George E. Allen library recently participated in a pilot program with Mississippi Public Broadcasting entitled AHA Island. George E. Allen Library is one of twenty libraries in the country that is participating in the Pilot Program! Nine Prentiss County families were invited to participate in the program promoting computational thinking Read more
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 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 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 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.
The Surprising Benefits of Reading Before Bed We’re all commitment phobes. We scan, we skim, we browse, but rarely do we read. Our eyes pingpong back and forth from Facebook posts to open chat boxes, unclicked emails to GIFs of dancing cats, scanning for keywords but barely digesting what we Read more
National Library Week • April 7 -13, 2019 Join us for fun activities all week long! Monday, April 8 ONLY: FREE RAFFLE! Come by the Iuka Library and get a FREE entry form. Somebody will win an oil painting by Deanna Washington Gregory, certified Bob Ross Instructor©. Winner will be Read more
Staff Reviews: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Last Sunday night I made a terrible mistake. I started Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood just thirty minutes before bed and then I didn’t want to put it down! I stayed up way too late night after night as I became caught Read more