Images of Winters Past
With the winter weather starting to settle in, we thought this might be a good time to feature some of our photographs from our Historic Image Archive of winters past. Click on an image to view the record. Enjoy!
Hanukkah Books for Kids
This year, Hanukkah will begin on the evening of December 10 and end on the evening of December the 18. We have lots of great Hanukkah books for kiddos at the library. Here are just a few that you might like to check out and share with your family: Hanukkah by Roger Priddy, A board [...]
Friends Trivia
Join us for a virtual trivia night featuring the TV show "Friends." We'll have a fast-paced trivia contest using Zoom and Kahoot with a $10 Amazon gift card for the winner. Kahoot is a quiz program that can be accessed online or through a free app - you'll just need a second screen [...]
Your Online Library Account with Niche Academy
A lot of people are staying home and utilizing more online services these days. One service that we offer is online learning through Niche Academy. Through Niche Academy, we offer a lot of tutorials to show you exactly how to use a lot of our Digital Services. One digital service that will come in handy [...]
More Deadly Than War: The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War by Kenneth C. Davis (2018), 291 pages. During our current pandemic, I've heard things here and there about the last time the world saw a pandemic this devastating and widespread - in 1918 when the world was hit by [...]
Cookbooks for Kids – Easy Recipes for the Whole Family
This time of year usually means a lot of cooking; and with the days getting shorter, and lots more time staying home, you might be looking for more things to do as a family. You can do both with some of these cookbooks for kids that include easy recipes that are fun for the whole [...]
Meet Our Local Authors!
Here at The Floyd County Library, our Local Author Week 2020 (November 16-20) will soon be underway, so we wanted to introduce you to our amazing local authors! Here you can read a little bit about them, the books they've written, and where you might be able to purchase their books for yourself. Books available [...]
Elatsoe
Elatsoe (Eh-lat-so-ay) is a new YA fantasy novel from Darcie Little Badger, an Indigenous author of the Lipan Apache Tribe. Set in an alternate United States (much like our own, but including ghosts, vampires, monsters, and magic), Elatsoe tells the story of Ellie, a teenage girl with the gift of awakening the ghosts of dead [...]
Scary Flicks for Halloween you can Borrow from Hoopla
One of my favorite parts of Halloween is turning off all the lights in my house, curling up with a blanket and some snacks, and watching a scary movie, or two. With Hoopla, a digital media service, you can download and stream free movies, TV shows, music albums, audiobooks, eBooks, and comic books on your [...]
Virtual Stage Combat on October 19
October 19 at 5:30 PM we'll be offering a virtual version of the Stage Combat Workshop from Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. This program is limited to 30 students in grades 4-12, so if you're interested register here and you'll receive a link to the event before the meeting. In this live virtual workshop you'll learn how [...]