Our weekly programs for children include: Baby Time on Wednesdays at 2:00 pm. Toddlers Time is on Thursdays at 10:00 am, Stories & More for pre-school children meet on Tuesdays at 10:00 am, and enrichment programs for homeschool youth meet on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm. We hope you’ll make visiting the library a part of your child’s weekly routine.
If you want to learn how to knit to crochet, Loose Ends will teach you. Stop by the library on Tuesdays at 3:30. First time crafters will be supplied with a crochet hook, or knitting needles and yarn to start.
We have special Fall Break programs. On Monday, at 1:00 pm, a conservation officer from the Department of Fish and Wildlife will be here to talk about…. On Tuesday, October 2 at 1:00 pm, kids can sign up for aquatic art.
New books for children this week include: The True Story of Giantess: The Story of Anna Swan by Anne Renaud, The Squirrels’ Busy Year by Martin Jenkins, Delivery Bear by Laura Gehl, Fright Show by Janet Lawler, The Bass Play the Bass and Other Homographs by Gene Barretta, Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein, Grow Up, David! by David Shannon, Night Job by Karen Hesse, Vivid Poems & Notes About Color by Julie Paschkis, and I am Neil Armstrong by Brad Meltzer.
Older children will enjoy: The 91-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, The Dollar Kids by Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Don’t Eat Me by Colin Cotterill, Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz, Dogman: Lord of the Fleas by Dav Pilkey, and Monster Mayhem by Christopher Eliopoulos.
New books on the adult fiction shelf include: Two Sisters of Coyoacan by Robert Satow,
Between You & Me by Susan Wiggs, A Simple Singing by Leslie Gould, The Distance Home by Paula Saunders, The Path of Paganism by John Beckett, VOX by Christina Dalcher, A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising by Raymond A. Villareal, The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar, Rainy Day Friends by Jill Shalvis, Trust Me by Frank Phillippi Ryan, The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher, Dawn’s Light by Terri Blackstock, When the Light Goes Out by Mary Kubica, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock and Imogen Hermes Gowar, A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay, Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott, The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon, The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis, and Desolation Mountain by William Kent Krueger.
New books on the adult non-fiction shelf includes: Spying on Whales by Nick Pyenson, Resistance is Futile! How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind by Ann Coulter, Estreme Conservation: Life at the Edges of the World by Joel Berger, Fishing Lessons: Artisanal Fisheries and the Future of our Oceans by Kevin M. Bailey, King Con: The Bizarre Adventures of the Jazz Age’s Greatest Imposter by Paul Willetts, and No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Life of General James Mattis by Jim Proser.
New movies this week include: Adrift starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin, Distorted starring Christina Ricci and John Cusack, Ocean’s 8 starring Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, Superfly starring Esai Morales, Urban Country starring Brighton Sharino and Loud Diamond Phillips, Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups, and Barbie Dolphine Magic.
If you love e-books or audio-books, check out our digital collection at www.allencountylibary.com and click on digital books. We have thousands of new e-books and audio-books available for FREE with your library card. Download the free Overdrive App or the Libby App and start reading today. WHY buy these products from internet stores when you can download them for free with your Allen County Public library card?