Upcoming Events
See what's happening this month.
Click on the Events Calendar to see a detailed listing of programs and events happening at SCPL.
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Closed For Remodeling
Marylee Vogel Branch-Richland
Our Richland Branch will be closed for remodeling beginning January 11th and will continue to be closed through the remainder of the month. Richland programs will be held at the Methodist Church. Thank you for your patience during this process. We will make an announcement on Facebook and through email when it reopens-stay tuned!
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Discover this month’s most exciting new books in the current issue of BookPage, provided courtesy of Spencer County Public Library.
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Gale Courses offers instructor-led online courses for some of the most requested adult education topics. Click on the icon above to get started! |
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How it works:
READOPOLY is for all ages (3 age categories-Ages 0-12, 13-18, & 18+)
Monday, January 30-Saturday, March 4, 2023
How it works:
- Register at one of our SCPL locations.
- The first 100 Adults/ Teens to register will receive a mug with cocoa packet! 1 mug per person.
- Pick up your monopoly board and get started-1 Monopoly board per person.
- Record your titles in the provided spaces as you complete the squares.
- Check in at the library to get your completed squares initialed and enter the prize drawing. Each completed set ( Color, Chance, Community Chest and Railroads) earns one entry in the prize drawing. (up to 11 entries)
- Complete the entire board to earn 2 extra entries in the prize drawing.
- Total entries possible is 13.
- All items must be checked out from any SCPL location.
- Digital content through Libby and Overdrive is included.
- Grand prize is $25 gift card to Amazon, Walmart or a Local Business.
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SCPL will be offering a variety of programming this Winter. There's something for everyone! |
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Each month SCPL will feature a new puzzle challenge. For this month's challenge, download or pick up a February sheet at any branch. Return your sheet by email or drop it off at any SCPL location. Each person who solves the puzzle correctly will be entered into a drawing for a $10 local gift card.
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Selections From the New Shelf |
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1000 Books Before Kindergarten |
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Do you have a baby, toddler or preschooler? If so, join SCPL's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program to help your child be ready for kindergarten. This program promotes reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers and encourages parent and child bonding through reading. The goal of the program is to establish strong early literacy skills that will allow children to gain the confidence to become strong readers. Contact our Children's Department or Click here for more information.
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February 3rd at 1:00 PM at Rockport in the small Meeting Room
Discussing Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live?
One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured veteran returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.
Edward’s story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a part of himself has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers. But then he makes an unexpected discovery—one that will lead him to the answers of some of life’s most profound questions: When you’ve lost everything, how do you find the strength to put one foot in front of the other? How do you learn to feel safe again? How do you find meaning in your life?
Dear Edward is at once a transcendent coming-of-age story, a multidimensional portrait of an unforgettable cast of characters, and a breathtaking illustration of all the ways a broken heart learns to love again.livers.
-Excerpt from Amazon.
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February 8th at 3:30 PM at Hatfield Branch
Discussing Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.
-Excerpt from Amazon
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February 13th at 1:30 PM at the Methodist Church
Discussing The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.
Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s a list of novels that she’s never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she’s facing at home.
When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list…hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again.
-Excerpt from Amazon.
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Baby it's cold outside! ! Are you looking for the perfect dish for those chilly nights? Then join SCPL's Virtual Recipe Swap page on Facebook. Click here to request to join. This group allows members to share tips, tricks, and recipes with each other. Join today!
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