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WWhat do you think of when you think of the library? Do you think of books, audiobooks or DVDs? Yes, it is true. We do have books, about 30,000 of them. We also have 835 DVDs and 620 audiobooks. Since October we have added about 850 books and 47 DVDs. However, that is just the beginning of what we offer.

We provide patrons with the option of two digital platforms, Hoopla and Libby for digital books and audiobooks. Hoopla also has movies, music, television series and educational programing available for streaming on phones, tablets and some TVs. Patrons can choose to use one or both of these platforms. Libby provides up to ten checkouts per month, while Hoopla offers seven checkouts per month. These platforms are available to anyone with a William Bradford Huie Library card.

BY MICHELLE BLAYLOCK LIBRARY MANAGER WILLIAM BRADFORD HUIE LIBRARY OF HARTSELLE

We have a terrific story time for our pre-k children on Wednesday mornings. Sarah Laughmiller does an amazing job planning these. She picks out engaging books and combines them with an age appropriate activity. Sarah also started a Children’s Book Club that meets on Thursday afternoons at 4 p.m. This book club is geared for children in the third through fifth grades. We have two painting classes each month one for kids ages 4-10 years old and one for adults. Adults also have a book club led by Chrissy Tucker. We also have free resources through the Alabama Public Library Service. Homework Alabama and Learning Express that offers ACT prep and AP test prep are available to students. Career prep resources including prep for tests in nursing, teaching, real estate, military, hospitality, cosmetology, CDL and more. If you are interested in any of these or curious about other resources please stop by the library our librarians will be happy to help you. We aren’t just about books! We hope to see you soon at the library!

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Must-read books for the spring:

Spring is in the air and these books are some much needed reading! Spring into the library to check out them out.

“MEET ME ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY”

By

Bryony Rosehurst

From the librarians:

The William Bradford Huie Library of Hartselle is proud to offer readers recommendations from our librarians. These books are picked by Sarah Laughmiller, Chrissy Tucker and Alex VanKoughnett. Come into the library to check these out and more.

Brennan O’Keeffe and Quinn Hayes always cross paths on St. Patrick’s Day. However, they are perfect strangers. On one St. Patrick’s Day, they finally decide to stop being strangers. This leads them to falling in love and falling apart very quickly due to their secrets. Now, years later, Quinn finds Brennan at his bar on St. Patrick’s Day. She decides that maybe she can change their fate with a little luck and determination. Maybe their fate isn’t set in stone just yet.

“APRIL FOOL DEAD: A DEATH ON DEMAND MYSTERY”

By Carolyn Hart

On a South Carolina island there is a quirky book shop with an equally quirky shop owner. Annie Darling owns Death on Demand Bookshop and tries to boost sales in the most interesting ways. She offers a free book to anyone who can solve about a popular ‘whodunit.’ Flyers for the event and the clues are handed out all over. It’s a twist on a murder mystery game, but when a counterfeit flyer slanders her name and business, Annie has to act fast before this April Fool’s joke no longer becomes a joke. Anyone who enjoys a fun, cozy mystery will surely enjoy this one.

“BACKYARD FARMING: FROM RAISING CHICKENS TO GROWING VEGGIES, THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO RUNNING A SELF-SUSTAINING FARM”

By Adams Media

Farming and being self-sustaining isn’t for everyone – and that’s okay! But, for those who may want to pick up a new hobby or take on a whole new lifestyle, this book can help. It’s a lot of hard work, but very rewarding. From raising chickens, to beekeeping, to growing vegetables and how to preserve them year-round, Back Yard Farming is a wonderful tool help guide you there. Just remember, wherever you live, check with your city or town to see what ordinances might be in place before perusing.

“HOLI HAI!”

By Chitra Soundar

Illustrator: Darshika Varma

Holi is a celebration of Spring time in other cultures. Wearing white, friends and families gather to eat and splash each other in the most vivid colors that they each create. In Holi Hai! Gauri is so excited for Holi. She can’t wait to throw colors on everyone. However, when Gauri does not get the color she wants, she gets very mad. Will Gauri learn how to deal with her anger? Maybe she will come to see the beauty in a color she deemed ugly.

“THE LAST SIN EATER”

By Francine Rivers

Told in the perspective of a child in the Appalachian Mountains in the mid 1850s, this is a story of how redemption comes to a village through the most unlikely source. Cadi Forbes is only a child when her grandmother dies and was told that the sin eater would come to follow them to the graveyard. It was said that he would eat the tray of bread that was her Granny’s “sins” so that she could rest in peace. But there was danger in this – don’t look at the sin eater, or the sins would transfer to you. At the ceremony, all eyes are closed. Except for one instant, when Cadi opened her eyes from shear curiosity and locked eyes with the sin eater. Cadi is so distraught that she becomes desperate for hope that someone can save her. On her mission to find and talk to the sin eater, she comes across a man in the woods with all the answers she is looking for. But what will it cost her to share what she has learned?