The Force is with us this Saturday as the Floyd County Library launches a library-wide Star Wars celebration. We'll have crafts, games, and activities for all ages. Among the activities will be the ever-popular Star Wars movie-making station where you can make stop motion movies with Star Wars action figures. Did you know a lot [...]
It's June, second only to February as the season of romance. The Unhoneymooners is the new book from Christina Lauren. A romantic comedy, it features Olive, twin sister of the bride, and Ethan, the best man she can't stand. In one of those unusual twists of fate, the entire bridal party comes down with food poisoning, except [...]
Image from Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1800-1920 by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide. This year is the Floyd County Bicentennial, meaning that Floyd County is two hundred years old! It was established in 1819 and created from part of Harrison County and part of Clark County. The black line in [...]
In this installment of What to Read While You Wait, we look at alternatives to C. J. Box’s Joe Pickett series, the latest of which, Wolf Pack, is just as popular as previous outings. I’ll suggest some other series you might want to try. Set in Wyoming, Joe Pickett is a game warden, and if [...]
Manga is an incredibly popular and widely-known phenomenon in the world of graphic novels and comic books. At our library the collection of English translations of Japanese comics takes up most of a wall in the teen department and check out often. Although they’re not as popular as Japanese comics, and they don’t have their [...]
Looking for some great new picture books for young children? Look no further than the Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award! Each year, five finalists are selected by a team of early literacy professionals, and then Indiana children ages 0-5 vote on the winner. This year's finalists include some great reads! Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel [...]
As some of you know, I am currently working on my Masters in Library and Information Science. One of my class assignments was to choose a young adult magazine and provide reading recommendations for people who read that magazine and would like to read something within their interests. I chose Game Informer. It's our newest [...]
We others, who have long lost the more subtle of the physical senses, have not even proper terms to express an animal’s inter-communications with his surroundings, living or otherwise, and have only the word ‘smell’ for instance, to include the whole range of delicate thrills which murmur in the nose of the [...]
One of the most popular books right now is Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Set on the coast of North Carolina, it tells the story of Kya Clark, a loner living in the marsh outside of town. When a man is found dead, she's suspected of killing him. It's a coming-of-age story, with odd [...]
As a busy working mom, most of the books I read these days are ebooks or eAudiobooks from the library. They are available wherever I go as long as I have my phone, and I don't have to worry about returning them to the library. Plus, they're free! If you've ever looked into getting ebooks [...]
