Millard Oakley Public Library News
November 4, 2022
The Millard Oakley Public Library, as well as all other Overton County offices, will be closed on Tuesday, November 8, for Election Day. Please take a moment to go out and vote!
The Library and County offices will also be closed on Friday, November 11, for Veterans Day. Please take a moment to thank those who have served or are currently serving in our Military.
The Millard Oakley Library Board will meet on Tuesday, November 15, at 4:30 in our meeting room. These meetings are open to the public.
The Friends of Millard Oakley Library will meet on Thursday, November 17, at 11:30. One of the items on the agenda will be planning their next book sale, which will happen in December. Come out and help the Friends support the library. All friends are welcome to attend the monthly meetings. If you aren’t a friend yet, stop by and find out how you can help. If joining is not your style, please come to the book sale, and help support the friends by supporting our book sale.
The library hosts Story Time every Thursday, we are open at 10:30. Children of all ages are invited to join us for stories, games, crafts, and fun.
There are several new titles added to the library recently:
“Dead Man’s Hand” by James Butcher, “No Plan B” by Lee Child, “The Furies” by John Connolly, “Dark Whisper” by Christine Feehan, “Boys From Biloxi” by John Grisham, “Summer Days” by Lisa Jackson, and “The Stranger Vanishes” by Wendy Corsi Staub are some of the new fiction titles.
“Japanese Myths and Legends” by Jun’ichi Isomae, “Amish County Cooking” by Sue Miller, “Don’t Text Your Ex Happy Birthday” by Nick Viall, and “Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures” by John Wilmerding are some of the new nonfiction titles.
For our beginner readers and listeners, there are several new books as well, including:
“When the Elephant Walks” by Keiko Kasza, “Splish, Splash, Baby” by Karen Katz, “How to Catch a Turkey” and “How to Catch a Gingerbread Man” by Adam Wallace, and “The Hike” by Alison Farrell.
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” —Robert Brault.