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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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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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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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Scan the QR code to register for a Practice ACT, brought to us by Beacon Tutoring Co.!

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Mar 26
Spring Break Staycation: Cardboard Castles (K-3)
Mar 26, 2026 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Zumba
Mar 26, 2026 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm
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Adult Cross-Stitch Club
Mar 26, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Black Phone 2
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Bugonia
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Exit Strategy: A Reacher Novel Child, Lee
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Jurassic World : Rebirth
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The King's Ransom Evanovich, Janet
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The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe : A True Crime Thriller Patterson, James
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The Long Walk
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My Husband's Wife : a novel Feeney, Alice
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One Battle After Another
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The Proving Ground Connelly, Michael
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Regretting You
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Remain : A Supernatural Love Story Sparks, Nicholas
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Return of the Spider Patterson, James
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Events

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Adult Cross-Stitch Club

Thursday, March 26th 5:00pm

Join us in the Shakespeare Room for our weekly cross-stitch club!

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Zumba

Thursday, March 26th 5:00pm

Get your heart pumping and dance your way to fitness - no prior experience required. Join us for Zumba!

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Adult Cookbook Club

Saturday, March 28th 12:00pm

Join us in the Round Room for Cookbook Club! See our Clubs page in the Events tab for more information - keep in mind that this event is registration only!

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Spring Break Staycation: Cardboard Castles (K-3)

Thursday, March 26th 2:00pm

Kids K-3, join us during our Spring Break Staycation to build castles and more with recycled materials!

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Spring Break Staycation: Pre-K Fantastical Art Day

Friday, March 27th 10:00am

Pre-K kids, join us during our Spring Break Staycation, don your wizard cap, and art will magically appear!

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Spring Break Staycation: Enchanted Art Alchemy (K-3)

Friday, March 27th 2:00pm

Kids K-3, join us during our Spring Break Staycation to practice your alchemy skills with STEAM based art projects!

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Teen Tabletop Club

Saturday, March 28th 9:30am

All teens are welcome to join in for some Tabletop RPG fun, in a one-shot campaign led by Charlie Potter – newcomers welcome!

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TeenHub Maker Meet-Up - Perler Beads Unlimited!

Wednesday, April 8th 4:00pm

Teens (7th-12th grade) are invited to design their own perler bead creations! What will you make?

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Design-A-Pin Challenge: First Call for Teen Artists!

Wednesday, April 15th 4:00pm

Hey Teens (7th-12th grade); here’s a chance to get YOUR art on library pins for CCJPL’s Summer Reading Challenge! To find out more, join us to draft, design, and submit your own art for SRC 2026!

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Book Lists

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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

One-Punch Man, Vol. 31 ONE view item
One Piece, Vol. 109 Eiichiro Oda view item
Costumes for Time Travelers A.R. Capetta view item
Daybreak, Vol. 1 Moosoop view item
Clementine: Book Three Tillie Walden view item
Family Force V: Book One Matt Braly and Ainsworth Lin view item
Bound by Stars E.L. Starlings view item
The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood & Boyfriends Jamie D’Amato view item
The Executioners Three Susan Dennard view item
Woven from Clay Jenny Birch view item
Girls of Dark Divine E.V. Woods view item
A Beautiful and Terrible Murder Claire Andrews view item

August 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

A Place for Us James Ransome view item
Forts Katie Vanit and Kenard Pak view item
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 Lauren Tarshis and Scott Dawson view item
Bluey: Bad Mood Penguin Young Readers Licences view item
Fish Don't Go to School Deb Pilutti view item
Tiny T. Rex and the First-Day Oopsies Jonathan Stutzman and Jay Fleck view item
A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation Pablo Cartaya view item
Encounter at Owl Rock Rucker Moses view item
The Incorruptibles Lauren Magaziner view item
The Tower at the End of Time Amy Sparkes view item
Tyger SF Said and Dave McKean view item
The Boy, the Mountain, and the Serpent Who Ate the Moon Caris Avendano Cruz view item

August 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Tonight in Jungleland Peter Ames Carlin view item
Disney Adults AJ Wolfe view item
Under the Stars Beatriz Williams view item
She Didn't See It Coming Shari Lapena view item
Songs for Other People's Weddings David Levithan view item
Too Old for This Samantha Downing view item
People Like Us Jason Mott view item
The Magician of Tiger Castle Louis Sachar view item
My Other Heart Emma Nanami Strenner view item
Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz view item
The Locked Ward Sarah Pekkanen view item
The Enchanted Greenhouse Sarah Beth Durst view item

August 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

I, Rock Katie Slivensky & Steph Stilwell view item
Snoop Grodon Korman view item
Another Paul Tremblay view item
Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles Steve Jenkins & Robin Page view item
The Day the Books Disappeared Joanna Ho, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, & Dan Santat view item
I Got You Derrick Barnes & Shamar Knight-Justice view item
Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet Beth Ferry & Charles Santoso view item
Ablaze Jessica Lawson & Sarah Gonzales view item
Millie Fleur Saves the Night Christy Mandin view item
Norman and the Smell of Adventure Ryan T. Higgins view item
The League of Littles Casey Lyall & Sara Faber view item
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of African Animals Catherine D. Hughes view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Nightblood Prince Molly X. Chang view item
Spider-Society: Enter...the Spider-Versers Alex Segura, Steve Godleski, Ruairi Coleman, Salvador Larroca, & Pete Woods view item
Den of Liars Jessica S. Olson view item
Tenderly, I Am Devoured Lyndall Clipstone view item
Fateless Julie Kagawa view item
Masks: A Graphic Novel Margaret Rae, Brian Nathanson, & Beck Kubrick view item
A Mastery of Monsters Liselle Sambury view item
Immortal Consequences I.V. Marie view item
The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel Maggie Stiefvater, Stephanie Williams, & Sas Milledge view item
We Won't All Survive Kate Alice Marshall view item
The Last Tiger Julia Riew & Brad Riew view item
A Theory of Dreaming Ava Reid view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

The Jailhouse Lawyer James Patterson & Nancy Allen view item
The CIA Book Club Charlie English view item
Dinner with King Tut Sam Kean view item
Finding Grace Loretta Rothschild view item
Culpability Bruce Holsinger view item
Spectacular Things Beck Dorey-Stein view item
The Satisfaction Café Kathy Wang view item
You Belong Here Megan Mirdanda view item
Party of Liars Kelsey Cox view item
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna view item
The Compound Aisling Rawle view item
The Woman in Suite 11 Ruth Ware view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

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Amelia, If Only Becky Albertalli view item
The Ground That Devours Us Kalla Harris view item
Lady or the Tiger Heather M. Herrman view item
If We Survive This Racquel Marie view item
We Can Never Leave H.E. Edgmon view item
My Hero Academia, Vol. 41 Kohei Horikoshi view item
A Forgery of Fate Elizabeth Lim view item
Never Thought I'd End Up Here Ann Liang view item
Heir of Storms Lauryn Hamilton Murray view item
Best of All Worlds Kenneth Oppel view item
Among Ghosts Racehl Hartman view item
Lovesick Falls Julia Drake view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Wish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt & Nancy Carpenter view item
Pete the Cat's Mars Mission James Dean & Kimberly Dean view item
Becoming Boba Joanna Ho & Amber Ren view item
Karen's Ghost DK Yingst & Ann M. Martin view item
Chef's Secret Kelly Yang view item
When You Go To Dragon School Chelsea M. Campbell & Charlene Chua view item
This Book Is Dangerous! Ben Clanton view item
First Day Around the World Ibi Zoboi & Juanita Londoño view item
The Day the Crayons Made Friends Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers view item
We Are American, Too Kristen Mei Chase & Jieting Chen view item
Angel Draws A Dinosaur Pavonis Giron view item
The Wild Robot on the Island Peter Brown view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Murderland Caroline Fraser view item
The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück Lynne Olson view item
Don't Let Him In Lisa Jewell view item
El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott view item
Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston view item
King of Ashes S.A. Cosby view item
With a Vengeance Riley Sager view item
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V.E. Schwab view item
Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid view item
The Phoenix Pencil Company Allison King view item
The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater view item
The Ghostwriter Julie Clark view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

Cranky, Crabby Crow Corey R. Tabor view item
One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharee Miller view item
Take a Breath, Big Red Monster! Ed Emberley view item
Pokémon Life Size DK view item
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 National Geographic Kids view item
Entirely Emmie Terri Libenson view item
Bear Feels Sad Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman view item
Everything's Wrong! Jory John and Erin Kraan view item
Cousins!: A Big Family Story Laura Lavoie and Luisa Leal view item
The Queen Bees of Tybee County Kyle Casey Chu view item
Little Bird Laila Kelly Yang and Xindi Yan view item
Return to Sender Vera Brosgol view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Graveyard Club: Fresh Blood R.L. Stine and Carola Borelli view item
Wake the Wild Creatures Nova Ren Suma view item
Lovely Dark and Deep Elisa A. Bonnin view item
Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler view item
Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger view item
The Whisperwood Legacy Jo Schulte view item
When We Go Missing April Henry view item
Out of Air Rachel Reiss view item
The Glittering Edge Alyssa Villaire view item
Graphic Novel Builder Edward Ross and Aysha Tengiz view item
Up in Smoke Nick Brooks view item
The Survivor Wants to Die at the End Adam Silvera view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Steve Martin Writes the Written Word Steve Martin view item
Baking Across America B. Dylan Hollis view item
The Original Daughter Jemimah Wel view item
The Love Haters Katherine Center view item
Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan view item
The Man Made of Smoke Alex North view item
Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz view item
I Will Blossom Anyway Disha Bose view item
The Names Florence Knapp view item
The Missing Half Ashley Flowerrs view item
Julie Chan Is Dead Liann Zhang view item
My Friends Fredrick Backman view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - Adults

On Again, Awkward Again Erin Entrada Kelly view item
The Floating World Axie Oh view item
Wish Upon a K-Star Kat Cho view item
My Cat Is Such a Weirdo Vol. 6 Tamako Tamagoyama view item
Boys with Sharp Teeth Jenni Howell view item
Love in 280 Characters or Less Ravynn K. Stringfield view item
All the Stars Align Gretchen Schreiber view item
Where Shadows Meet Patrice Caldwell view item
Holy Terrors Margaret Owen view item
The Notorious Virtues Alwyn Hamilton view item
Watch Me Tahereh Mafi view item
Fearless Lauren Roberts view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Odder Katherine Applegate view item
Band Nerd Sarah Clawson Willis view item
Warm and Fuzzy Scott Rothman view item
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover Linda Bailey view item
Don't Trust Fish Neil Sharpson view item
Ancient Egypt DK view item
Ollie in Between Jess Callans view item
The Littlest Drop Sascha Alper view item
A Day at the Beach Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge view item
Karen's Prize Shauna J. Grant, Ann M. Martin view item
YAY! Jessica Kulekjian view item
The Cartoonists Club Raina Telgemeier view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Cat Who Saved the Library Sosuke Natsukawa view item
Secrets of Adulthood Gretchen Rubin view item
No More Tears Gardiner Harris view item
The Next Day Melinda French Gates view item
The Staircase in the Woods Chuck Wendig view item
Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry view item
The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits Jennifer Weiner view item
The Maid's Secret Nita Prose view item
Audition Katie Kitamura view item
Flirting Lessons Jasmine Guillory view item
The Float Test Lynn Steger Strong view item
Say You'll Remember Me Abby Jimenez view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

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We are beyond excited to announce our 2026 Library Concert Series!

March 26, 2026 Rylie Yawson

We have a great year of music ahead at the library. Read all about it!

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Voting is Open for the 2026 Arkansas Teen Book Awards!

March 9, 2026 Michaela Huss

Meet the Candidates and Prepare to Cast Your Vote!

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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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See what the Friends of the Library are all about!

With the upcoming expansion to our Friends of the Library Book Shop, now is a great time to learn more about what they do, the price of their materials, and how become a Friend!

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We meet the evolving information needs of our community through opportunities to learn and explore.

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