The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library group is accepting donations for a fall book sale to be held from Sept. 22 to Sept. 27 at 145 S. Main St.
Hardbound and paperback books in good condition are being accepted for the sale, as well as original copies of audiovisual material (audio books, compact disks, videocassettes and DVDs) that are in cases. Children's materials in good condition are also welcome.
Beginning Monday, Sept. 12, storytime for preschoolers ages 3-5 will be held at the Bluffton Public Library on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Themes this fall include apples, scarecrows, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Storytime will also celebrate National Honey Month in September and Young Reader's Day on Nov. 8.
Each storytime session is approximately 35-40 minutes long and includes stories, songs, fingerplays and other related activities. Parents or caregivers must register their child at the library's circulation desk.
Bluffton Public Library will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of Labor Day.
Due dates for library materials will be adjusted accordingly. For more information, visit the library, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org or call 419-358-5016.
In honor of National Inventor's Month and the birth of Neil Armstrong, Bluffton Public Library will host a family Space Day at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18.
Special guest Dr. Eric Baumgartner, Dean of the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University, will begin the program by sharing his experiences working for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Looking for something new and interesting to read? Then be sure to read "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana" by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, and attend a discussion of this recent New York Times bestseller on Wednesday, Sept.7, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Common Grounds Coffeehouse & Caf'e in Bluffton.
"The Dressmaker of Khair Khana" is a true story about five sisters in Afghanistan making a life for themselves despite the hardships of living under the Taliban.
