Bowman Library Update for 12/17/25
Bowman Library will be closed Wednesday morning, December 17, due to building maintenance. We expect to open at 1 PM. Stay tuned!
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Our teen book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Relationships!! We are exploring books this week that are all about what it means to have a relationship from friendship and siblings to romance and families because those all play a role in our lives and books allow us to learn and explore and then maybe implement in our own lives what we have learned. Relationships are there to help you through the good times as well as the tough so find those people who you can lean…
As we continue to celebrate April being National Poetry Month, we are featuring some more novels in verse but now for young adult readers! Novels in verse are stories that are uniquely told through a series of poems instead of paragraphs. The titles featured below can be found on Hoopla or Libby either as an audiobook, eBook, or both. To find more titles, please search the Handley Regional Library catalog using the search term #yaverse--many of these titles can be found on Libby and…
Our teen book spotlight this week is on books that feature some of our favorite things--books, bookworms, and libraries!!! The first week of April is National Library Week and what better way to celebrate than to read a book which highlights this amazing place. We have a variety of books that feature a traditional library similar to what you know and then some that are incredibly unique and you will find yourself wishing you could visit as well as some that are all about book lovers…
Are you ready to read this week? How about some books just like us! That means ones like you too!
The theme this year for the Winter Reading Challenge has been Books LIke Us! I hope you have been joining us. If not, head to http://handleyregional.org/youthwinterreading to learn more and read along with us on our final week.
We have so many wonderful books you can find at any of our three library branches, and you can find some that are just like you, or learn about what it is like…
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about Tales From the Dark!!! We are exploring books that will keep you on the edge of your seat with some amazing thrillers, suspense filled, mysterious, and supernatural titles that will keep you turning page after page and staying up way past your bedtime. Some are darker than others so there is something for everyone, no matter the level of “dark” it needs to be. We have some amazing stand alone titles as well as some first in a…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Tales From the Dark!!! We are exploring books that will keep you on the edge of your seat with some amazing thrillers, suspense filled, mysterious, and supernatural titles that will keep you turning page after page and staying up way past your bedtime. Some are darker than others so there is something for everyone, no matter the level of “dark” it needs to be. We have some amazing stand alone titles as well as some first…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Tales From the Beyond!!! We are taking a look at books that are science fiction and/or set in outer space so there is a wide variety of options this week. Science Fiction is defined as anything that could possibly happen in the future so there is anything from robots to government anarchy, and time traveling; we are exploring anything that you can possibly imagine happening in the future no matter how abstract or far fetched it…
Children’s Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading.
Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. Every year, events are held nationwide at schools, libraries, bookstores, homes—wherever young readers and books connect! Children’s Book Week is not only a celebration of books, but of connection. It is a vehicle to unite kids and adults with books, authors, and illustrators in order to…