Now that school is back in session, stress levels will be going up for anyone spending their day in a classroom. Whether you're a teacher, a college student, or any child in K-12th grade, music may be the key to unwinding from the day and focusing your attention. This way you might actually get some [...]
National Book Lover's Day is celebrated on August 9 every year. Readers around the world find their favorite reading spot, a good book, and enjoy their reading time. Here are a few ways to observe National Book Lover's Day: Spend time at your public library picking out a new book to read. Visit your local [...]
My family will be welcoming a new baby in the next couple of months, and my son is going to be a big brother for the first time. If you know any young children who are about to become an older sibling, you may want to read some books together to help discuss the changes [...]
Each summer, the Floyd County Library sponsors the Summer Reading Program. The themes change each year, and this year we are celebrating a book called “The World of Wonders” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Each chapter tackles a different aspect of nature that holds a special meaning or memory for the author. The first chapter in the [...]
SAT. ACT. GRE. GED. If these letters strike fear into your heart but you have a test coming up, don't worry. Your library's got you! Check out these FREE resources that can help you prepare for your exam. Resource: LearningExpress Library - accessed through Inspire Cost: Free to all Indiana residents! What it includes: tutorials practice [...]
Since it exploded on BookTok last year, Taylor Jenkins Reid's 2017 novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has stayed checked out, and with the announcement of a Netflix adaptation coming in the future, that's not likely to get better anytime soon. So if you're looking for something that might actually be on our shelves [...]
July is a very exciting month! Families are taking vacations, the days are longer and warm (here recently it's been hot), and fun community events are happening (check out our Library events!). This ties in perfectly to the awareness for this month, as July is social wellness month! But wait, what does that even mean? [...]
Are your kids beating the heat by diving in the swimming pool this summer? Check out one of these great books about swimming! (Please do not take your library books in the pool!) Books for younger readers: Leo Can Swim by Anna McQuinn. Leo and Daddy go to swim class where they kick, bounce, splash [...]
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers (2019), 296 pages. (ebook on Libby from the Indiana Digital Library) (eAudiobook on Libby from the Indiana Digital Library) For many Americans who have studied the history of chattel slavery in the United States, there is a [...]
If you visit the library, you're probably an avid reader. Once you have read several books, it can be hard to keep track of what you have already read. I have checked out a book, gotten home to sit down and read, then figured out I have already read it. So, I am here to [...]
