Monthly Newsletter
OCTOBER 2026 NEWS & EVENTS
October Library Closing Dates
The Main Library & North Lewisburg Branch Library will be closed on Friday, October 16th and Saturday, October 17th for staff training.
October Events
Fall October Storytimes
Hey kids! Join us for stories, songs and more during the month of October!
Main Library every Tuesday in October - Baby/Toddler: 9:30am and Preschool: 10:30am
North Lewisburg Branch Library every Thursday in October at 11:00am
Registration is required for each child, parents need not register.
Halloween Family Storytime (Main)
Monday, October 19th 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Kids of all ages are invited to join us for a special Halloween Family Storytime filled with stories, music and a fun art project!
Please register each child in attendance, adults need not register.
Don't forget to wear your favorite costume!
Barks & Books (Main)
Monday, October 20th 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children are invited to grab a book and practice their reading skills with the help of a furry friend. Join retired Urbana City School teacher, Miss Sleeper and her dog Tickles.
No registration required.
Tuesday Book Talk (Main)
Tuesday, October 20th 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Join us for an in-person discussion of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
Copies of the book are available to checkout from the library or as an Ohio Digital Library eBook.
No registration required.
Making Your Device Accessible (Main)
Wednesday, October 21st 11:00am or Thursday, October 22nd 3:00pm
Get help making your device easier to use for vision, hearing, or physical needs.
Join Tech Trainer Maria in Study Room C for this program.
No registration is required.
Elementary Homeschool Hour (Main)
Wednesday, October 21st 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Join us for the October Elementary Homeschool Hour. We will be focusing on electricity and everyone will get a chance to build a fiber optic light.
Please register each child who wants to make a light.
Magpie Journals (Main)
Saturday, October 24th 2:00pm - 4:00pm
What is a magpie journal? It’s a handmade book of recycled and found materials and ephemera. The pages can be used to write, draw, paint or record memories, thoughts, ideas, and inspiration.
Even if you weren't able to attend our previous programs, you are welcome to join in! All materials are provided.
Registration is required.
Lego Club (Main)
Monday, October 19th 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Kids of all ages are invited to bring their imagination and creativity to the Champaign Co. Library!
Each month kids can build their very own Lego creation brick by brick and put it on display to share with the community.
Legos are provided and no registration is required.
Silent Book Club (Main)
Tuesday, October 27th 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Join us for uninterrupted reading time and a fun discussion of what people are reading.
At the Silent Book Club we spend the first hour reading our current book anywhere in the library we'd like. Then for the last half hour, we gather to discuss with others what we're reading and what we'd recommend.
Light refreshments are served. No registration is required.
Upcoming November Events
The Gathered Table (Main)
Tuesday, November 3rd 6:30pm - 8:00pm
You don't want to miss out on this upcoming program! Join experienced baker and event host, Melissa Sunshine, as she takes the stress and guesswork out of hosting and decorating for your next holiday meal.
During this program, Melissa will discuss the following to help you provide an unforgettable and impressive event:
Formal & family-friendly Thanksgiving tablescapes.
Place sittings, centerpieces, and welcoming touches.
How much food to prepare per guest including protein, starches, and vegetables.
Whether you are new to hosting or a seasoned pro, everyone is welcome to attend!
Registration is required as seating will be limited.
Mark your calendars for the November Craft Supply & Puzzles Swap on November 7th taking place at the Champaign County Library, 1060 Scioto St. Urbana, Ohio.
"Early Bird" Access: 10:00am - 10:30am
General Access to All: 10:30am - 11:00am
Do you have craft supplies or puzzles that need a new home? You can donate them to the library to be included in the swap!
Donations will be accepted Thursday, November 5th 9:00am - 8:00pm
& Friday, November 6th 9:00am - 5:00pm.
Important details for the swap: In order to get "early bird" access, you must donate items prior to the swap. This will not be a one-for-one swap. Items will be in the meeting room and will be available to anyone that attends. Everyone is invited, you do not need to bring a donation.
New Items in Our Collection This Month:
Baby Einstein: New Classics: Season 1
Batman: Part 1: Knightfall
Big Cats, Small World
Breadwinner
Carolina Caroline
Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War
Disclosure Day
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Dreams
Evil Dead Burn
The Get Out
I Love Boosters
Landman: Season 2
Law & Order: SVU: Season 26
Lucky Strike
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Marshals: Season 1
Minions & Monsters
Mobland: Season 1
Ncis: Season 23
Outlander: Season 8
Passenger
Pokemon: Spooky Stories
Power Ballad
Reacher: Season 3
Return to the Moon
Scary Movie [2026]
The Sheep Detectives
Supergirl
Toy Story 5
Tuttle Twins: Season 1
Whistle
Young Washington
You’re Killing Me: Season 1
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber
Big Bad Wolf by Laurie Gilmore
Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters
The Butcher Legacy by Alaina Urquhart
The Chase by Felix Francis
Chasing Creed by Alex Kava
Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
Dangerland by Erin Singer
Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo
Etna by Paul Yoon
Every Given Day by Cathy Gohlke
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Fair Are the Meadows by Lauraine Snelling
Five Years Later by Grace E. Summers
The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White
Fury in Death by J.D. Robb
The Gamma Sequence by Dan Alatorre
Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult
Hollywood Ending by John Green
Illusive by Sylvia Day
In the Killer’s Sight by Mike Omer
Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig
The Last Love Song by Lucinda Riley
The Last Summer at Maine Chance by Jessica Everett
The Last to Drown by Noelle W. Ihli
Lion Hearts by Dan Jones
The Long Game by Rachel Reid
Major Bricket and the Body in the Bell Tower by Simon Brett
The Most Dangerous Games by MrBeast
Mother Daughter Sister Stranger by Hank Phillippi Ryan
My Sister is Going to Kill Me by Nina Simon
A New Year in the Keys by Hope Holloway
No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes
Nothing Tastes as Good by Luke Dumas
Off the Deep End by R. Jayne Revere
The Oxford Guide to Scandal & Lies by Kate Westbury
Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen
Pictures of You by Josh Malerman
Pressure Depth by Jack Stewart
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
The Quilt Whisperer Investigates by Peggy Ehrhart
Reliquary by Hannah Whitten
Role Model by Rachel Reid
Ruins by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Runner by Ashton Lattimore
Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden
Shattered Gods by Katee Robert
She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva
Shrink Solves Murder by Philippa Perry
Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen
Sometimes I Scare Myself by Jeneva Rose
Son of Nobody by Yann Martel
Sorry for Your Loss by Georgia McVeigh
The Sound of Regret by Trey Gowdy
Stitched by Eli McCann
Switzy by Emma Cline
Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang
Take What You Can by Naima Coster
That Night by Gillian McAllister
These Ancient Bones by Heather Graham
They Say a Girl Died Here by Sarah Pinborough
Thief of Night by Holly Black
The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand
Those Who Are Gone by Laurie R. King
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Through All Our Heavens by Olivia Hawker
The Tourists by Christopher Reich
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin
Under the Falls by Richard Russo
The Unexpected Caller by Shelley Shepard Gray
Vera Stein is Fine by Julie Murphy
We Wish You a Messy Christmas by Melody Carlson
Whispers at Painswick Court by Julie Klassen
White River Crossing by Ian McGuire
The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson
The Winter Witch by Jennifer Chevalier
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado
American Poison by Daniel Stone
American Scoundrel by Kai Bird (Biography)
Any Given Moment by Sarah Molitor
Bats by Marianne Taylor
Book Lovers’ New England by Sheila Moeschen
Brain Defenders by David Perlmutter
Casseroles (Taste of Home)
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Care for the Caregiver by Amy Newmark
Children of Radium by Joe Dunthorne
Children of the Book by Ilana Kurshan
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson (Biography)
Cloud Warriors by Thomas E. Weber
Confronting America by Bill O’Reilly
Custom Sneakers by KNZ
Discovering Moths by John Himmelman
Enough is Enuf by Gabe Henry
Everyday Eats by Alex Snodgrass
The Fast Track by Jane McManus
5-Minute Murder Mysteries by Patrick Jeynes
Food is a Feeling by Carla Lalli
The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (Biography)
The Good Death by Suzanne B. O’Brien
Homemaking with Babs by Barbara Costello
How to Be a Saint by Kate Sidley
How to Kill a Witch by Zoe Venditozzi
How to Win at Travel by Brian Kelly
I Disagree by Jessica Tarlov
I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie by Jaclyn Smith (Biography)
Killin’ Time: My Life and Music by Clint Black (Biography)
Kitchen Confidential: The Annotated Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (Biography)
Land Hunger by Mansel G. Blackford
Magnifica Humanitas by Pope Leo XIV
The Man the Moment Demands by Jason Wilson
Menolicious: Eat Your Way to a Better Menopause by Mariella Frostrup
The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century by Tim Weiner
The Nerd Reich by Gil Duran
Never Say Die by Ke Huy Quan
Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor by Gregory S. Gordon (Biography)
Our Dollar, Your Problem by Kenneth Rogoff
Oversharing by Cortney LaCorte
Parental Control by Titania Jordan
The Perilous Fight by Colin Kaepernick (Biography)
Pitch Craft by Laura Goode
Pope Leo XIV by Elise Ann Allen
Postmortem by Courtney Lund O’Neil
Protocols by Andrew D. Huberman
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
The Renoir Girls by Catherine Ostler
Reversible Crochet Sweaters by Ana-Maria Babanica
Rory by Alan Shipnuck (Biography)
Situated by Angela Duckworth
Soldiers and Kings by Jason De Leon
The Solo Honeymoon by Laura Murphy (Biography)
Swan Song by Charles Spencer (Biography)
Tales of Ohio’s Underground Railroad by David Meyers
Taste of Home Christmas 2026
Taste of Home: Cozy Comfort Food
Taste of Home: Easy Everyday Cooking, 2026
Taste of Home: Protein-Packed Meals
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li (Biography)
This Vast Enterprise by Craig Fehrman
Unbreakable Courage by Max Lucado
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2027 by Becky Gandillon
Up On Cove Mountain by Earl Swift
We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman
We Use What We Have by Alex MacLaren
The Yellow Envelope by Kim Dinan
Card, Day of Reckoning by Monty R. Garner
Chase the Light by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Forty Times a Killer by William W. Johnstone
Prowl by Colleen Coble
Saguache by B.N. Rundell
Scream of Eagles by William W. Johnstone
The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand
Where We Belong by Kim Vogel Sawyer
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Between the Lines
Adults, remember to turn in entries for your own reading club - Let Freedom Read! Read five books, turn in an entry and you could win a $100 Kroger Gift Card. Entries will be accepted through December 19th.
Fair Banners - if you are planning on making banners for the Champaign County Fair in the Imagine Lab, make sure to schedule your appointment early. If you have questions, stop by the lab or send an email to imagine@champaigncountylibrary.org.
Note: Availability of materials in the lab for the large format printer has changed. Be sure to stop in to see what is available or visit the Imagine Lab's Page for more information.
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