All branches will be closed Friday, 5/3, and Saturday, 5/4, for the Apple Blossom Festival.
Check out Hoopla for all the latest eBooks, audiobooks, TV shows, and movies to stream at home. All you need is your library card! Click here.
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about Tales From Time Past!!! Our titles this week are all historical fiction stories; this is one of my favorite genres because it provides an opportunity to read about times and events in history that many times we do not know much, if anything, about because they are not taught in typical school cl
Our digital collection just got better! Starting June 23, 2021, library patrons have even more to love about the digital collection on hoopla. Hoopla is a web and mobile library media streaming platform that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone, even your TV.
New hoopla Flex Borrows!
Are you ready to read this week? We’re heading to the farm to visit our Farm Friends!
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Tales From the Beyond!!! We are taking a look at books that are science fiction and/or set in outer space so there is a wide variety of options this week. Science Fiction is defined as anything that could possibly happen in the future so there is anything from robots to government
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about Tales From the Beyond!!! We are taking a look at books that are science fiction and/or set in outer space so there is a wide variety of options this week. Science Fiction is defined as anything that could possibly happen in the future so there is anything from robots to government anarchy,
Most of the players involved (authors, publishers, agents, book sellers) agree that the New York Times Bestsellers are the most well-known and prominent lists of books shared on a weekly basis. The list provides a common talking point for clubs and readers. They connect us on a social level supporting the “water cooler” discussions in person and virtually. Making the list is not that big of a deal for established bestselling authors but for the unknown or first time author it is a great benefit.
Handley Regional Library System is thrilled to be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Mary Jane and James L. Bowman Library, which opened to the public on July 16, 2001. An anniversary celebration will be held on Saturday, July 17, at Bowman Library from 11 AM to 1 PM. The festivities will include a live, old-time music jam session, so community members are encouraged to bring an instrument and join the fun, or just come to enjoy the music.
Are you ready to read this week? We’re going to have some dinoriffic fun as we read some tales of dinosaurs!
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about Tales That Woke!! A Woke Book is defined as a book that seeks to challenge social norms, give voice to the voiceless, provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, disrupt the status quo, and share perspectives from underrepresented or oppressed groups.
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Tales That Woke!! A Woke Book is defined as a book that seeks to challenge social norms, give voice to the voiceless, provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, disrupt the status quo, and share perspectives from underrepresented or oppressed groups.
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Welcome to Page Turner ANIMAL Adventures!
Are you ready to read this week? This week we’re going to explore some Tails & Tales of Baby Animals!
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Tales Into Movies!! We are taking a look at some books that were the inspiration for various movies and TV shows that have been made either recently or in the past and you may not have even known that they were from a book! There are some people who love to read the book first and
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about Tales Into Movies!! We are taking a look at some books that were the inspiration for various movies and TV shows that have been made either recently or in the past and you may not have even known that they were from a book! There are some people who love to read the book first and then see
In conjunction with the 2021 Adult Summer Reading Program, library staff held a series of virtual workshops about Exploring the Library to help patrons best utilize the library and its resources.
Programs in this series focused on Library platforms that provide digital content to our patrons including eBooks, Audiobooks, Magazines, Music, Comics, and streaming video. The three platforms explored were Libby (for iOS and Android, Hoopla, and Amazon Kindle).
Below is a list of the workshops with a link to the video recordings of each.