Orrville Public Library to welcome best-selling author

Orrville Public Library recently announced best-selling author Gregg Olsen will be at the library on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 5 p.m. Olsen is known for his nonfiction books and novels, many of them crime-related. His books include “The Amish Wife,” “Abandoned Prayers” and “If You Tell.”

Registration is requested but not required. Registration will begin for this free event on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Register by clicking the event on the website calendar at www.orrville.lib.oh.us or by calling the information desk at 330-683-1065.

Winter Reading Challenge

All ages are invited to participate in Orrville Public Library’s Winter Reading Challenge. Teens and kids will track how many minutes they read. Teens will earn a prize entry for every 60 minutes of reading. Children will earn prizes in 100-minute reading increments (100, 200, 300 and 400 minutes) and will have the choice of a small prize or a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of three large prizes. Adults will earn a prize entry for each book they read. Track your reading accomplishments in Beanstack or on a paper log sheet, available at the library. This free program runs throughout January.

If you need things to read, call the library and staffers will pull books from the shelves for you to pick up at the drive-up window.

Winter story times

Sign up for Orrville Public Library’s winter story times beginning Tuesday, Jan. 2. Offered for children age 0-5, the programs give an introduction to the world of books, finger plays, songs, games and age-appropriate crafts.

Story times will begin the week of Jan. 15 and end the week of Feb. 12. If Orrville City Schools is closed due to weather conditions, story time is canceled. Registration can be completed on the library’s website calendar or by calling the children’s department at 330-683-1065.

The following sessions will be offered (choose one):

—Lapsit (babies not yet walking and caregiver) on Wednesdays from 10-10:30 a.m.

—Baby (walkers up to 24 months and caregiver) on Tuesdays from 6-6:30 p.m. or Wednesdays from 10:45-11:15 a.m.

—Age 2 (with caregiver) on Mondays or Tuesdays from 10-10:30 a.m.

—Age 3 on Mondays or Tuesdays from 10:45-11:15 a.m.

—Age 3 and 4 on Mondays from 6-6:30 p.m.

—Pre-k (those age 4 and 5 who haven’t attended kindergarten) on Tuesdays from 2-2:45 p.m.

—Family (all story time ages with caregiver) on Mondays or Tuesdays from 7-7:30 p.m.

—Story Time Plus (kindergarten though second grade) on Mondays from 4-5 p.m.

Holiday hours

Orrville Public Library will be closed Saturday, Dec. 23 through Tuesday, Dec. 26 and Saturday, Dec. 30 through Monday, Jan. 1.