One of my favorite books, Patrick Ness's The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008, 479 pages), is ten years old this year! It tells the story of Todd, the youngest boy in a town of only men. Because of something that happened long ago, shortly after colonists arrived on this new planet, there are no women [...]
If you like a multigenerational story about love and loyalty and family, look no further than If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim (2018; 432 pages). In war-torn Korea, the country is splitting in half and Haemi feels like she's splitting in half, too. Her family has fled their village due to the fighting [...]
Did you know these Pooh facts? Pooh's First Appearance: Winnie the Pooh’s first appearance was not in A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh (1926; 161 pages), he actually appeared in a poem collection by Milne two years earlier entitled When We Were Very Young (1924; 100 pages), which featured many poems about Milne’s son Christopher Robin [...]
Join us in September for Beginning Genealogy! We will have classes every Wednesday in September from 4:30-6:30 pm in the Indiana History Room. Due to limited seating, registration is required. Click here to register! Courses will cover the following: Wednesday, September 5th - Getting Started – You will learn what forms are used for genealogy [...]
You probably don't need me to tell you about this book, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton - it's Oprah's latest Book Club pick and hopefully it's everywhere you look. What you might need me to tell you is that it is a compelling, [...]
Quilting has come a long way from its origin culcita, Latin for “a stuffed sack.” In early American colonization, the use of fabric was strictly functional and efficient – the female heads-of-houses stitched a variety of materials due to money problems or limited textile options. Fabrics became more accessible and feasible during the late 1700S [...]
School's in session! And for many of our Floyd County students that means it's time to start thinking about their education plans. Last week, my colleague Misty wrote about some back-to-school resources you can find at your library. Today I want to go into more depth about a couple of them. Whether your future plans [...]
Soon summer will be coming to a close, along with the swimming pools, ice cream shops and the heat… HOPEFULLY! So where does that leave us….OH YEAH …school starts!! Soon we will be busy (if not already) checking off all of the items on our school supply list, visiting our school during open house and [...]
Here at the Floyd County Library, we strive to have the right book for each reader. But what if we don't have the book you're looking for? Don't fret! There are a few things you can try. First, let's determine for sure whether or not we have the book. A library staff person can [...]
When most people think of Southern Indiana, they probably do not think of The King of Rock and Roll. However, Charleston has been home to an Elvis costume company since 1980. B & K Enterprises, founded by Butch and Kim Polston, is a local family-owned company known mainly for making recreations of Elvis’s costumes. On [...]
