Milford Public Library News And Events

Written on August 23, 2015 by Guest Author

Tags: 2014 Milford Fest, 2015 Kosciusko County Community Fair Children's Pageants, Library News, Milford Public Library

Check out this frog that we watched grow from a tadpole down in the Children’s Department. Robyne Wirebaugh donated tadpoles to our library so that the kids could learn how tadpoles turn into frogs. Many kids have gotten to watch this little buddy turn into such a magnificent looking frog. Come down into the children’s department and check out the other tadpoles that are slowly growing.] — Check out this frog that we watched grow from a tadpole down in the Children’s Department. Robyne Wirebaugh donated tadpoles to our library so that the kids could learn how tadpoles turn into frogs. Many kids have gotten to watch this little buddy turn into such a magnificent looking frog. Come down into the children’s department and check out the other tadpoles that are slowly growing.

By MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF

Overdrive

Overdrive is a digital materials service that allows you to download e-books, audiobooks, movies, and magazines onto your laptop, tablet, or smartphone. It’s compatible with Kindle and Nook e-readers, Windows, Android and Apple phones and tablets, so you can take your personal library anywhere you go. You can also browse the website and read materials online.

From library to living room, there’s something for everyone. You can access nonfiction materials like cook books or biographies, or fiction from popular authors like Jodi Picoult or Stephen King. Popular young adult authors like Rick Riordan, Kiera Cass and Meg Cabot all have several of their works listed in the catalog. Children can enjoy beloved series like Mary Pope Osborne’s “Magic Tree House,” “The Berenstain Bears” or the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by Jeff Kinney. Books by Dr. Seuss, Jerry Spinelli, Ronald Dahl and more are instantly available.

Even new releases like “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee and “Grey” by E.L. James are on Overdrive, and if they aren’t instantly available, you can place them on hold. Holds can be automatically checked out to you once they are available again. Just as you can only check out five items at a time, you can only have five holds at one time.

You’ll never get fined for overdues because checked out materials are automatically returned. As long as there aren’t any holds, you can renew through your Overdrive account.

Magazines the library doesn’t have physical copies of like The New Yorker, Wired, the Smithsonian, and the Atlantic can all be found on Overdrive. If you’re too busy to stop in the library to check out Family Fun, Simple and Delicious, Good Housekeeping, or Better Homes and Gardens, it only takes two minutes to get a copy with Overdrive. You’ll have to create a Nook account and link it to your Overdrive account to download and read magazines, but once that’s done you can keep as many issues as you want.

You can access Overdrive by downloading the Overdrive app in Google Play or the Apple Store on tablet devices/smartphones or accessing the site online. The library staff is happy to guide you through the process of creating an account and can troubleshoot any problems you encounter.

Friends of Library Meeting

The Friend of the Library will be meeting in the library meeting room at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1. Anyone is free to come and join them.

Afternoon Knitting Club

Knitting Club meets from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, in the teen area of the library. Bring a knitting project and get help from experienced knitters. The knitting club meets on the first and third Friday of every month. Come and learn how to knit or continue working on a current project.

Teens to Vote for 2015 Teens Top Ten Books

All teens are invited to check out the book display of the 2015 Teens Top Ten Books candidates that we have in our library collection. Teens get to vote for their favorite titles starting now until Sunday, Oct. 18 when Teen Read Week begins. There are 24 books on the list and teens ages 12-18 can go online and cast their votes. They will be able to vote for up to three of their favorite titles. Go check online, check out the books, and cast your votes.