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 Introducing the 2026 Speaker Series

Learn more about our 2026 Speaker Series in Rylie Yawson’s latest blog post!

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Library To Go

We are proud to launch Library To Go, a free delivery service for Jonesboro residents who are homebound due to age, illness, or disability. Check under the events tab for more information and to access the application!

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The 2026 Library Concert Series

We are thrilled to announce our beloved Library Concert Series for 2026! Throughout the year, the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library will host four incredible live performances, showcasing a variety of musical talent free to the public. Click here for more information!

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Knitting Club

Grab your lunch and join us for knitting in the Genealogy Area at noon on Thursdays!

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Zumba

Join us in the Round Room every Thursday at 5:00pm for Zumba!

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Library Game Day

Join us for Library Game Day, an event thats fun for all ages.  Everyone is welcome to come play some board games and with every game you play you enter a drawing to take that game home!

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Yoga Class

Join us every Monday for a FREE yoga session, starting at 5pm in the Round Room! We hope to see you there!

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Oct 1
Murder and Mayhem Book Club
Oct 1, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Bookish Babies
Oct 2, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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CCJPL Kids Rock Club
Oct 2, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Events

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Murder and Mayhem Book Club

Thursday, October 1st 5:30pm

Join us for Murder and Mayhem Book Club!

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Bookish Babies

Friday, October 2nd 10:00am

Parents, bring your babies to the Children's Library for a themed Bookish Babies Storytime!

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Lan Law: Country Duo Concert Performance

Friday, October 2nd 6:00pm

Join us for brothers Lance and Lawson, part of the 2026 Library Concert Series! This country duo brings a modern country sound for an evening of live music and fun! Bring your own lawn chair, settle in, and enjoy the show!

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Bookish Babies

Friday, October 2nd 10:00am

Parents, bring your babies to the Children's Library for a themed Bookish Babies Storytime!

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CCJPL Kids Rock Club

Friday, October 2nd 4:00pm

Join us for our monthly CCJPL Kids Rock Club. Children, K-6th grade, can join in on rock activities, get to learn and study different types of rocks and trade rocks with fellow rock collectors! Each month, participants will get a new rock to add to their collection. Meets the first Friday of every month in the Children's Library.

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Lan Law: Country Duo Concert Performance

Friday, October 2nd 6:00pm

Join us for brothers Lance and Lawson, part of the 2026 Library Concert Series! This country duo brings a modern country sound for an evening of live music and fun! Bring your own lawn chair, settle in, and enjoy the show!

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Friday Night Magic: the Gathering for Teens

Friday, October 2nd 4:00pm

Join Ms. Michaela in the Teen Area on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month for Friday Night Magic!

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Lan Law: Country Duo Concert Performance

Friday, October 2nd 6:00pm

Join us for brothers Lance and Lawson, part of the 2026 Library Concert Series! This country duo brings a modern country sound for an evening of live music and fun! Bring your own lawn chair, settle in, and enjoy the show!

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Game Lab: Teen Edition

Friday, October 9th 4:00pm

Are you a fan of Tabletop Games? Teens (7th-12th grade) are invited to a workshop led by special guests from the NEA Gamer’s Guild all about developing their own board game, card game, or TTRPG!

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Book Lists

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Reliquary Hannah Whitten view item
Daggerbound T. Kingfisher view item
Big Little Truths Liane Moriarty view item
What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking Caroline Chambers view item
Stay Buried Jennifer McMahon view item
Sunlight Finds You Laura Moriarty view item
The Unknown Riley Sager view item
Take What You Can Naima Coster view item
Adversary to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer view item
The Wild Beneath Kelly Anderson view item
The Women in White Sarah Pekkanen view item
The Amateur Chris Bohjalian view item

August 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

How to Dive to the Deepest Place on Earth Kathryn D. Sullivan and Michael J. Rosen view item
Unico: Lost (Volume 3) Samuel Sattin view item
The New Prophecy, Part One of Three Erin Hunter view item
Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home Zach Weinersmith view item
Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer view item
Liliana the Strong Quentin Blake view item
Firefly Lullaby Kenneth Kraegel view item
The Monster Manual Sarah Glenn Marsh view item
Monsters Are the Worst! Alex Willan view item
The Cow in the Dark at Night Jess Hannigan view item
Owl by Myself Pete Oswald view item
Kindergarten Gets Ready Naomi Danis view item

August 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

Transformers Vol. 5: Generation One Robert Kirkman view item
My Tokyo Summer: A Graphic Novel Abby Denson view item
Orion Ngozi Ukazu view item
Alex, by Proxy Karen Myna Cantor view item
Tides of Fortune Lauryn Hamilton Murray view item
I Didn't Do It Elle Gonzalez Rose view item
Flickerstate F. A. Davidson view item
The Harrow Home for Wayward Girls Jessica Spotswood view item
Bound by Fury Noelle Monét view item
Such Great Heights Rajani LaRocca view item
My Killer Family Reunion Dinesh Thiru view item
Frostbite: A Graphic Novel Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra view item

August 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

Fierce Country Heather Hansman view item
The Lost Founder Jesse Wegman view item
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead view item
The Romance Revival Christina Lauren view item
The Half Life Rachel Beanland view item
The Intrigue Silvia Moreno-Garcia view item
Hot Girl Murder Club Ashley Winstead view item
An Infinite Love Story Chanel Cleeton view item
Love You More Emily Giffin view item
Helpless Jessica Knoll view item
Country People Daniel Mason view item
The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts Robert Thorogood view item

July 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

First Illustrated Math Dictionary Kirsteen Robson view item
The Ultimate Secret Builder's Guide to Minecraft Scholastic view item
Transylvania County Jenny Howard view item
Spindlewood Freddie Kölsch view item
The Ginghams T. C. Kemper view item
Bluey: Taxi Rafferty Amor view item
Grumpy Monkey Up All Night Suzanne Lang view item
The House with Nobody in It Jon Klassen view item
Frankenkitty Maudie Powell-Tuck view item
The Skeleton and the Cat Brandon James Scott view item
Incredibly Fast and Not at All Fun Tadgh Bentley view item
A Surprise for Snail Petr Horácek view item

July 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

Spider-Man Noir: The Gwen Stacy Affair Erik Larsen view item
Together We See Ari Tison view item
School Bus Graveyard, Volume 1 Red view item
Take It to Your Grave Louangie Bou-Montes view item
Tides of Fortune Lauryn Hamilton Murray view item
I Didn't Do It Elle Gonzalez Rose view item
Alex, by Proxy Karen Myna Cantor view item
Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams Angela Velez view item
Her Sharp Embrace Kate Koenig view item
Where You'll Find Us Jen St. Jude view item
Their Will Undone R.J. Valldeperas view item
Last to Leave Teresa Richards view item

July 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

Colossal (Volume 1) Rutile view item
Let Me Be Honest Michaela Allen view item
Eden of Witches Volume 7 Yumeji view item
Landing in Place Sherine Hamdy view item
The Last Best Quest Ever F.T. Lukens view item
The Hanging Bones Elle Tesch view item
I'm Gonna Get You Back Eva Des Lauriers view item
Force of Nature Melissa Clark view item
Stops Along the Way Anna Sortino view item
This Must Be the Place Kelly Quindlen view item
I Am Not a Vampire Darcy Miller view item
Her Sharp Embrace Kate Koenig view item

June 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

Axolotl-Ella Kate Messner view item
I Used to Be a Dinosaur Casey Lyall view item
Perfect Enough Meg Eden Kuyatt view item
Griffin Speaker Jan M. Flynn view item
Our Fair Share Sarah Marie Jette view item
Listen to the Girls Chrystal D. Giles view item
Lonely Planet Kids Let's Go Rock Collecting Laura Baker view item
How to Survive in the Age of Knights Jaime Joyce view item
The Juneteenth Alphabet Andrea Underwood Petifer view item
They Built Me for Freedom Tonya Duncan Ellis, Jenin Mohammed
So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story Anne Wynter view item
America's Founding Myths...and What Really Happened Christy Mihaly view item

June 2026 Book Recommendations - Children

Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days Blair LM Kelley view item
Decoding the Devil: Black Women Codebreakers and the Secret War Against Stalin's Bomb Sarah Valentine view item
The Wreck of the Mentor Eric Jay Dolin view item
The Missed Connection Tia Williams view item
A Pair of Aces Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray view item
The Someday Garden Ashley Poston view item
Daughters of the Sun and Moon Lisa See view item
Whistler Ann Patchett view item
Land Maggie O'Farrell view item
The Children Melissa Albert view item
Death on the Lanai Rachel Ekstrom Courage view item
Dolly All the Time Annabel Monaghan view item

June 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

Rialto Kate Milford view item
May the Dead Keep You Jill Baguchinsky view item
Piper at the Gates of Dusk Patrick Ness view item
How the Other Half Die P. C. Roscoe view item
The Labyrinth of Waking Dreams Michelle Kulwicki view item
A House of Vipers Emma Jackson view item
Last Kiss of Summer Jessica M. Felleman view item
This Could All Go Bad Spencer Hall view item
The Thorn Queen Sasha Peyton Smith view item
Under a Carnivore Sky Brianna Jett view item
I Could Give You the Moon Ann Liang view item
Gods & Comics Kat Cho view item

May 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

We the People Is All the People Howard W Reeves view item
RV There Yet? Suzanne Nelson view item
The Baby Who Only Said No! Sandra Salsbury view item
Where Do Stories Live? Meenal Patel
Sheep & Goat Climb the World A.C. Paolini view item
Unbreakable Minoru Tonai view item
Mr. Chow's Night Market Emily Sun Li view item
Miles Ahead Minh Le view item
The Second Life of Snap Erin Entrada Kelly view item
Auntie Q's Golden Claws Nail Salon Van Hoang view item
The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia Leia Ham view item
The Shark Prince Malia Maunakea view item

May 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

Caller Unknown Gillian McAllister view item
The Library After Dark Ande Pliego view item
Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children Mac Barnett view item
Our Perfect Storm Carley Fortune view item
Enormous Wings Laurie Frankel view item
The Things We Never Say Elizabeth Strout view item
True Crime: A Memoir Patricia Cornwell view item
Homebound Portia Elan view item
The Last Contract of Isako Fonda Lee view item
The Girl with a Thousand Faces Sunyi Dean view item
The Take Kelly Yang view item
Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead Mai Nguyen view item

May 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

So Witches We Became Jill Baguchinsky view item
I Am the Swarm Hayley Chewins view item
Sidequested: Book 1 K.B. Spangler & Alexandra Presser view item
Burn the Water Billy Ray view item
Estela, Undrowning René Peña-Govea view item
Prodigal Tiger Samantha Chong view item
Witch Hat Atelier 14 Kamome Shirahama view item
Castle Swimmer: Volume 3 Wendy Martin view item
The Free Verse Society Delali Adjoa view item
Six Must Die Victoria Wlosok view item
Follow the Water Ellen Cochrane view item
We're a Bad Idea, Right? K. L. Walther view item

April 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

When Twilight Comes Marcie Flinchum Atkins & Michelle Morin view item
Questions and Answers about Dinosaurs Clare Hibbert & Felicity Forster view item
The Girl Who Changed Little League Maria Pepe, Jean L. S. Patrick & Sarah Green view item
Leo's Lobo Melissa Cristina Márquez & Maria Gabriela Gama view item
Roohi and Nate Are Not on the Same Page Supriya Kelkar & Jarrett Lerner view item
The Dark Is For Jane Kohuth & Cindy Derby view item
Navigating Night Julie Leung & Angie Kang view item
Goldfinches Mary Oliver & Melissa Sweet view item
Red River Rose Carole Lindstrom view item
Bravepaw and the Heartstone of Alluria L. M. Wilkinson & Lavanya Naidu view item
Selma-The Story of a Stellar Spider Tini Malina & Tammi Reichel view item
The Whale's Tale and the Otter's Side of the Story Kate Messner & Brian Biggs view item

April 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

Night Owl: Poems Aimee Nezhukumatathil view item
Joyful, Anyway Kate Bowler view item
Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom Camonghne Felix view item
A Suit or a Suitcase: Poems Maggie Smith view item
Parks and Rec: The Underdog TV Show That Lit'rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America Jennifer Keishin Armstrong view item
Upward Bound Woody Brown view item
Nothing Tastes as Good Luke Dumas view item
The Night We Met Abby Jimenez view item
American Fantasy Emma Straub view item
The Ending Writes Itself Evelyn Clarke view item
Yesteryear Caro Claire Burke view item
The Book Witch Meg Shaffer view item

April 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

Few Blue Skies Carolina Ixta view item
Before We Wake Sophia Glock view item
A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny Caroline Bonin view item
The Swan's Daughter Roshani Chokshi view item
Beth Is Dead Katie Bernet view item
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay Ryan Douglass view item
Ungodly Chaos Selma Soren view item
Stolen Midnights Katherine Quinn view item
Carnival Fantástico Angela Montoya view item
The Light That Blinds Us Andy Darcy Theo view item
Paradise Coast Suzanne Young view item
The Spiral Key Kelsey Day view item

March 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

Hattie Mae Begins Again Sharon G. Flake view item
Chicka Chicka Peep Peep Julien Chung view item
Mayowa and the Sea of Words Chibundu Onuzo view item
Cat's New Book Nathalie Belhassen view item
A Scar Like a River Lisa Graff view item
The Aftermyth Tracy Wolff view item
It's Spring! Renée Kurill view item
The Princess and the Grain of Rice Tina Cho & Honee Jang view item
Some of Us Are Brave Saadia Faruqi view item
The Adventures of Tubby Nugget Jenine Pastores & Josh Jackson view item
Loops Jashar Awan view item
Duck Delivers Tom Tinn-Disbury view item

March 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

That's What Friends Are For Wade Rouse view item
You with the Sad Eyes Christina Applegate view item
Southern Roots Anita "Spring" Council & Marcie Cohen Ferris view item
The Blood Countess Shelley Puhak view item
We the Women Norah O'Donnell & Kate Andersen Brower view item
Keeper of Lost Children Sadeqa Johnson view item
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter Heather Fawcett view item
The Astral Library Kate Quinn view item
More Than Enough Anna Quindlen view item
Lake Effect Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney view item
Wait for Me Amy Jo Burns view item
Kin Tayari Jones view item

March 2026 Book Recommendations - Adults

Lost Lambs Madeline Cash view item
American Canto Olivia Nuzzi view item
The Sea Captain's Wife Tilar J. Mazzeo view item
Every Day I Read Hwang Bo-reum & Shanna Tan view item
Meet the Newmans Jennifer Niven view item
The Storm Rachel Hawkins view item
The Rest of Our Lives Ben Markovits view item
The Time Hop Coffee Shop Phaedra Patrick view item
Snake-Eater T. Kingfisher view item
The Mating Game Lana Ferguson view item
Tailored Realities Brandon Sanderson view item
The Heir Apparent Rebecca Armitage view item

February 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

The Demon and the Light Axie Oh view item
Last Chance Live! Helena Haywoode Henry view item
The Obsession Natasha Preston view item
A Dark Forgetting Kristen Ciccarelli view item
Never Seen the Stars Kate Korsh view item
Pink & Habanero, Vol. 4 Mika Satonaka, Alethea Nibley, Athena Nibley , & Dietrich Premier view item
Star Wars: Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1 Kenny Ruiz view item
Eden of Witches Volume 5 Yumeji & Jessie Aufiery view item
Transformers Vol. 4: Conquer and Control Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona, Ludo Lullabi, & Mike Spicer view item
Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel William Golding & Aimée de Jongh view item
On Starlit Shores: A Graphic Novel Bex Glendining view item
A Quick & Easy Guide to Healthy Relationships Mariah-Rose Marie view item

February 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

For the Fans! (Kpop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook Angela Song & Golden Books view item
A Quick Trip to the Store Sam Wedelich view item
A Hatful of Dreams Bob Graham view item
Penguin Young Readers Licenses I Love My Family by Bluey and Bingo view item
Bored Felicita Sala view item
Besties: Set Sail Kayla Miller, Jeffrey Canino, & Kristina Luu view item
Sweet Valley Twins: Three's a Crowd Nicole Andelfinger, Francine Pascal, & Claudia Aguirre view item
Pizza and Taco: Go Viral! Stephen Shaskan view item
The Taylors Jen Calonita view item
Rapunzel and the Sea Witch Kim Bussing view item
A Sea Monster Conundrum Lisa Yee & Dan Santat view item
The Moon Without Stars Chanel Miller view item

February 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

A Cookbook for Winter Ryland Peters & Small view item
Warm Your Bones Vanessa Seder view item
The American Revolution Geoffrey C. Ward & Kens Burns view item
Star of the Show Dolly Parton & Tom Roland view item
The Look Michelle Obama view item
The Secret Christmas Library Jenny Colgan view item
Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon Matthew Norman view item
The Best Christmas Choir Elizabeth Hrib view item
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah Jean Meltzer view item
While It Was Snowing Julia London view item
Brimstone Callie Hart view item
Best Offer Wins Marisa Kashino view item

December 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm Saves Christmas! Richard Scarry view item
The Snowball Fight Beth Ferry & Tom Lichtenheld view item
Dory Fantasmagory Abby Hanlon view item
Snow Is... Laura Gehl & Sonia Sánchez view item
Snow Kid Jessie Sima view item
The Digger and the Christmas Tree Joseph Kuefler view item
Cat's Christmas Alison Murray view item
Bluey's Night Before Christmas Lauren Holowaty, Kiara Hankinson, Jemma Bayley, & Costa Kassab view item
Elmore and the Big Christmas Rescue Dev Petty & Mike Boldt view item
The Boy, the Troll, and the Chalk Anne Booth & David Litchfield view item
Bluey: The Sign: A Graphic Novel Penguin Young Readers Licenses view item
Piggypine Richard T. Morris & Charles Santoso view item

December 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Angelica and the Bear Prince Trung Le Nguyen view item
Eden of Witches Volume 5 Yumeji & Jessie Aufiery view item
The Book of Dust Philip Pullman view item
Under a Fire-Red Sky Geraldine McCaughrean view item
Reasons We Break Jesmeen Kaur Deo view item
Sara Raash & Beth Revis The Crimson Throne view item
Always Raining Here Hazel & Bell view item
Star Wars: Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1 Kenny Ruiz view item
Not Today, Satan Samantha Joyce view item
A Matter of Murder Tirzah Price view item
The Same Backward as Forward Jennifer Lynn Barnes view item
The Wildest Dreams Bookshop Gracie Page view item

December 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

For No Mortal Creature Keshe Chow view item
Witchlight Susan Dennard view item
Balancing ACTBalancing ACT Paula Chase view item
The Same Backward as Forward Jennifer Lynn Barnes view item
The House Saphir Marissa Meyer view item
We Fell Apart E. Lockhart view item
The Sleepless Jen Williams view item
Every Spiral of Fate Tahereh Mafi view item
And the River Drags Her Down Jihyun Yun view item
The Scammer Tiffany D Jackson view item
Hazelthorn CG Drews view item
Fake Skating Lynn Painter view item

November 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Sweet & Salty!: King Arthur Baking Company's Cookbook for Young Bakers King Arthur Baking Company view item
Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest Chris Grabenstein view item
Dragonborn Struan Murray view item
War Games Alan Gratz view item
Dinky the Tinysaur Maggie Edkins Willis view item
Maya the Ember Dragon Maddy Mara view item
Ms. Rachel and Bean and the Bedtime Routine Ms. Rachel, Mr. Aron, & Monique Dong view item
I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 Lauren Tarshis view item
The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake Devin Elle Kurtz view item
Partypooper Jeff Kinney view item
The Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor's Lair Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate view item
The Humble Pie Jory John & Pete Oswald view item

November 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

We Did Ok, Kid Anthony Hopkins view item
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts Margaret Atwood view item
Otherwise Engaged Susan Mallery view item
Simply More Cynthia Erivo view item
An Academic Affair Jodi McAlister view item
The Forget-Me-Not Library Heather Webber view item
Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite view item
The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow view item
Boom Town Nic Stone view item
King Sorrow Joe Hill view item
The Black Wolf Louise Penny view item
Wreck Catherine Newman view item

November 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

A Steeping of Blood Hafsah Faizal view item
Season of Fear Emily Cooper view item
Lemons and Lies Alexis Castellanos view item
Rules for Fake Girlfriends Raegan Revord view item
How Far I'll Go Keala Kendall view item
When We Were Monsters Jennifer Niven view item
Keep Your Friends Close Cynthia Murphy view item
Sisters in the Wind Angeline Boulley view item
Thorn Season Kiera Azar view item
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Old School/New School Christos Gage, Eric Gapstur, & Leonardo Romero view item
My Fair Monster Adrienne Rivera view item
Dream by the Shadows Logan Karlie view item

September 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Aggie and the Ghost Matthew Forsythe view item
Schooled Jamie Sumner view item
The Pumpkin Princess and the Buried Castle Steven Banbury view item
An Anthology of Remarkable Bugs Jess French view item
Ilustra: Daybreaker: Book 1 Tori Tadiar view item
An Anthology of Fossils Dean Lomax view item
Get Ready for School! Ms. Rachel & Random House view item
Pete the Cat's Cool New Ride James Dean & Kimberly Dean view item
Pocket Bear Katherine Applegate view item
The Pigeon Won't Count to 10! Mo Willems view item
Big Nate: No Harm Done Lincoln Peirce view item
Tuck Me In! Nathan W. Pyle view item

September 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Secret Book Society Madeline Martin view item
Life, and Death, and Giants Ron Rindo view item
History Matters David McCullough, Dorie McCullough Lawson, & Michael Hill view item
We the People Jill Lepore view item
All the Way to the River Elizabeth Gilbert view item
The Book of Lost Hours Hayley Gelfuso view item
Katabasis R. F. Kuang view item
Buckeye Patrick Ryan view item
To the Moon and Back Eliana Ramage view item
Play Nice Rachel Harrison view item
Murder on the Marlow Belle Robert Thorogood view item
Amity Nathan Harris view item

September 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

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October 2026 Circulation Displays

September 30, 2026 CCJPL Displays

Circulation's October Display themes will be "Halloween" and "Book Graveyard"!

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Love at the Core: Theo of Golden

September 10, 2026 Rylie Yawson

A reflection on Theo of Golden and how love, humanity, and genuine connection can shape the way we create, work,...

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Timeline: Digitization Project

This is a community project designed to digitally preserve photographs from Craighead County and Jonesboro. Check out photographs from late 1800's and onwards or add your own photographs to the collection!

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