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Book Club Collection
Ames Public Library has multiple copies of many books that are popular with book clubs, and they can be checked out for 6 weeks! See the Book Club Collection list in the online catalog or view the PDF.
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Latest Library Notes
Tailoring my 12
If someday, in the distant future, my tombstone should read, death by TBR (To Be Read) pile, I would smile from the great beyond. I’m in no rush for that to become a permanent fixture but I would consider it a life well lived. So many books, so little time.
Since I read ...
Books for Babies
Did you know that almost 1,200 babies are born at Mary Greeley Medical Center (MGMC) every year? That seems like a strange statistic to read in a library’s news column, but every one of those babies left MGMC with a connection to Ames Public Library (APL).
There’s almost ...
Behind the Scenes in a Library Under Construction
If you have visited the library in the past few weeks, you know the changes we have been going through. Over half of our building has been inaccessible as we tear up the decade-old carpet and replace it. You may have heard banging construction sounds or smelled carpet glue while ...
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Gift Guides
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Online Resources for Readers
BookFlix
This engaging resource for children in grades PreK–3 will help early readers develop and practice essential reading skills, and introduces them to a world of knowledge and exploration.
Novelist Plus
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.