by: Gayla Duvall

What’s new at the Clinton County Public Library. www.clintoncountypubliclibrary.org.

The Clinton County Public Library has been awarded a BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant. The library must receive $350 in donations from local businesses, clubs or patrons. The amount can be anything from $1 to $350. The total must be $350. We have received $233 so far. The library will receive $1,050 worth of books from the Libri Foundation. This is a really good grant. We have received it twice in the past. Please try to donate to this grant.

Inferno by Dan Brown; 12th of Never by James Patterson; The Heist by Janet Evanovich; The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag; Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz; Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts; Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson; American Guns by Chris Kyle; Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Reilly; The Duck Commander Family by Willie and Korie Robertson; Waiting to be Heard by Amanda Knox; The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson.

Dr. Thomas G. Barnes will be at the Clinton County Public Library on July 16, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. He will be speaking on his book Wildflower Myths and Realities. Please try to attend. It looks to be a very good program.

The library now has a subscription to Ancestry.com. It is free for library users.

The July reading program started on July 2. Children in grades K-4 must read five books per week. If in grades 5-8 they must read one book per week on their reading level. They must have their list turned in each Saturday at 11 a.m. to be in the drawing. Don’t forget about the End of Summer Reading Blowout on July 31. We have a great day planned.