Dear Reader for Teens Get hooked on a book at our Online Book Clubs! Every week you will be able to sample a new book through your email account! Join here and click to place a checkmark next to “Teen” and fill in your email address. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. A new book will begin every Monday.

Fresh Start Club! Children 17 and under may "read off" their fines anytime. (Parents, siblings, and friends can read to young children.) And, readers can earn credit for future late fees with this program too! For every 15 minutes you read, you can reduce your fines by $1.50 ($.10 a minute)...or "bank" monies for future use!
*Check-in at the Main Circulation Desk to participate in this program, please!

Making Math Fun with Miss April: Children in grades K-5 will see in math in a different way after this program! It doesn’t matter if you’re just learning to add or if you’re a whiz with decimals, come to the library on August 18 from 3:30-4:30 to read stories and play games that take math from fearsome to fun! Miss April, Transylvania University mathematics and education student and HCPL employee, will lead the program. No registration is required. Call 769-6337 for more information.

Story Hour 2010-2011! We have story hour for infants, preschoolers, and kindergartners.   Registration is required for Baby and Me Story Hour, Preschool Story Hour, and Book Buzz. Toddler Time is a drop-in program and does not require registration.

Registration will begin on Monday, July 26, 2010. You may register at any time during the school year. Classes will begin the week of August 9, 2010 and run concurrent with the Hardin County School calendar. Please click the Kids button in the upper right corner of this page to see the full schedule of Story Hour classes.

Toddler Time! Calling all toddlers to the Hardin County Public Library! Every Thursday during the school year, Ms. Marsha will host a drop-in storytime for children ages 2-3. The classes will begin at 11:00 a.m. and last until noon. No registration is necessary! Please call 270-769-6337 for more information.

Tai Chi Easy Saturday mornings, August 7, 21, & 28 at 10:00 a.m. This free class includes gentle movement, breath practice, self massage, and relaxation practice.

Friday Afternoon at the Movies Come into the library where it’s nice and cool and join us for our Friday Matinees. On August 6, it’s Fried Green Tomatoes. Academy Award winners Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy star with Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker in this comic, heartwarming tale of family, friendship and murder in rural Georgia. Go back with us to the little café in Whistle Stop and the unforgettable characters there. 2:00 pm. Rated PG-13. Adults only. Look forward to The 39 Steps, Roman Holiday, and Working Girl this month, too!!

Lunch and Learn August 3—Tuesday, noon. Learn to Knit. Amy Aldenderfer from the Extension Office will be here to teach us how to knit. And after our lesson,we’ll be discussing the delightful Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber:
“Knitting and life—they're both about beginnings—and endings. That's why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something—or someone!—and start a new phase of their lives.”
Doesn’t that sound like a great way to spend a summer afternoon?

Getting In, Getting Money, Getting the Right Fit: What I Wish I’d Known Then College admissions pointers, tips, and lessons from current student April York on Tuesday, August 17 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. College applications, essay and resume writing, financial aid search, and finding the right school for you will be among the topics discussed. Call 769-6337 for more information.

Postcard from Abroad: Filipino Lessons on Life and Education
Hardin County Public Library employee April York traveled to Mactan Island, Philippines. On Saturday, August 21 at 1:00 pm she will share her academic research, photographs, and experiences living in Filipino communities and working with public health, women’s issues, and education. For more information call 769-6337.

Evening Book Group Stop by on 4th Thursday of the month, August 26, at 6:30 p.m. to join the discussion of To Dance With the White Dog: A Novel of Life, Loss, Mystery, and Hope by Terry Kay. Based on the author's own parents, this poignant story tells of an old man who has recently lost his wife, leaving him to feel very much alone. But then an elusive white dog appears, almost as if by magic! Set in the South, this exquisite book celebrates life. Come experience the magic.

Mystery Madness! Amateur sleuths and other mystery buffs report to Hardin County Public Library on the second Tuesday of each month at 3 PM for crime solving fun!!! Adults only, please!

Upcoming Programs for Adults. Many new programs are "under construction." Times and dates will be announced. *Watch this site!