Classes begin June 4 and run until June 29.
All classes are free and open to children who just finished Kindergarten thru 5th grades.

Week One: Nocturnal Animal Art
Week Two: Glow-in-the-Dark Art
Week Three: Outer Space Art
Week Four: Pajama Art

Registration for classes begins May 14. Register for this program by clicking on Calendar or by calling the library.

Tuesdays - Sellersburg Library
Class One - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Class Two - 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Class Three - 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Class Four - 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm

Wednesdays - Charlestown Library
Class One - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Class Two - 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Class Three - 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Class Four - 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm

Thursdays - Henryville Library
Class One - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Class Two - 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Fridays - New Washington Library
Class One - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Class Two - 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Come to Book Babies for songs, books, and fun with other babies and their grown-ups.

Program will be June 4 - June 29 at Sellersburg Library from 11:30 to noon for ages 0-24 months. This age range does overlap Tot-time age requirements. You can choose which program works best for your child. Registration begins May 1 and can be done by clicking on Calendar or by calling the library.

Tot-time is for children 17 - 35 months old. During Tot-Time, kids will sing songs, read books, and make a craft. Summer Tot-Time is June 4 - June 29

Locations and Times:
Mondays - Henryville from 10-10:30
Wednesdays - Charlestown from 11-11:30
Thursdays - Sellersburg from 10-10:30 or 11-11:30

Storyhour is for children 3-5 year olds. During Storyhour, kids will sing songs, read books, and make a craft. Summer Storyhour is June 4 - June 29.

Locations and Times:
Mondays: - New Washington from 1-2
Tuesdays - Charlestown from 10-11 & Henryville from 1-2
Thursdays - Sellersburg from 1-2
Fridays - Borden from 10-11 & Sellersburg from 1-2

Between the Covers Adult Reading Club
June 1- July 31

 There will be 1^st  and 2^nd  prizes at each library branch location as well as weekly drawings system-wide for various prizes.

July 31 is the last day to enter.

How to join: First, register by clicking on Summer Reading Database and create a login. Second, read library books. Third, enter your minutes into the Summer Reading Database. Entries are entered in minutes (1 book = 200 minutes, 2 books = 400 minutes, etc).

Each of the following count as an entry:
Every book read
Listen to an audiobook on CD
Download and listen to an audiobook
Download and read an ebook
Check-out and read a magazine

There will be weekly game sheets with opportunities to receive additional minutes. Game sheets may be picked at the circulation desks.

Scrapbooking Social Hour

Do you enjoy scrapbooking? Well, don’t do it alone! Join us for a day of scrapbooking and fun. Bring your scrapbooking supplies and pictures, and share your tips, tricks, and ideas!

Dates and Times:
Borden: Tuesday, May 22 5-6:30 pm
Henryville: Thursday, May 31 1:30-3:00 pm
New Washington: Thursday, May 31 6-7:30 pm

Light snacks and refreshments will be served. Register for this program by clicking on Calendar or by calling the library.

This program is a monthly meeting to discuss the art of cooking, sample recipes, share cooking tips, and browse new cookbooks. The program is the first Thursday of each month.

The group will be discussing Strawberries. Attendees can bring a sample of a recipe to share. Be sure to bring a copy of the recipe. Program will be held at Charlestown Library June 7 from 9:30-10:30 am.

Join us at the Charlestown Library Saturday June 9 from 10am to 2pm as we present this free Health Fair.

Free blood pressure screening, demos on healthy snacking, diabetes awareness, skin care awareness, and more provided by professionals from Clark Memorial Hospital and St. Catherine's.

Join us as we discuss Laura Childs’ Scones and Bones, a Tea Shop murder mystery featuring Theodosia Browning. Feel free to bring your dinner along as we discuss this murder mystery.

The program will be at Sellersburg Library, May 21 from 6:30 - 7:15 pm.

Book A Luncheon is a free book discussion group for adults that meets the first Thursday of every month at Charlestown Library.

The group will discuss One Shot by Lee Child at the next meeting.

The program will be at Charlestown Library from 12:15-1:00 pm on June 7.

Classic Thursdays

Have you ever wanted but were too intimidated to read the great masterpieces of “classic literature?” Then, this book club is for you!  During our monthly meetings, we will tackle 18^th, 19^th, and 20^th century literature as a group.  All are welcome!!!

The second installment of Classic Thursdays will be the Gothic Victorian masterpiece, The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde. Join us as we delve into the mystery of a young man who sells his soul in order that his life-size portrait may age while he retains his youth and beauty. However, with this new power, young Dorian slips into a life that corrupts his very being, and sends him into a Faust-like world of sin and evil!

Thursday, May 31 from 6:30 – 7:15 pm at the Sellersburg Library

Indiana Memory Project

Indiana Memory is a web site created by the Indiana State Library to bring together original source documents of the history of Indiana. Beginning in 2007 Charlestown-Clark County Library began digitizing a collection of World War II letters in order to make them accessible to more people by providing images on the internet. Those letters can be seen on Indiana Memory at Jesse G. Dorsey WWII Correspondence.

Currently, we are working on digitizing a wide range of items that the library owns. There are hundreds of items of Clark County history which include Civil War letter, store ledgers from the 1800s, judge docket ledgers from 1890-1920s, Korean War letters, hotel ledgers, photographs, and much more. As work on these items is completed, they will be added to Indiana Memory web site. There are over a hundred items at Clark County Collection for viewing on the Indiana Memory web site. A list of these items can be seen on the Local History page of this web site.

OverDrive - This service is available to library cardholders of the Charlestown - Clark County Public Library. This database offers a variety of fiction and non-fiction downloadable eBooks. eBooks can be read on devices such as eReaders, home computers, and smart phones.

A list of compatible devices is available on the OverDrive site. Visit the Downloadable Media page for more information, instructions, and a permanent link to this service.

Download eAudio Books

OneClickDigital - This service is available to library cardholders of the Charlestown - Clark County Public Library. OneClickdigital offers eAudio books. OneClickdigital provides all types of downloadable audio books for adults and children. These e-audio books can be listened to with most MP3 players or on your computer.

Visit the Downloadable Media page for more information, instructions, and a permanent link to this service.

The 1940 census records were released by the US National Archives April 2, 2012, and brought online through a partnership with Archives.com. This website allows you full access to the 1940 census images, in addition to 1940 census maps and descriptions. Go to 1940census.archives.gov/