Happy October everyone!

Library updates

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, we’ve redesigned our website. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to call us at (814)725-4057. Another exciting update: our historic building received a lovely & needed facelift. We want to make sure our building is here for another 100 years! That means maintaining and repairing the building. This summer, we had the stones repaired, the lampposts painted, and the gutters updated. Special thanks to Downtown North East for contributing a grant to repairing our Facade.

Look at this before and after!

We are happy to announce that we also have new chairs and new book shelf!

The beautiful leather chairs are from Seifert’s furniture and the new book display shelf was special ordered to fit our space and meet our needs.

Book updates

If you are a regular patron you may have noticed that the books are shifting around creating spaces on the shelves. That’s because we are weeding! Weeding in a library is just like weeding in a garden, you pull out the dead and undesired things to make room for the flowers to grow. So right now we are pulling books that no one has wanted to read for years (sometimes as many as 15!) and making room for our current books with room to grow with new books. We are also repairing well-loved older books and replacing what we can. Our goal is to have a library that reflects what people want to read. If you think there is a book we are missing, ask to put a request in the book request form. Our director, Sam, works hard to pick a variety of books so suggestions are always welcome.

Onto some new books!

New Books

Here are some of the new books in our collection. To see a full list check out our newsletter here. Want to place a hold? Call the library at 814-725-4057 or log on to the online catalog.

Large Print Fiction/Inspirational

The Orchard by Beverly Lewis

For generations, Ellie Hostetler’s family has tended their Lancaster County orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. Yet when Evan’s draft number is called up in the lottery for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status, despite their Old Order Amish belief in non-resistance. The faraway war that has caused so much turmoil and grief among their Englisher neighbors threatens too close to home…

Adult Fiction/Mystery

Birder She Wrote by Anna Andrews

Meg is relaxing in the hammock, taste-testing Michael’s latest batch of Arnold Palmers and watching the hummingbirds at their feeders when her hopes for a relaxing early summer morning are dashed.

First her father recruits her to help him install a new batch of bees in the hive in her backyard. Then Mayor Shiffley recruits her to placate the NIMBYs (Not in my backyard), as she calls them – a group of newcomers to Caerphilly who have built McMansions next door to working farms and then do their best to make life miserable for the farmers. And finally Meg’s grandmother, shows up, trailed by a nosy reporter who is writing a feature on her for a genteel Southern ladies’ magazine…

New Adult Fiction

The Quiet Part Out Loud by Deborah Crossland

High school sweethearts Mia Clementine and Alfie Thanasis had a plan to escape their town for college in the east. Mia would leave her hard-core evangelical home for Sarah Lawrence College, and Alfie would have a new place to pursue his three loves: baseball, poetry, and Mia. But when Alfie got offered a scholarship to the University of San Francisco the same week the entire town found out about Mia’s mom’s affair with their church’s pastor, Mia’s world imploded and she pushed everyone away…including Alfie…

Adult Non Fiction

It’s Probably Your Hormones by Dr. Mary Ryan

Weight gain, insomnia, libido loss, fertility issues and acne are just some of the possible signs that something is not right with your hormones.

Dr Mary Ryan, a consultant endocrinologist, explains how good hormone health is important throughout our lives, not just at menopause, and how, by tackling problems when they arise, we can take control and improve our wellbeing…

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Young Adult Fiction

Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change.

When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber who’s just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah’s responsible for (and overwhelmed by)—and then there’s Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing…

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Children’s Non Fiction

LEGO Amazing Earth

There is so much to see on planet Earth. From the rainforest canopy to the deepest depths of the Pacific Ocean, discover plants, animals, and the geological features that make up our planet. Travel the continents and look inside volcanoes, mountains, geysers, and much more. Visit the Amazon, check out the world’s tallest waterfall, and explore the most incredible places on the planet without leaving home. With more than 100 LEGO models to inspire you, what on Earth will you build?

Orange Dot/Early Chapter Book

Dragon Masters Dawn of the Light Dragon by Tracey West

To stop the Shadow Dragon from covering the whole world in a sky-shadow, the Dragon Masters must seek out a Light Dragon. So Drake and Darma travel to find a Light Dragon named Lysa. Lysa’s Dragon Master, Rune, who is Deaf, explains that the Dragon Masters will need a Star Flute in order to summon a Star Dragon and stop the Shadow Dragon. But the flute is hidden within a dangerous labyrinth! Will they be able to make it out of the tricky maze?

Blue Dot/Picture Book

Home is Calling By Katherine Pryor Art by Ellie Peterson

As the sun dawns in Canada, a flutter of monarch butterflies take flight, ready to begin their months-long journey to their ancestral home in Mexico. The migration will not be easy, but it is necessary for the next generation of monarchs to be born. Brought to life with illustrations as vivid as the monarch’s iconic orange and black hues, this story invites young readers to experience the monarch’s migration from the butterflies’ point of view as they search for food, huddle together through storms, and tirelessly fly south…

Reviews/summaries courtesy of Amazon.com