New Children’s Books Funded by an LSTA Grant You will be seeing many new Children’s book titles coming to your library in the coming weeks thanks to our receiving an LSTA Grant from the Institute of Musuem and Library Services. Here are a few of those titles… Rabbit Magic – Meg McLaren A distinctive palette and a large cast of adorable rabbits adorn a lively story told in very few words. When a magic Read more
THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING The 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing is Saturday, July 20, 2019 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 3:17 PM CST. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 Read more
The Tree That Inspired Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” Has Fallen Over The seaside cypress believed to have inspired the fanciful Truffula trees of Dr. Seuss’ classic 1971 children’s tale “The Lorax” has toppled in Southern California. The Monterey cypress stood 80 to 100 years in Ellen Browning Scripps Park in San Diego’s La Jolla community before it fell Thursday, city officials said Monday. “It’s an iconic tree, a beloved tree,” said Timothy W. Graham, a Read more
Find Out How Long It Will Take You To Read Almost Any Book Maybe you’re planning your reading material for a flight, or maybe you just want an idea of how long it’ll take to get through your reading list. Whatever the scenario, How Long to Read This tells you how long it takes to read any book. You can look up over 12 million books (all of the popular titles are in there), and Read more
Until the very last minute, the place of invasion – Normandy- was the most heavily guarded secret on the planet. Even the units conducting the initial assaults did not know the locations of their landings. Surprise was crucial since Germany had 55 divisions in France – the Allies could transport no more than 8 divisions on D-Day morning. It is estimated that nearly 2 million soldiers, sailors and airmen were involved in Operation Overlord, including Read more
Express Yourself Contest Winners Featuring Booneville Miss Hospitality Abbie Gamble George E. Allen Library in Booneville Ages 7 and Under Ages 8 – 9 Ages 10 – 11 Ages 12 – 14 Ages 15 – 18
James Holzhauer, Jeopardy! Champion and Reading Superstar The Jeopardy! Champion, James Holzhauer, attributes his knowledge to the public library children’s non-fiction section. Visit us to develop your Jeporady skills! “I plan to give some of my winnings to the local branches here in Las Vegas,” says James Holzhauer, who has been on a record-winning Jeopardy! streak this week. He set a single-game record on Wednesday, April 9, by winning an unbelievable $110,914. The 34-year-old professional gambler from Read more
Is Your Phone Spying on You? Have you ever searched for something and then suddenly an ad related to that search shows up in your social media feed? What about an ad for something you didn’t search for and only talked about buying? It’s sometimes creepy, but believe it or not, the majority of targeted advertisements aren’t the result of your phone spying on you. Companies like Facebook and Google have developed robust data mining Read more
We Are Open and Atriuum is Live We are open as of 1 PM today. Please bear with us as we begin the adventure of using an entirely new and updated system for our libraries.
The Iuka Library had a Stuffed Animal Storytime and Sleepover where the Stuffed Animals stayed all night at the library. Kids came to pick up their animals the next morning.
