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 middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Fantastical Beings!! We are taking a look at titles that include monsters, beings, creatures, and anything else you can imagine that is made up in fantasy and mythology. What is amazing about these stories is that anything goes; creatures can be anything the author can imagine and then you as the reader get the chance to develop them in your imagination as well. These books and more can be found by…
Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is the first part of a series we are starting! Over the next few weeks, we will be working our way through the alphabet as we use letters for inspiration as each title starts with the next letter in order. To get us started, we are exploring books that start with an A through F giving us six amazing books to explore; we have everything from nonfiction to novels in verse, some of my favorites, and some page turning fantasy adventures.…
Let's gather to read books that help us be our best selves! Introducing the Better Human Book Club, a partnership between the Handley Library branch and MoveMentation. Our focus is on books that help us to know ourselves and allow us to explore personal and communal growth together. This first Book Club gathering will be a "Meet & Greet" on May 7. You can bring a book you've read that helped you to "better human" and introduce yourself - and your book - to the group. We'll…
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Discovery!! We are exploring books this week that are all about reading or learning about new things in both fiction and nonfiction. Summer is a perfect opportunity to read about something you normally would not explore as you may actually have time to read and digest what new information or themes you have explored. Science Fiction allows you to read about things, places, or experiences we may actually have in…
The Friends of Handley Regional Library System (HRLS) are excited to announce the Fall Used Book Sale, with an exclusive Friends Member Night on Friday, October 4, 2024, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Bowman Library Meeting Room. This special preview night allows current Friends members to shop the extensive collection of gently used books, DVDs, CDs, and more before the sale opens to the public. Not a member yet? You can easily join at the event or online.
Members will receive…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Tales of the Real!!! We are exploring everything nonfiction which is one of my favorites to read! With nonfiction, there is literally something for every interest and even topics you have never even heard about. I highly suggest taking a look at the new nonfiction books when you come to the library because there is always an amazing selection--we even have a bonus selection because there were too many to choose from.…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Discovery!! We are exploring books this week that are all about reading or learning about new things in both fiction and nonfiction. Summer is a perfect opportunity to read about something you normally would not explore as you may actually have time to read and digest what new information or themes you have explored. Science Fiction allows you to read about things, places, or experiences we may actually…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of New Places!!! We are exploring books that take place in either other countries, at sea, in outer space, and in some cases even at different schools such as a boarding school. Books have this amazing ability to take us to numerous places, real or imagined, without even needing to leave our comfy reading nook as we need to take advantage of it as we can learn more about ourselves and others. These…
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of New Places!!! We are exploring books that take place in either other countries, at sea, in outer space, and in some cases even at different schools such as a boarding school. Books have this amazing ability to take us to numerous places, real or imagined, without even needing to leave our comfy reading nook as we need to take advantage of it as we can learn more about ourselves and others. These books and more can…