Pontiac Public Library will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, May 28. Registration for Summer Reading begins Tuesday, May 28.

Do you have a valid Pontiac Public Library card and a Nook, Kindle, iPad, Nexus 7, or other ereader? Join Pontiac Public Library as we participate in OverDrive’s brand new program for digital library books, the Big Library Read, from May 15 to June 1! Big Library Read is a pilot program in which libraries worldwide offer a single eBook to their patrons. In addition to creating a global “library book club,” Big Library Read is designed to demonstrate the positive exposure and sales influence library eBook catalogs provide to authors and publishers. It will spotlight one title for a set time period for library patrons around the world to read simultaneously. The program is sponsored by OverDrive, with initial support and participation from Sourcebooks, Inc., a leading US independent publisher. We will be able to offer The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone to all patrons to check out on their digital device to read at the same time: no waiting or holds required!

The Four Corners of the Sky is master storyteller Michael Malone’s novel of love, secrets, and the mysterious bonds of families. Malone brings characters to life as only he can, exploring the questions that defy easy answers: Is love a choice or a calling? Why do the ties of family bind so tightly? And is forgiveness a gift to others…or a gift we give ourselves?

Click here to check out The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone and participate in the world’s largest digital library book club.

Pontiac Public Library was awarded $5,000 to purchase books, audio books, educational DVDs and CDs, graphic novels, and large print books to supplement our Summer Reading program “Have Book, Will Travel, With the Arts!”  The library will use this grant award to add books and videos on learning a foreign language, learning to play an instrument, biographies of artists, how to draw, and many other subjects of creative interest. Funding for this grant project was awarded from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).