By MILFORD LIBRARY STAFF

Milford Public Library is cool!

MILFORD — Milford Public Library is celebrating Library Card Sign-Up Month throughout September. The national “spokes-dog” for this year’s campaign is Snoopy. “Joe Cool” urges everyone to go to the library and get a card because libraries are cooler than cool. Why? During summer months, we are literally cool due to our fantastic air conditioning. Come in and cool off while browsing the stacks for something great to read. Our cool staff will be happy to help you find just the right book.

We offer great collections of fiction and nonfiction for all ages to choose from. Travel back in time by reading some historical fiction. Learn about other cool people living in other cool places by reading some nonfiction. Librarians will help you find answers to your questions. You don’t have to be rich, technologically savvy or a Milford resident to use our facility. We have public access computers and wireless access available to everyone. Follow “Joe Cool’s” advice and sign up for your library card today.

Lapsit

Just two weeks until our fall story time. Our seven week session begins on Wednesday, Oct. 7, for preschool children age 3-6. Join us at 10:15 a.m. Wednesdays, or 1:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Thursdays for stories, an activity, and a snack. The themes this year include: The Colors of Fall; Whoooo Likes Story Time?; Leaves and Apples; Batty for Books; Scarecrows and Pumpkins; Squirrels and Nuts; and The Annual Thanksgiving Feast. Staff will share some great new children’s books and some old favorites. Reading to your children is so important. Each story time is about 45 minutes long and includes listening to stories, making a craft or playing games, and sharing a nutritious snack. Sign up in the children’s department now.

We also offer a lapsit story time for children ages 0-36 months. Bring your little ones for four weeks of stories, songs, and fingerplays with staff. our theme this fall is: Apples. Lapsit begins Tuesday, Oct. 6, and continues every Tuesday in October. Meet at either 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Sign up in the children’s department and give us a call if you have any questions at (574) 658-4312.

Voting 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 October 18 when Teen Read Week begins. There are 24 books on the list and teens aged 12-18 can go online to www.ala.org/yalsa/reads4teens and cast their votes. They will be able to vote for up to three of their favorite titles. Go online or come in to the library and browse the display in the teen area, check out some books, and cast your votes.

New Releases

The library adds new items to its collection each month. This month we have a great variety of new adult, teens, and children material. In our children’s department we are adding: “Pig Is Big on Books” by Douglas Florian, “Little Robot” by Ben Hatke, “Fire Engine No. 9” by Mike Austin, “Teach Your Baby to Sign” by Monica Beyer, and “Guinness World Records 2016.” In addition to a lot of children’s books, our media collection is growing with more DVDs and CDs such as “Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Tales”, “A Horse Called Bear”, “Paw Patrol: Meet Everett”, “Barbie in Rock ‘N Roll”, and “Room on the Broom.”

Adults and Teens have not been forgotten. There are a lot of new items being added to the upstairs collection of our library. Teens now get the chance to check out “The Fate of Ten” by Pittacus Lorel, “The Hired Girl” by Laura Amy Schlitz, and “Six of Crows” by Leigh Bardugo. Books being added to adult fiction and large print areas are “The Friends of Jesus” by Karen Kingsbury, “Suddenly One Summer” by Julie James, “Shadow Play” by Iris Johanson, “Undercover” by Danielle Steel, “The Murder House” by James Patterson, “After You” by Jojo Moyes, and “The Scam” by Janet Evanovich. Don’t forget to check out our new monthly magazines as well as these new DVDS and CDS: “American Horror Story: Season One”, “Once Upon a Time: Season One”, “Cinderella”, “Good Burger”, “Bio-Dome”, “In Bruges”, and “Stripped Down” by Rick Springfield. Materials arrive almost every day….stop by and see what’s new.