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Family History for Kids

Are you looking for ways to interest your kids in family history?  We are having Family History for Kids at the Galena Digital Library on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.  Click here to register and find out more about it!  This class will include a make your own family tree craft.  If you'd like to get [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:45-04:00March 20th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Family History for Kids

The Color of Lies

The Color of Lies by C.J. Lyons (2018; 336 pages) Ella is a teen with synesthesia - a rare medical condition that scrambles the senses and allows Ella to see colors that reveal people's true emotions. She uses this attribute to suss out when people are lying, however she admits it is not always correct. [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:46-04:00March 14th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Color of Lies

Navigating Middle Earth

I’m a pretty big J.R.R. Tolkien fan, but most of the books published under his name are pretty complex and inaccessible.  After readers finish The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which tell the story of the end of the Third Age of Middle Earth, the natural place to go seems to be The [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:46-04:00March 12th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Navigating Middle Earth

How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs

How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs (2018), 239 pages On the shelf - On Libby/Overdrive   Have you ever read a book more for convenience than because of actual interest?  Do you ever judge books by their cover?  This may seem like a terrible way to select your next read, but sometimes this [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:46-04:00March 5th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs

For the Love of Audio Books

I so often hear from people when they find out I work at the Library, “I used to read, but I just can’t find the time.”  As strange as this may sound coming from the Library Director, I had stopped reading as well.  Not because I didn’t love reading, but after a full day of [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:46-04:00February 27th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on For the Love of Audio Books

Growing Up

I just finished reading Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder (2017, 269 pages) for a class discussion.  I chose this book because it was praised by Kelly Regan Barnhill, the author of another book I read and loved.  At first, I thought it was a delightful fantasy novel about an island and the mysteries of what [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:46-04:00February 19th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Growing Up

Great Backyard Bird Count

Ornithology, in spite of having such a long name, is bound to remain a traditional, oral and emphirical craft.  You can't have a correspondence course in birds.  You have to go out to them in person, with a companion to start you by experience and word of mouth, and then you have got to find [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:46-04:00February 12th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Great Backyard Bird Count

Eva Mozes Kor: A Holocaust survivor, a Mengele twin, and a Hoosier

If you haven't yet heard of Eva Mozes Kor, here's your chance to learn about this incredible woman.  The Floyd County Library is hosting a series of programs around her book, Surviving the Angel of Death: The Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz, and a new documentary about her life journey.   Surviving the [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:47-04:00February 5th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Eva Mozes Kor: A Holocaust survivor, a Mengele twin, and a Hoosier

Homeschooler Fridays

If you or someone you know currently has students enrolled in homeschooling, we'd love you to drop in to the library for our Homeschooler Fridays program.  This program is geared for elementary-age students, but older or younger are welcome.  Last Fall we learned about animal camouflage with a speaker from Purdue Extension; our program and [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:47-04:00January 24th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Homeschooler Fridays
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