Thank you for all the gifts!!
We just want to say thank you to all our wonderful patrons who gave us Christmas goodies in appreciation of our service. It is our pleasure to serve you (and our pleasure to enjoy all your wonderful treats!)
We also want to say a special thank you to the Jirak family of Atchison who donated money to purchase books for our Children’s department. The four youngest Jirak presented Library Director Diana Weaver with a check on Wednesday.
Storytime Schedule
Story time will be taking a short break during the holidays. There will be no more stories until Wednesday, January 12th, 2011. Join us then for lots of fun, entertaining and educational tales and crafts. Happy Holidays from the Children’s Library.
e-books, readers and gadgets, oh my!!
Confused about all the new “reading gadgets” that are showing up on the market? Click here to get the info you need to buy, or give, a new e-book or reader.
Parasol Puppets Holiday Special Event
Follow the adventures of “Little Lost Stocking”, as pursued by Sherlock Gnomes, Ace Detective, as it tries to find its way home to the North Pole before Christmas Day dawns.
Saturday, December 4th, 11:00 a.m. in the lower level.
Here Turkey, Turkey
"Turkeys" were caught in the library Wednesday "gobbling up" stories about Thanksgiving Day during the weekly story time.
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New Fiction- New DVDs
- Bedlam. , [videorecording] /, Season 1, a Red Production Company ; written and created by Neil Jones, David Allison and Chris Parker ; directed by John Strickland and Alrick Riley ; produced by Matthew Bird.
- 1Q84 , [sound recording] /, Haruki Murakami ; translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.
- The Civil War , [videorecording] /, a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; producers, Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns.
- Tales of terror, the pit and the pendulum, the raven , [videorecording] .
- Ghost hunter collection , [DVD videorecording] /, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.
- New Nonfiction
- Westmoreland : , the general who lost Vietnam /, Lewis Sorley.
- Folks, this ain't normal : , a farmer's advice for happier hens, healthier people, and a better world /, Joel Salatin.
- What's a homeowner to do? / , Stephen Fanuka and Edward Lewine.
- A universe from nothing : , why there is something rather than nothing /, Lawrence M. Krauss ; with an afterword by Richard Dawkins.
- Tales from the sustainable underground : , a wild journey with people who care more about the planet than the law /, Stephen Hren ; [foreword by Lyle Estill].
- New Large Print
- New Young Adult
- New Audiobooks
- Private , [sound recording] :, #1 suspect /, James Patterson [and Maxine Paetro].
- Seriously-- I'm kidding , [sound recording] /, Ellen DeGeneres.
- 77 Shadow Street , [sound recording] :, (a novel) /, Dean Koontz.
- 1861 , [sound recording] :, the Civil War awakening /, Adam Goodheart.
- Mr. Fox , [sound recording] /, Helen Oyeyemi.
- New Children’s