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 [...]
Here's a list of the last ten years' worth of books which have won Coretta Scott King Awards, with links to the copies available through the library. This should make it easier to find these important titles. I'll add older titles and of titles by award-winning illustrators as the month goes on. 2020: New Kid (Jerry [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday at the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting, the winners of the 2020 Youth Media Awards were announced. Some of our Public Services staff got together to watch the live webcast of the award announcements and root for our favorites in real time. You can find the entire list of award winners and honor books [...]
Monday, January 27 is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Governor Holcolm has declared the day "Eva Education Day". Eva Kor was a Holocaust survivor who dedicated most of her life to educating people about the Holocaust. She lived in Terre Haute, IN where she operated a Holocaust museum. She passed away [...]
I have had several people ask me recently, what happened to the vertical files? You may have noticed that many of the filing cabinet drawers are empty. Fear not. We are NOT throwing them away. We recognize how valuable and rare the vertical file collection is and we are having them digitized for ease of [...]
As a librarian, I usually say that the book is better. But...there have been a lot of great screen adaptations in recent years (don’t get me started on Game of Thrones). I’m really excited about some of the wonderful books that will be coming to the movies or tv screens this year. I thought I [...]
