February 20 is National Love Your Pet Day! What's almost as good as a pet? A good picture book about pets! We have lots of great ones here at the library just waiting to be checked out! Here are some of our favorites: Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks Don't be scared! This spider just wants [...]
We have a lot of great events for tweens and teens at the Floyd County Library. Our Mix-It-Up Monday program meets Monday nights at 5:30. The first Monday of the month is our Teen Advisory Board where teens can earn volunteer hours and help plan library events. The last Monday of the month is Anime [...]
Here's a list of the last ten years' worth of books which have won Coretta Scott King Awards, with links to the copies available through the library. This should make it easier to find these important titles. I'll add older titles and of titles by award-winning illustrators as the month goes on. 2020: New Kid (Jerry [...]
Autoimmune diseases run rampant in the world today and it seems that new ones are being discovered all the time. I was recently diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that most doctors haven't even heard of, let alone know how to treat. So, I did what any librarian would do. I began researching for myself. I [...]
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (2014), 336 pages (audiobook on CD) (ebook on Overdrive/Libby) (young adult adaptation) If you're like me, you've been fortunate enough to avoid much interaction with the criminal justice system. You may hope, as I always have, that it operates fairly and justly. But [...]
I have had several people ask me recently, what happened to the vertical files? You may have noticed that many of the filing cabinet drawers are empty. Fear not. We are NOT throwing them away. We recognize how valuable and rare the vertical file collection is and we are having them digitized for ease of [...]
As a librarian, I usually say that the book is better. But...there have been a lot of great screen adaptations in recent years (don’t get me started on Game of Thrones). I’m really excited about some of the wonderful books that will be coming to the movies or tv screens this year. I thought I [...]
Join us for Discovery Fridays. Every Friday at 10:30 AM we have an exciting, hands-on activity or educational presentation for elementary-age students. Discovery Friday is a perfect educational opportunity for homeschool students but the program also meets during school breaks and is open to all students in grades K-5. A preschool program - Wee Play [...]
Have you resolved to read outside your normal reading tendencies? If so, and you would like to read more scary stories, I can suggest a good book to dip your toe into this genre. The Invited by Jennifer McMahon (2019; 353 pages) is marketed as a ghost story, but don’t let this scare you too [...]
Some people like novels. Some people like biographies. But have you ever considered reading a book of essays? I know, I know - it sounds like homework. But I like to think of essays as the short stories of nonfiction. I realized recently that I love reading long, in-depth opinions and articles on the internet, [...]
