Adult Blog
Clickable Poems for Kids
We now have Clickable Poems available for your listening pleasure! Join our staff as they read some of their favorite poems here.
Friends of the Library Book Sale
The Friends of the Bentonville Library are holding their annual book sale this weekend! Come and buy some good books at inexpensive prices. All proceeds directly support Bentonville Library.
Spring is here - time to work outside!
Spring has officially sprung in Benton County! What kinds of projects do you want to accomplish this season? Go to our Online Resources page and check out some of our awesome resources for the do-it-yourself weekend warrior...want to maintain your yard or house? Redecorate? Try the Home Improvement Reference Center. Interested in food and gardening? Try the Agriculture Collection or the Gardening, Landscape, and Horticulture collection. What about recycling and green building? GreenFILE should do the trick.
Adult Book Club Date Change
The Adult Book club will meet on the second Tuesday of each month beginning April 10th, instead of meeting on the second Monday. April's book selection is The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. We will still meet in the fireplace area at 6:00. Come join us!
Book Club
This evening the BPL Adult Book Club will discuss The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Join us at 6:00 in the fireplace room for a lively discussion!
Great Book - Good Advice!
I just finished the book Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making it Work by Tim Gunn. Mr. Gunn has achieved fame by recently appearing on the television show Project Runway, but he has been a member of the fashion world for most of his career. I will admit that I approached this book with some trepidation, but the first few pages caught my attention so I thought I would give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he believes in politeness, hard work, and creativity as means to get ahead in life. He also stresses several times in the book that the world doesn't owe us anything, and that to get ahead we must take what we have and use it to transform our lives. He includes stories from his youth that, quite frankly, made me feel much better about some of my fears that I have wrestled with in the past! His down-to-earth advice and approachable writing style made me laugh at times, get a little teary at times, but most importantly think about improvements I can make in my own life. I think we should all say Mr. Gunn's catch-phrase when we face difficulties- just make it work!
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Library Closed
The Bentonville Public Library will be closed Monday, February 20 in observance of Presidents' Day.
Little Bee Book Discussion Postponed
Snowy weather is causing BPL to postpone our adult book club until next Tuesday. Join us 2/21 at 6pm in the fireplace room to discuss Little Bee by Chris Cleeve.
Little Bee
February's Book Club selection is Little Bee by Chris Cleave. Join us in BPL's Fireplace Room on Monday, Feb 13 at 6pm to discuss this interesting story that Library Journal calls an "astonishing, flawless novel." For more info about BPL's Adult Book Club, click here.
