SOME INTERESTING PROGRAMS YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS.

Pam Bennett and Emily Pitt are getting the summer reading programs scheduled. "Catch the Reading Bug!" will be the theme, and programs are on Wednesdays at 10 AM in Laurens and 2 PM in Clinton.

Thanks to generous support from the Friends of the Laurens County Library, some great programs are in store.

For children ages 6 to 12, registration for the Summer Library Program begins on June 2.

The program schedule is as follows:

June 11, Becky’s Box of Puppets "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears";

June 18, Buggy Scavenger Hunt and prizes;

June 25, Laurens County Library’s own expert in nature, "Mr. Joey" Holmes with amazing bug facts and bug hunt;

July 9, the play version of "Who’s In Rabbit’s House";

July 16, Mark Daniel performs magic and makes memories with his pet rabbit;

July 23, Jim Alberti presents the Alberti Flea Circus.

In Laurens at 10 AM on Mondays, June 9, 16, 23 and July 7, 14, 21;

In Clinton at 10 AM on Tuesdays, June 10, 17, 24 and July 8, 15, 22.

If you need help planning a summer vacation trip, keep in mind that the Laurens County Library has an excellent selection of travel books for not only South Carolina and the United States but for foreign countries as well. These books list places of interest to visit and give recommendations on accommodations and places to eat.

Also, the Library has travel DVD’s and Videos on a variety of exciting places.

Come by either the Clinton or Laurens Library to look over our selection.

 In addition to travel resources, our libraries have books and magazines to help you with your summer outdoor projects. Whether your interests are gardening, landscaping, building a deck or patio, or cooking outside, you’ll find many resources available.

Come by the library or check the selection online by visiting the Laurens County Library website at www.lcpl.org and click on the library’s catalog link.

ADULT NONFICTION INCLUDE: American Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA When FDR Put the Nation to Work by Nick Taylor;   Arnie & Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf’s Greatest Rivalry by Ian O’Connor;   The Art of Mexican Cooking: Traditional Mexican Cooking for Aficionados by Diana Kennedy;   Betty Crocker Cookbook: Heart Health Edition;  The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century by Steve Coll;   The China Price; The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage by Alexandra Harney;   The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In by Hugh Kennedy;   Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership by Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward;   The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace by Aaron David Miller;   Peter Jennings: A Reporter’s Life edited by Kate Darnton, Kayce Freed Jennings & Lynn Sherr; Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by Benazir Bhutto;   The Voice of Small-Town America: The Selected Writings of Robert Quillen 1920-1948 edited by John Hammond Moore;   and Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles 2009 Price Guide by Ellen T. Schroy, ed. By Tracy L. Schmidt.

ADULT FICTION INCLUDE: Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank;   City in the Sun: a Novel by David Levien;   Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen;   Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart;   The Forbidden: A Novel by Beverly Lewis;   A Golden Age: A Novel by Tahmima Anam;   Guilty by Karen Robards;   The Last Cavalier by Alexander Dumas;   Mudbound by Hillary Jordan;   The Outcast by Sadie Jones;   The Paragon of Virtue by Christian Von Ditfurth;   The Romanov Bride by Robert Alexander;   Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods;   The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman;   A Time Revisited: Blue Collar Boys, High School Football, Girls and Rock ‘N’ Roll by Mickey Beckham;   and Where Are You Now? By Mary Higgins Clark.

AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDE: Black Widow by Randy Wayne (CD, CAS);   Cataloochee by Wayne Caldwell (CD);   Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner (CAS, CD);   City of the Sun by David Levien (CD);   Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman (CD); Cypress Grove by James Sallie (CD);   The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson (CD);   Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan (CD);   Just Beyond the Clouds by Karen Kingsbury (CD);   "L" Is For Lawless by Sue Grafton (CD);   The Miracle of Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith (CAS, CD);   Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich (CAS, CD);   Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods (CD);   Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA by Kris Radish (CAS, CD); and Winter Study by Nevada Barr (CAS, CD).