Summer plans and programs are all getting their final touches at the library. Storyhour is a year-round program and is held each Tuesday from 10-11 a.m. Beginning the first week of June LegoTime will be held on Tuesday’s at 1:30 p.m., and the Summer Reading program, “Every Hero Has a Story” begins on Wednesday also at 1:30 p.m. Call or stop by the library to register your children soon! Afternoon movies begin on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and continue through August. The “Hey Kids!” program, sponsored by the Friends of the Library along with the Tiger Plunge and the Bar BQ, has a twist this year, so be sure to stop by the library to find out more details about the exciting prizes the Friends of the Library have added!
Steve Berry’s newest novel is entitled “The Patriot Threat.” Cotton Malone, once a member of the elite intelligence division within the Justice Department known as the Magellan Billet is retired and owns a bookshop in Denmark. When his former boss asks him to track down rogue North Korean who may have acquired some top secret Treasury Department files – the kind that could bring the United States to its knees – Malone is vaulted into a harrowing 24-hour chase that begins on the canals of Venice and ends in the remote highlands of Croatia.
Other new fiction books are “Keeper of the Covenant” by Lynn Austin, “Still the One” by Jill Shalvis, “Inspector of the Dead” by David Morrell, “A Deadly Web” by Kay Hooper, “At the Water’s Edge” by Sara Gruen and “Blood on Snow” by Jo Nesbo. “Seraphina” by Rachel Hartman and “Just Ella” by Margaret Peterson Haddix are now available in the Young Adult section.
New nonfiction books are “Hissing Cousins: the Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth” by Marc Peyser, “Living with Intent: My Somewhat Messy Journey to Purpose, Peace, and Joy” by Mallika Chopra and “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting explained in 100 Pages or Less” by Mike Piper, CPA.
The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior books, “Creepella Von Cacklefur: the Thirteen Ghosts” by Geronimo Stilton, “A Horse for Kate” by Miralee Ferrell, and “The Secret Cipher” by Whitaker Ringwald. New easy titles are “Rosie Revere, Engineer” by Andrea Beaty, “Nana in the City” by Lauren Castillo and “Pixie Hollow Bake Off” by Celeste Sisler.
334-3274 is the Dial-A-Story number. Dial-A-Story is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Dial in and hear an exciting story today!