Celebration of the Lunar New Year is Tuesday! We are entering Year of the Tiger, so to celebrate, here are some books for adults containing magical stories of tigers. Bestiary by K-Ming Chang: One evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman's body. She was called Hu Gu [...]
Every year, for 4 days in February, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society invite participants from around the world to birdwatch, count, and report as many birds as they can find. This is called the Great Backyard Bird Count. First launched in 1998, the GBBC is now the world’s largest citizen-led [...]
The Floyd County Library will be hosting a special program titled Parenting Teens During a Pandemic: Building Resilience on Saturday, February 19 at 2:00 in the Library Auditorium with local Licensed Mental Health counselor Midge Carney. Ms. Carney has over 23 years in the counseling field receiving additional education in mood and anxiety disorders [...]
Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Youth Media Awards! Winner and honor books were announced by the American Library Association this morning, honoring dozens of books as the best of the best published in America in 2021. You're probably familiar with the awards I'm highlighting today (the Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz), but don't miss [...]
The Carnegie Center for Art and History, a branch of the Floyd County Library, has created a new public art project for high school students in Floyd, Clark, and Harrison Counties called MoodRing, a literary zine that will feature 30 works of art, poetry, and prose created by you, the youth of our community! So, [...]
The Library buildings may be closed today, but that doesn't mean we're leaving you high and dry on Martin Luther King Day. I've collected resources for all ages that you can use to learn about American hero Dr. Martin Luther King. All of these resources are available on demand with your library card and Hoopla. [...]
Every year January acts as a catalyst for me to reflect on the past year to help consider how I want to construct the year ahead. This is no different when it comes to books. I took a look at some of both my personal favorite authors as well as some fan favorites that are [...]
If you like to read the book before you watch the movie or tv show, consider this your heads-up for the awesome adaptations coming at us this year. In February, Netflix is releasing their much-delayed movie version of Death on the Nile, available from the library as a book, ebook from OverDrive, ebook on Hoopla, and [...]
The time-traveling power of historical fiction gives me all the feels, so it’s on display this month in the Library’s Teen Scene. Thinking back to my history classes in school, I never did feel a connection to anyone’s story. All those names and dates just glazed me over. I preferred to dream about the lives [...]
The Christmas season is officially over, and the twinkle lights have been put away. Skies overhead are grey with the talk of cold and snow. Many of us are feeling the darkness left behind from the light of the holiday season. Fortunately, there is a way to brighten the mood while being stuck inside through [...]
