FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cinda Leech, Project Director Smithton Public Library District 618-233-8057 cleech@smithtonpl.org SMITHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT RECEIVES NATIONAL GRANT FOR SMALL AND RURAL LIBRARIES$3,000 Grant Will Help the Library Work with Residents on Increasing Accessibility. Smithton, IL – The Smithton Public Library District has been selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in …
Snuggle Puppy!| Sandra Boynton Summary: A great big hug in book form, Snuggle Puppy is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright, chunky, a pleasure to hold, and has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before it’s even opened. Best of all, it’s packed, of course, with pure Boynton: …
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 …
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 …
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 …