The Brooke County Public Libraries worked with multiple entities over the years in order to make sure that Dolly Parton Imagination Library was brought back to Brooke County. In Early 2020, we kicked off access to the program in the ZIP code of 26070 with the funding help of the local ELK's Chapter in Wellsburg (1553). Our kick-off event was unfortunately canceled due to COVID, and we just kept on reading. Each year we also celebrate the Dolly Parton Read Aloud Day. For the f

Last Thursday, August 13, 2026, the Director and a board member handed out a few hundred books, 140+ gun locks courtesy of the VA Vets, and much more at the Brooke County Schools Back-to-School Bash. According to the BOE, there were well over 700 in attendance! If you missed it, don't worry! The BOE Office still has items. Request what you need from your student's school, and the school will contact the office to have items sent to the school. That way you don't have to rush

August 17, 2026 Adult Fiction Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar, is entrancing and innocent. These characteristics should bring her great rewards, beginning with her arranged marriage to a much older merchant. Petal, the big-footed daughter of peasants, has grown up hungry and with dirt between her toes. In a moment of des

We no longer get a paper copy of Goldenseal for you to read in-house or to check out. But you are able to read the articles online now! Give it a try! https://goldenseal.wvculture.org/

Ready for another round of great reading and a recipe? We sure are! Today we're making Pulled Pork Rolls (Sliders) from Jenny Colgan's novel Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery ! Let's get started... We're changing it up a little and using the word direct from the book/author- These are perfect for picnics. There's about a million ways to make pulled pork: as long as it's cooked long enouhg to be gorgeously tender, it doesn't really matter. I just use the simplest - I bu