Adult Reading Program participant, Doris Miller, won Danielle Steel’s Against All Odds and a travel mug filled with candy. Sign up to participate in the Adult Reading Program and enter for a chance to win. Enter a weekly drawing for prizes by filling out a drawing slip for each audiobook listened to or ebook/book read.  Drawings are every Friday through March 30.  Come in and sign up today!  Lots of new books are waiting to be checked out and enjoyed.

WINTER STORY TIME RETURNS IN ONE WEEK

Children ages 3 to 6 can join Story Time at Milford Public Library starting Feb. 7. Story Time prepares children for preschool and enables them to develop interpersonal, language, and literacy skills. Children will create crafts, listen to stories and enjoy a snack.

This winter’s sessions will run for six weeks. Sessions are 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays beginning Feb. 7, and 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Themes include dinosaurs, Dr. Seuss, hibernating and Valentine’s Day. No library card is needed. Please sign up at the children’s circulation desk now.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY

The library has everything you need to develop better financial habits. If you made a New Year’s Resolution to get out of debt, save money or increase your earnings, these resources are for you. Nonfiction books about finance can be found in the 332.024 section.

Try Dave Ramsey’s financial guides like The Total Money Makeover: a Proven Plan for Financial Success and Financial Peace Revisited. His book, Financial Peace University, is available on audiobook in the BOCD section under 332.024.

Several of Suze Orman’s books are available including The Courage to be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance and The Money Class: Learn to Create Your New American Dream.

Get prepared for retirement with Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age, It’s a Financial Number by Chris Hogan.

Parents and teens can start planning for the future with Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money (That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!) by Robert T. Kiyosaki.

Additionally, you can pick up copies of Money magazine and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance in the adult department. Bring your Evergreen card today and get ready for a great 2018.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

Children’s library clerk, Shari Lambert, recommends the new book Sisters First by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush. The sisters wrote about growing up in the public eye, their college years surrounded by Secret Service agents, and how the presidency affected their lives. If you are interested in reading this book, place a hold online at http://evergreen.lib.in.us/eg/opac/home or call (574) 658-4312. You can also listen to the audiobook or read an ebook through OverDrive.