Monthly Newsletter: January 2021
Calendar
Winter Reading Club
The 2021 Winter Reading Club will run from January 1-February 28. Children and teens can pick up a Bingo challenge in the Imagination Portal or access them online. Earn a bingo to win a cool prize! Adults can pick up their reading sheet at the circulation desk on the main level of the library or access them online.
We will accept the following methods of returning your Bingo Sheet or Reading Challenge to the library:
- Return your physical copy to the Imagination Portal if you are under 18, or to the Circulation Desk if you are 18+.
- If you are an adult, please email refdesk@pcpl21.org with your answers for the adult Reading Challenge.
- If you are a child, please email ys@pcpl21.org and provide them with your information.
Prizes may be picked up during the challenge or at your convenience after the challenge has ended.
Featured Services
Curbside Service
The Putnam County Public Library is excited to offer Curbside Services @ PCPL. Simply place your items on hold and we’ll deliver them to your vehicle!
Free Public Wi-Fi
The library has free public Wi-Fi for your connectivity needs. Our Wi-Fi extends to the library parking lot, allowing access after hours.
Library of Things
We love books at the library, but sometimes books alone don’t do the job. With generous funding from the Dr. James Elrod fund at the Hendricks County Community Foundation (HCCF), the library has purchased materials for a “Library of Things”.
The Library of Things is a collection of items that are unconventional to libraries but may be of use to the community. These items can include kitchen appliances, tools, crafting supplies, outdoor games, board games, and a wide array of other items. These items are loanable to the community just like any other library material.
Featured Resource
With Cypress Resume, you can effortlessly create a professional resume in minutes! Its easy-to-use design assures you won’t spend hours trying to perfect your document — all the hard work is done for you! Simply plug in your basic information (as much or as little as you like), and we create a perfectly formatted document to help you land that dream job.
You need a library card to access this resource.
Carry the Library in Your Pocket
Carry the Library in Your Pocket
Digital Resources for Children
OVERDRIVE/LIBBY
Thousands of eBooks, audiobooks, and videos available with your Library card. Enjoy them immediately—or transfer to your eReader or mobile device with the OverDrive and Libby apps.
You need a library card to access this resource.
KANOPY KIDS
Kanopy Kids is full of kid-friendly clips, films, and videos to keep your little ones entertained by educational content! Check out Kanopy Kids today!
You need a library card to access this resource.
Click here for Kanopy Kids
TUMBLEBOOKS
A collection of animated, talking picture books, suited for elementary school children. Each story comes with puzzles and games geared to ensure reading comprehension.
You need a library card to access this resource.
Virtual Reference: Technology
The library’s Technology Department is dedicated to assisting our visitors with technology questions, great or small. One of the library’s most beloved programs, Community Help Desk, is back in a digital format with our Virtual Reference Services.
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/mau-xhbr-txh…
Virtual Reference: Technology
The library’s Technology Department is dedicated to assisting our visitors with technology questions, great or small. One of the library’s most beloved programs, Community Help Desk, is back in a digital format with our Virtual Reference Services.
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/mau-xhbr-txh…
Top 5 Christian Romances You Can Read On Overdrive
by Adult Services
Stuck at home and wondering what to read next? Here are our picks for the top 5 christian romances. Each of these feature wholesome content with a dash of love.
Title: The Scent of Lilacs (Book 1 of Series)
Author: Ann H. Gabhart
Summary: Life-changing events rarely happen here, and when they do, they are few and far between. But for Jocie Brooke and her family, they happen all at once. Jocie has questions that need answers. As she digs into her family’s past, she finds a whirlwind of discoveries, and everything begins to change. In the end, will Jocie find the answers everyone so desperately needs, or will her questions lead to truths that were better left uncovered?
Link: https://iddc.overdrive.com/iddc-putnam/content/media/911938
Title: The Brides of the Big Valley
Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter
Summary: In an area of Pennsylvania called The Big Valley, a uniquely blended Amish community thrives in which 3 distinct groups of Amish identify themselves by the colors of their buggy’s top—white, black, or yellow. Join New York Times Bestselling Author Wanda E. Brunstetter, her daughter-in-law, and granddaughter in experiencing the stories of three young women who search for faith and love within this special place. Deanna is a widow who sees her second chance of love slipping away. Rose Mary is at a point in life where she must choose the path of her faith and the right man to walk with her on it. Leila is burdened with family responsibilities and wonders when she will ever start a family of her own.
Link: https://iddc.overdrive.com/iddc-putnam/content/media/4678731
Title: Heartland
Author: Davis Bunn
Summary: As a Hollywood studio prepares to fire the unruly star of a wholesome TV show, a move that would end the series, churches across the country are praying for a miracle. They get one in the form of JayJay, a TV character from the series who comes to life, in this Christian novel about Hollywood amorality. When the nations heartland falls in love with JayJay, Hollywood finds itself on a collision course of conflicting values. Tim Lundeen makes the melodramatic aspects of Bunns plot work to his advantage, giving the cardboard character of the studio head a voice that oozes villainy while the hero has a voice straight out of a classic TV Western. Lundeen also makes the tension in two sequences that involve fire realistic.
Link: https://iddc.overdrive.com/iddc-putnam/content/media/257912
Title: Shadow in Serenity
Author: Terri Blackstock
Summary: Carny Sullivan grew up in the zany world of a traveling carnival. Quaint and peaceful Serenity, Texas, has given her a home, a life, and a child. Logan Brisco is the smoothest, slickest, handsomest man Serenity, Texas has ever seen. But Carny Sullivan knows a con artist when she sees one—and she’s seen plenty, starting with her father. As far as Carny Sullivan can tell, she’s the only one in town who has his number. Because from his Italian shoes to his movie-actor smile, Logan has the rest of the town snowed. Carny is determined to reveal Brisco’s selfish intentions before his promise to the townspeople for a cut in a giant amusement park sucks Serenity dry. Yet, as much as she hates his winning ways, there is a man behind that suave smile, a man who may win her heart against her will. Shadow in Serenity is a modern-day Music Man, penned by a Christy Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author.
Link: https://iddc.overdrive.com/iddc-putnam/content/media/541932
Title: Picture Perfect
Author: Janice Thompson
Summary: Will the competition between two rival photographers mean disaster for the biggest wedding of the year? Or could it spark an unexpected love?
Link: https://iddc.overdrive.com/iddc-putnam/content/media/1211993
Free Online Learning Courses: Coursera
by Adult Services
Online-learning site Coursera is offering 100 classes for free from now through May 31, 2020, to support access to online education for the one-third of people around the world who are currently under lockdown to prevent spreading the new coronavirus.
Some of the courses currently available are The Science of Well Being by Yale University, Chinese for Beginners by Peking University, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies by Princeton University, and plenty of other courses.
Join for free today and start your educational journey with the top universities around the world!
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday: Closed