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The library will be closed from Saturday, September 4th through
Monday, September 6th for the Labor Day Holiday. We'll resume regular hours on Tuesday, September 7th.
Have a great holiday weekend!
Be sure to “check out” what books we have on sale at
the library! There are books on Nebraska history, art books, crafts books, and
much more. Only 25 cents each and all proceeds go to the Broken Bow Friends of the Library for children’s programs.
FAMILY FUN READING NIGHT starts September
27th
The Broken Bow Public Library is
once again hosting the FAMILY FUN READING NIGHT program for families with children, preschool through 5th grade. The program
is free and open to all reading levels. It is held the last Monday night of each month, September through April, from 7-8:00
p.m. Families enjoy an evening of reading, games and/or crafts. Each month, your family will receive a new book to read together
before the next Family Fun Reading Night. A small discussion on that book will open the next month’s reading night and
then we’ll have an activity or craft to introduce the book for the following month.
Space
is limited so you must sign up to participate. Registration forms are available at the library and must be returned by September 22nd!
WHAT: 8th Annual Great Books
for Great Kids
WHERE: Broken Bow Runza
WHEN:
Tues. Sept. 21st
On Tuesday, September 21st, Runza
Restaurants will conduct the 8th Annual Great
Books for Great Kids Fundraiser. According
to Joyce and Kevin Richardson, the Broken Bow Runza will donate 15% of that day’s sales to the Broken Bow Library Foundation to help purchase books for literacy-related programs held at
our library. Runza recognizes the importance of reading and
literacy to the your in communities. In fact, more than $175,000
has been donated over the past seven years, allowing for the purchase of many books throughout Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas
and Iowa.
Please mark your calendars to visit the Broken Bow Runza on Tuesday, Sept. 21st and help support the Broken Bow Public Library!
We have expanded our download collection with the addition of eBooks
through Nebraska OverDrive! From the comfort of your home, our patrons can browse the collection, check out, and download
books and more anytime, anywhere.
These eBooks can be read on a PC or a Mac using
free reader software called Adobe Digital Editions. eBooks can also be transferred to popular e-reading devices like
the Sony Reader, the Barnes & Noble nook, and the Kobo eReader. Through our participation in Nebraska OverDrive,
we are starting out with a great selection of best-selling eBook titles, all of which can be read on your computer or compatible
portable reading device. The collection will continue to expand through the ongoing purchase of additional titles.
To check out eBooks and audiobooks through our library's Nebraska OverDrive link,
you need a valid library card, computer, and Internet connection. At the end of the lending period, titles automatically
expire and return to the collection. Users may return eBooks early!
The
Broken Bow Public Library partners with OverDrive, Inc., a global leader in digital media services, and the Nebraska Library
Commission to offer this download service.
NEW FICTION:
Albert/The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber
Tree
Barr/Burn
Brown/Tough
Customer
Cook/Cure
Cook/The
Last Talk with Lola Faye
Crider/Murder in the Air
Deveraux/Scarlet Nights
Estleman/Roy and Lillie
Foden/Turbulence
Forsyth/The Cobra
Franzen/Freedom
Freemantle/Red Star Rising
Griffin/The Vigilantes
Haig/The Capitol Game
Kellerman/Hangman
Lippman/I'd Know You Anywhere
Patterson/The Postcard Killers
Pearson/In Harm's Way
Reichs/Spider Bones
Serling/More Stories from The Twilight
Zone
Stein/The Art of Racing in the Rain
Wiesel/The
Sonderberg Case
NEW NON-FICTION:
Bacevich/Washington Rules
Better Homes & Gardens/New Cookbook 15th ed.
Edwards/Breaking
into the Backcountry
Heloise/Handy Household Hints from Heloise
Jason/The
AARP Retirement Survival Guide
Kloefkorn/Swallowing the Soap: New and Selected Poems
Pease/Theodor Seuss Geisel
Ryan/Beneath the Sands of Egypt
Smith/Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things
