Effingham Community Library

12/13/2025

See you next Saturday for Pictures with Santa! Hope you have a great weekend & a happy holiday season!

12/12/2025

Do you have a little one who likes cooking/baking? Maybe they want to leave some cookies out for Santa this year but they are struggling to come up with any ideas. This lil’ cookbook is just what they need! Over 50 kid-friendly Holiday baking recipes by Pia Imperial! From the classic sugar cookies & brownies to No-Bake Peppermint Cheesecake, kids are sure to find a fun, tasty treat to make for the family, and for Santa!

12/12/2025

True story

12/11/2025

Here is our Little Christmas Tree! Hope Santa will leave something good for us! We promise we have been good (for most) of the year! 9 Days until Santa arrives here, at the Effingham Community Library! He will be here on Saturday, December 20th from 10:30-Noon! So stop by and get your picture taken, tell Santa what you want under your tree and have cup of hot cocoa! See you here!

12/11/2025

Enjoy the Books Before the Movie!

The Housemaid, based on a thrilling novel by fan favorite Freida McFadden, comes to theaters December 19. You can find her books at the library, or go to Hoopla Digital, where they available with no holds and no waiting!

12/10/2025

12/09/2025

This weeks is on Adrianne Leigh! Adriane is a USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty novels! With features in publications such as The Montreal Gazette and Vogue Magazine, the award-winning author, in addition to writing, founded and built a community of internationally-renowned book conventions that draw thousands of readers and #1 bestselling authors to events around the world each year. She currently has over 10k followers on Instaram and 9k on Facebook. Adrianne is the host of the podcast The Rebel Artist.
Her "Influencer" series has been extremely popular at our library! It currently has the first three books, The Influencer, The Imposter and the The Intuder, with a fourth book, The Icon, due out in June of 2026. Her next novel, Society Women, will be availble in March of 2026.

Don't Trust Her by Adrianne Leigh (March 2025)
I've invited her into my home. It's the worst mistake I've ever made.

Everyone thinks I have the perfect life. From the outside, it looks like I have it all - a beautiful home, two wonderful kids, a successful husband.

My life is nothing like I expected.

I used to have an exciting career. Now, I spend half my day in the school pick up line. My husband is always away for work, and I can't handle everything alone.

Then I meet Adeline. She's friendly and confident - I like her instantly. I don't trust anyone to look after my children but she's experienced and has excellent references.

She's everything I need.

So I hire her to be my new au pair. I bring her into my home. She cooks for my husband. She looks after my children. I trust her with my life.

If only I'd known . . .

Check out the Influencer series, Don’t Trust Her, From Salt to Skye (part of the Legends and Lovers series) & more excellent psychological thrillers by Adrianne Leigh at the library or on Hoopla Digital.

12/08/2025

Just arrived, 3 new Amish novels from Samantha Price! First, Wmosh Widow’s First Love, book 20 of the popular Expectant Amish Widows series. Next, A Simple Change, book 5 of Amish Wedding Season series. And finally, Quilty Until Proven Innocent, book 30 of the Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries series. All are in Large Print! They will be available for loan/hold later this afternoon. Thank you!

12/06/2025

We will be adding this to the collection soon!

It’s here! 🎄✨
The Gingerbread Christmas Crisis (Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries Book 32) is out today!

What starts as a simple Christmas fundraiser quickly turns into gingerbread mayhem… and only Ettie & Elsa-May can uncover the truth. 🕵️‍♀️🍪🐶

Celebrate the season with your favorite sleuthing sisters — grab your copy now!
👉 https://www.amazon.com/Gingerbread-Christmas-Crisis-Ettie-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0FL5GL3KR

12/05/2025

20 Days til and 15 days til comes to the Effingham Community Library. The Big Man will be here Saturday 12/20 @ 10:30 from Noon. Stop by and get your picture taken and be sure to bring your Christmas list.

12/05/2025

Merry Bookmas! Come check out our selection of Holiday books!

12/04/2025

Are you interested in the Amish or the Amish lifestyle? Come check out some of our Amish Christmas books! We have one of the best selection of Amish romance novels you will find in Kansas! Here is a small sample: