We have enjoyed some participation in our Summer Reading Program. Local kids enjoyed our outdoor hopscotch activity. We’ve had an indoor treasure hunt searching the library for silver and gold doubloons.  We have been doing lots of reading of course! Reading aloud from multiple books including but not limited to “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Author and Illustrator Shel Silverstein. We have enjoyed fun coloring and word search activities. We even got online to enjoy Prodigy, a free math and reading gaming site for students from 1st grade to 8th grade.

The summer reading program winners will be announced and rewarded for their participation.

We have moved books for sale from the bookshop into the library and will continue to move them forward as we sell them. Kid’s books are free to a good home. Hardback books are only $1.00 and paperback books are just $0.25. Come in and find a good book.

We received a few donations this past month including a large donation of books from Glenda Mackey! She brought in a bunch of “Dog Man and Cat Kid” graphic novels that have proven to be a big hit with the local youth! We are so grateful for all the donations and continued support from the community!

We also got a new installation of NCKLS books. In the back corner of the library we have shelves dedicated to the rotating books that get swapped out every other month. July brought us a plethora of mystery novels as well as westerns and romances. There are a few historical fiction some sci-fi thrillers a bunch of children’s books some books on crafting and cooking. Too many options to list.

Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month. We are always looking for people to join us to make it that much more enjoyable. Book Club meets August 7th to discuss the book “The Tuscan Child” by author Rhys Bowen. The book for September will be “Cry Father” by author Benjamin Whitmer.

This Is Benjamin Whitmer’s second novel, his first novel “Pike” was nominated for France’s prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière crime fiction award. According to Spinetingler Magazine his book “Cry Father“ easily rivals Larry Brown’s most renowned novels.
In this book, you’ll find a haunting story about men, their fathers, their sons, and the legacy of violence.

For Patterson Wells, disaster is the norm. Working alongside dangerous, desperate, itinerant men as a tree clearer in disaster zones, he’s still dealing with the loss of his young son. Writing letters to the boy offers some solace. The bottle gives more.

Upon a return trip to Colorado, Patterson stops to go fishing with an old acquaintance, only to find him in a meth-induced delirium and keeping a woman tied up in the bathtub. In the ensuing chain of events, which will test not only his future but his past, Patterson tries to do the right thing. Still, in the lives of those he knows, violence and justice have made of each other strange, intoxicating bedfellows.

If you like a thriller this sounds like a real page-turner, come in and check it out!
Kids will be heading back to school this month. For some there is a sigh of relief for others there is sadness for the end of summer. In the stores, the shelves will quickly turn to spooky season décor. However, for our town, there is still one great holiday before Halloween. Labor Day I look forward to the celebrations!

Library hours will remain the same.  We are open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fridays from 1 pm to 5 pm. We look forward to seeing you all at the library. We always welcome your comments on how we can make your visits more enjoyable and what types of things you would like to see during your visits. Feel free to send us a message on messenger or drop us an email with your suggestions.

Phone number:  877-739-2180
email:  library.florence@gmail.com
website:  florencelib.nckls.org