Thumpy Feet | Betsy Lewin Summary: Preschoolers will celebrate a wondrous, energetic creature in this story. The only character shown is the playful, frisky ginger tabby so named Thumpy Feet. His behavior is that of a sprightly and easily engaged pet, made fully fleshed with eager use of brushed paint upon white pages with little …

Patricia Brent, Spinster | Herbert George Jenkins Summary: Twenty-four-year-old Patricia Brent is upset after overhearing her neighbors discussing her lack of dates. Determined to prove them wrong, she tells them that she is having dinner with her fiancé on the following evening. When they show up to the restaurant to see what he looks like, …

Guess Who (DVD) Summary: Theresa (Zoe Saldana) is a young woman who is about to introduce her fiancé to her father, Percy Jones (Bernie Mac). Percy is eager to meet his African-American daughter’s businessman beau, but is shocked to learn that she is engaged to Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher), a white man. Staying with the …

Rain Reign | Ann M. Martin Summary: Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She’s thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose’s rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose’s obsessions, her rules, and the …

The Three Pigs| David Wiesner Summary: This Caldecott Medal-winning picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf’s huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm of …

Atomic Habits | James Clear Narrator: James Clear Summary: Tiny Changes, Remarkable ResultsAtomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits—whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply …

The Wedding Date | Jasmine Guillory Summary: When Alexa Monroe and Drew Nichols get stuck in a hotel elevator, Drew realizes Alexa would be the perfect last-minute plus one to his ex’s wedding. What was supposed to be a fake date turns into more by the end of the night. They realize there’s something about …

Dark Matter | by Blake Crouch Summary: In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. Is it this world or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers …

Hello, all!  Director Jenna Dauer here — We’ve added a few sections in the library that I think you are going to love. New Adult Fiction & Non-Fiction Titles These titles are located just inside our front door, near our movie and TV series’ section.  We keep items “NEW” for 2 months for our patrons …

Selection #1: Beneath a Scarlet Sky | by Mark Sullivan Summary:   The Story: When teenager Pino Lella’s family home in Milan is bombed by Allied forces, he joins an underground network to help Jews escape over the Alps. His parents force him to enlist as a German soldier and he becomes the personal driver …

Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors Author: Curtis Craddock Summary: Born with a physical disability, no magical talent, and a precocious intellect, Princess Isabelle des Zephyrs has lived her life being underestimated by her family and her kingdom. All shall change, however, when an unlikely marriage proposal is offered, to the second son of a dying …

The Smithton Public Library District will reopen the library building on Monday, August 24, 2020 with the following guidelines: Masks must be worn by patrons ages 2+, and we ask that patrons practice social distancing while in the library building. Curbside service is available for patrons who do not have a mask We will resume …

Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 9:45 AM The Smithton Public Library District recently had an employee test positive for COVID19. The positive staff member last worked at the library on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Patrons who might have interacted with this individual have been notified. The library will provide curbside service for the …

William P. Shannon IV, Curator at the St. Clair County Historical Society visited the Smithton Public Library on Friday, April 13 to present Library Director Jenna Dauer with a copy of the book “History of St. Clair County,” published in 1881.  This gift celebrates Illinois’s Bicentennial and National Library Week.  The library would like to …

Delivery tubs are set to come around 4 PM instead of 11 AM, starting  July 1, 2016. We are going to have 5 day a week delivery, though! (Previously, we got delivery M, T, TH, F.) We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. We are here to answer any questions you may …

Libraries in the Lewis & Clark Digital Consortium are delighted to announce the consolidation of our eBook collections to one platform! The Cloud Library is now our exclusive platform for eBooks and downloadable audiobooks. [The Cloud Library is the new name for the 3M Cloud Library that you have used in the past, as it …

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a free program at our library to provide a child’s first teachers, their parents, with the tools needed to instill a love of reading, the skills to get ready to read, and an appreciation for the library. The program is fun and easy, with incentives along the way.  Just stop by …

  You can now access Gale Databases on your mobile phone or tablet! Download the App (available on the Apple App Store and on Google Play) today! Search your app store for “AccessMyLibrary.” AML Public Edition AccessMyLibrary Public Edition uses GPS to find public libraries within a 10-mile radius of the user’s location then provides free …

The Winter Reading Program winners have been drawn!  Participants filled out reading logs to be entered in the drawing for their age group. The prizes for Birth – 5 year olds were a Lego Duplo set, and two Amazon Gift Cards.  Prizes for 6 – 12 year olds were a Lego Creator Log Cabin and …

News from Illinois Heartland Library System and the Smithton Public Library District Over the next few weeks, the Smithton Public Library District will be undergoing some significant changes that you might be interested in.  As you may know, on July 1, 2012, the four automated library consortia in Illinois Heartland Library System, elCat, GateNet, LINC, …