MENTONE — Bell Memorial Public Library will be open again on Sundays starting today, Sunday, Sept. 8. Sunday hours are from 1 to 5 p.m. 

September is Library Card Sign-up Month. In honor of Library Card Sign-Up Month, Bell Memorial Public Library is hosting a Library Scavenger Hunt. This will begin on Tuesday, Sep. 3 and continue until Monday, Sept. 30. 

Each participant will be given a punch card. Visit each of the participating libraries and have a librarian punch your card. Then bring it back to Bell Memorial Library and pick which prize you would like to try and win. You do not need to have a library card to play, but you will get extra entries toward the giveaways for signing up. Please note, not all library cards are provided for free.

Participating libraries include Bell Memorial Public Library, Akron Carnegie Public Library, Argos Public Library, Bourbon Public Library, Rochester Library, Milford Public Library and Syracuse Public Library. We would like to thank our sponsors for helping to make this Library Scavenger Hunt possible including North Pointe Cinema, It’s Whimsicality, Java Jack, Martin’s Supermarket, Terri’s This and That, Deli N Dough, TJ’s Crafts & Home Décor and Pete and Freddy’s Pages Aplenty Bookstore!

For more information, please contact Elyza at (574) 353-7234. 

Monday Afternoon at the Movies. We invite you to attend our afternoon movie starting at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9. The feature film will be “JUNO.” When precocious teen Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) becomes pregnant, she chooses a failed rock star and his wife (Jennifer Garner) to adopt her unborn child. Complications occur when Mark, the prospective father, begins viewing Juno as more than just the mother of his future child, putting both his marriage and the adoption in jeopardy.

Story Hour will be held on Friday, Sept. 13.  Bring the little ones to the Library at 10 a.m. Story hour takes place in the children’s room.  Stories being read are A Color of His Own by Leo Lionne, Chameleons are Cool by Martin Jenkins and Miles and Miles of Reptiles by Tish Rabe. Our craft project will be a Colorful Chameleon. 

There are still plenty of books left in our lobby for our Book Sale. Stop by to see what is still available. Prices are as follows: 25 cents hardback (including E hardbacks) or five for $1, 10 cents paperbacks (including trade paperbacks (taller paperbacks), 50 cents for Audiobooks and 25 cents for music CDs. DVDs as marked, some are $1 some are $3.

Are you new to Hoopla Digital?  Log on today to read these audiobooks The Real Deal by Lauren Blackley, The Girl in Red by John Nicholl and Secrets Unsealed by Marie Harte. Kids and Teens can browse these titles Call of the Wild by Jack London and The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems.