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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We have just started the new year and it is now time to start setting those goals and thinking about what we want to accomplish in 2023. If you have a goal to read more books or even just to finish one, then this week’s middle grade book spotlight is perfect to help you jumpstart that mission. Our middle grade book spotlight this week is on chapter books that are the first books in a series!! I think one of the best ways to find yourself reading more is to fall in love with…
Our teen book spotlight this week is on books that feature books that are either anti-romance or have no romance at all!! I think that YA gets a bad rap sometimes as many people think they are just all romance books or every book and series has to have a love triangle and I am here to show you that is so not the case. There are storylines that have zero romance at all and even more, there are others that the storyline is all about how they do not believe in romance and they still…
Our teen book spotlight this week is focused on books that are an award winner!!! This past week the ALA Youth Media Awards were held which is basically the Oscars for books! Held every year at the end of January, books win a variety of awards that range from the best book of the year to the best debut novel by a debut author; there is even an award given to the best audiobook. We are taking a look at some of the past winners from a variety of awards. We have realistic…
Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is on more amazing nonfiction titles! It can be easy to think that nonfiction is boring but these titles are the complete opposite of that thought; we have everything from books about outer space and animals to history through other lenses and an adventure that is so unbelievable you will think it is fiction but it isn’t; you will not even realize you are reading nonfiction because they are that good. These books and more can be found by…
Are you a doodler? If you are, you might appreciate this sketch found in an account book kept by George William Bragg between 1880 and 1884. The sketch shows a fantastical landscape of giant books connected by ladders and stacks. Meanwhile, a small figure in a top hat scrambles to reach the peak via a high staircase leading to what is labelled “room at the top.”
It’s not uncommon for archivists to find sketches and doodles in the pages of manuscripts, rare books and other items in their…
Let's gather to read books that help us be our best selves! Introducing the Better Human Book Club, a partnership between Handley Library and MoveMentation. Our focus is on books that help us to know ourselves and allow us to explore personal and communal growth together. Before turning our attention to discussing the selected book, we will start with some brief stretches and mild movement exercises. Book club meetings will be facilitated by Adrian VanKeuren of…
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about featuring some more amazing YA nonfiction titles! It can be easy to think that nonfiction is boring but these titles are the complete opposite of that thought; we have everything from true crime to war history and memoirs and you will not even realize you are reading nonfiction because they are that good. These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #amazingyanonfiction as well as on Libby and Hoopla…
Local Author Collection
Handley Regional Library invites local authors to donate a copy of their recently published work for inclusion in the Local Author Collection. The purpose of this collection is to support and promote local/self-published authors within our community. Local authors’ works will be displayed at the library in the Local Authors Collection and be made available for checkout by library users.
Donation Guidelines
Author must be from the library’s core service area (…