Summersville Public Library

How are your resolutions holding up? Need some new ideas to keep you on track with a nutrition goal? Check out our cookbook section and put healthy new ideas on the dinner table.

Have you tried a new exercise plan, like yoga or Pilates? We’ve got you covered.

How about learning a new hobby? or getting back to an old one, we have a number of great craft books, knitting, crochet and woodworking.

Or were you just hoping to read a very good books this winter? We can help you with that too!

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All three Nicholas county libraries have joined the new e-book lending service called WV-READS (WV Regional Electronic and Audiobook Download Service).  You can browse the collection, check out with your library card, and download to PC, Mac®, and many mobile devices. To get started, you will need to install free software. For audiobooks, music, and video: OverDrive® Media Console™. To read eBooks, you’ll need Adobe® Digital Editions. Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod®, Sony® Reader™, Kindle and many others. Some audio titles can also be burned to CD to listen on-the-go. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. There are no late fees!

Sarah Palfrey, Director of the Summersville Public Library says, “This is really a very exciting opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a group like this.  Everyone is dedicated to building a well-rounded collection and providing access to as many people as possible.” With hundreds of popular fiction and non-fiction titles to choose from, the new collection is guaranteed to have something for everyone. You can download best-selling novels, well-known classics, self-improvement guides, children’s books and much more.

This new service, powered by OverDrive, is free with your valid library card. To get started downloading audiobooks, eBooks, and more, visit your local library to set up your account.

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Can’t get enough zombie action? Author David Moody keeps the undead drama going with his Autumn series.  Autumn, the first in the series released last year, illustrates a horrific near-future where a mysterious plague wipes out virtually the entire population.  The handful of survivors are terrified, but their troubles are just beginning when those they thought killed by the pandemic begin to rise.

The second book in the series, The City, focuses on a new group of survivors and their struggles against the rapidly growing (and strengthening) zombies.  Fans of apocalyptic fiction will love these two entries and will be anxiously awaiting the just released third book, Purification.

This book is recommended by Jason and Robin.

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Don’t let the rest of the summer go by without checking out some of our new cookbooks!

Cookouts Veggie Style by Jolinda Hacket

Get ready for a backyard feast that’s good for you and it’s meat free!!

32 Better Barbecues by Helen Feingold

This book gives you grilling tips from starting the fire to the equipment.  This book has recipes from several different cultures and several different types of meat such as beef chicken, fish, and lamb.

Al Roker’s Big Bad Book of Barbecue: 

100 Easy Recipes for Backyard Barbecue and Grilling by Al Roker

Al Roker’s book has a great introduction section that talks about the different  types of fuel to use to get your grill going (gas, charcoal, or wood), Utensils that come in handy when cooking on a grill, to the meat that you grill , to the heat that you should use, and some yummy looking recipes as well.

George Foreman’s Big Book of Grilling, Barbecue and Rotisserie:  More Than 75 Recipes for Family and Friends by George Foreman and Barbara Witt

This book has everything from a quick-fix family meal, a backyard barbecue feast, or an elegant dinner party.

Katie Brown’s Outdoor Entertaining: 

Taking the Party Outside by Katie Brown

Katie Brown is a domestic guru and in this book she shows you how to take the party outside.  She shows you how to decorate for an outdoor party and the book has quick and easy recipes and some that are make-a-head.

Happy Grilling!

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Why should the kids have all the fun?

Novel Destinations is a new summer reading  program for adults.  For each book that you  read during the month of July you can come  in and fill out a raffle ticket.  At the end of the  month will be raffling off gift cards to local  restaurants, an MP3 player, and many other  great prizes. You will get an entry for each  book that you read.  Please see a staff  member to get your ticket to fill out and  enter.  Good Luck Everyone!!!

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Registration is now open for our 2011 Summer Reading Program (SRP)!

Summer Reading Fun!

We are gearing up for some great fun this summer at the Library.  This year’s Summer Reading Program (SRP) will be “One World, Many Stories.”  We will visit another country every week, through stories, maps, games, and maybe a snack or two.  Children must have completed kindergarten to participate, and those up to 5th grade are welcome to join the fun.

SRP is a great way to keep kids reading skills sharp over the summer.  We encourage the children to pick books at or above their reading level, and they get to show off their accomplishments on their own sticker poster.

The SRP group meets every Wednesday beginning June 22nd at 1:00.  Please try and stop in the week before to register your child.  There is some paperwork and we need to update their library card.

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