This year is a census year for the United States. What this means is that the government will ask questions of each household/individual to gather statistics. Originally, this was done strictly for taxation and representation purposes. The census now also helps government officials make decisions on over 100 government funded programs and institutions, such as [...]
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City by Phillip Hoose (2018), 212 pages Anyone connected to Indiana knows that basketball is a huge deal here. Many famous players have come out of the state, and the state high school tournament even inspired the classic basketball movie Hoosiers (1986). Teens or [...]
Katherine Johnson, one of NASA's "human computers" featured in the book and film Hidden Figures, died this week at the age of 101. In recognition of her heroic contributions to science, as Black History Month draws to a close, here is a roundup of all the ways you can access Hidden Figures through the library. [...]
This weekend and next weekend the Maple Syrup Festival is going on at LM Sugarbush Farm in Salem. Are you going? Have you been? It's always a fun time and great chance to purchase some locally made, delicious maple syrup. And after you visit the Maple Syrup Festival, you might want to come on home, [...]
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 [...]
I recently read this sweet teen romance, Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz (find it here in print or here on downloadable e-book via Overdrive) and it's perfect for fans of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (though it's less sad!) or Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott. Isabel doesn't date. It's [...]
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 [...]
2020 is here, which means a new year of book releases. Here are some older titles you may want to catch up on before their sequels drop this year, especially if you like historical teen fantasy novels: Coming February 2020: The Silvered Serpents, sequel to The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (2019, 388 pages): In [...]
