Welcome

The Frank Carlson Library

Welcome to the web site for the Frank Carlson Library, serving Concordia, Cloud County, and North Central Kansas.

The Frank Carlson Library's mission is to meet the educational, informational, and recreational needs of the community and surrounding area.

You are invited to explore this web site, which has been designed to be a helpful and practical guide to the library services available through the Frank Carlson Library. Comments and suggestions about the web site or library services in general are always welcome so that we can better serve you.

What's New at the Library

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Reading, Writing, and NO Arithmetic

2010 Winter Adult Reading Program
January 4th through Febraury 27th.

As part of the Kansas Reads winter reading program, the Frank Carlson Library encourages you to read the many memoirs and autobiographies in our collection. This year's book is "Dreams From My Father" by Barack Obama. Workshops will be held throughout the month on writing your own memoirs and preserving for future generations.

Join and take part in programs presented by Mary Anderson, instructor of the memoir class at Cloud County Community College, and Marilyn Johnston, genealogist and author.

Fabulous February Family Fun

Every Saturday in February is Craft Day. Fun for the whole family, come make crafts, hear stories, have refreshments, and beat that winter bordom.

Mardi Gras Magic
February 6th at 10:00am
Join us and make masks, crowns and other Mardi Gras themed crafts.

Celebrate Valentine's Day
February 13th at 10:00am
Come make your own valentines, heart wreaths and more.

Get the Olympic Spirit
February 20th at 10:00am
These crafts are inspired by the Olympics and winter sports and include paper pennants, Olympic rings and others.

These programs are approximately and hour in length, and presented free of charge.

Read Some Award Winners

Newbury Award Winner:
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Newbury Award Honor Books:
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacquelline Kelly

Caldecott Winner:
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pickney

Caldecott Honor Book:
All the World, Illustrated by Marla Frazee, Written by Liz Garton Scanlon

Most Popular Items of 2009

Based on Circulation at Frank Carlson Library

Fiction Books

1. Checked out 34 times = Janet Evanovich's Plum Spooky
2. Checked out 29 times = Mary Higgins Clark's Just Take My Heart
3. Tied at 26 checkouts = Janet Evanovich's Finger Lickin' 15 and James Patterson's Run For Your Life
4. Tied at 25 checkouts = James Patterson's The 8th Confession and Swimsuit
5. Checked out 19 times = Jodi Picoult's Handle With Care
6. Checked out 17 times = Maeve Binchy's Heart and Soul

Nonfiction Books

1. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (BIO)
2. Dewey by Vicki Myron 636.8
3. Pillsbury's Annual Recipies 2009 641.5
4. Finding Grace by Donna VanLiere (BIO)
5. Thrifty Chic by Liz Bauwens 747
6. Mortal Danger and Other True Cases by Ann Rule 364.152
7. Throw Out 50 Things by Gail Blanke 648.5
8. Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts 745.5
9. It Happened in Church by Pat Webster LP 817.5

Audiobooks

1. Brunonia Barry, The Lace Reader
2. Seldon Edwards, The Little Book
3. Ann Perry, A Christmas Beginning
4. Nicholas Sparks, The Choice

DVD's

1. Mamma Mia! and Iron Man (checked out 39 times)
2. Twilight, WALL-E, and Leatherheads (checked out 36 times)
3. The Bucket List (checked out 33 times)
4. Marley & Me and Chicken Run (checked out 32 times)
5. House, M.D. Season 4 and Nights in Rodanthe (checked out 31 times)

Address and Services

We hope that you will visit the library at 702 Broadway in Concordia, Kansas, where you will find a comfortable, inviting environment with services for people of all ages and interests.

• Toys, games, and learning opportunities for children
• Comfortable, well-lighted reading area for adults
• Extensive genealogy and local history collection
• Thousands of videos, DVDs, audiobooks, and more!
• The Frank Carlson Room, celebrating the life of Concordia's most illustrious citizen

The Frank Carlson Library is a member of the Concordia Area Chamber of Commerce, a Charter Affiliate of the Kansas Center for the Book, a member of the the Central Kansas Library System, and receives hundreds of items for adults and kids from the CKLS Rotating Book Van six times each year.