acrylic painting class for adults and children twelve-years-old and older. Pre-registration is required. Call 270-237-3861 to register for this free program.
If you are homebound, we are happy to make non-contact home deliveries. Call Ms. Delonda at 270-237-3861 if you need this service.
New books for children include: Dinos Don’t Give Up by Smriti Prasadam-Halls, Zero Zebras: A Counting Book about What’s Not There by Bruce Goldstone, Keepunumuk: Weeachumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alex Bunten, Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree House: The Graphic Novel: The Knight at Dawn. Adapted by Jenny Lair, M is for Music by Greg Paprocki, Poptropica: The Secret Society by Mitch Krpata, Reptiles for Kids by Michael G. Starkey After the Moonrise by Rich Lo, The Unique Lou Fox by Jody Carmichael. The Mouse Who Carried a Hosue on His Back by Jonathan Stutzman, Jigsaw: Mystery in the Mail by Bob Graham, Leila: The Perfect Witch by Flavia Z. Drago, Sun Wishes by Patricia Storms and Milan Pavlović, How to Catch a Class Pet by Alice Walstead & Andy Elkerton, Nine Color Deer by Kailin Duan, and Blanket by Ruth Ohi.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Fairy Tale by Stephen King, Blow Back: An American President Goes Insane by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois, Keya Das’s Second Act by Sopan Deb, First Born by Will Dean, Rough Draft by Katy Tur, A Little Hope by Ethan Joella, The Last Hours in Paris by Ruth Druart, Joan by Katherine J. Chen, The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander, The Florence Legacy by Lauraine Snelling, The Measure by Nikki Erlick, The Orchard by Beverly Lewis, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, QuickSand by Janet Dailey, Tick Tock by Fern Michaels, The Education of Dixie Dupree by Donna Everhart and Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, and Worthy of Legend by Roseanna M. White.
New large-print books include: The Orchard by Beverly Lewis, I’ll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatch, Still My Forever by Kim Vogel Sawyer, The Warmth of Sunshine by Kelly Irvin, The Last Way Home by Liz Johnson, and The Heart of the Mountains by Pepper Basham.
The library offers over 500 free on-online classes. Check out our website www.allencountylibrary.com, click on the “Free Online Classes” button, and create an account with your library card number.
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.