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Current Events

Click here to check out our Summer Camps 2013. Registration begins April 15.

Have you lost your pet? Click here to see if it has been picked up, or to apply to be a foster and view adoptable animals.

The Library Advisory Board has two openings - click here for more information.

Click here for tax forms available at the Castroville Library. Additional forms and instructions are available at www.irs.gov.

Alsatian Language Club 
Wednesdays 6:15 pm


An introductory course into the Alsatian language. Fluent community members pass on the traditions of our heritage through these beginning language classes. Click here for information on our Spring Programs 2013.

The Friends of the Library are now offering a Notary Service at the Library - donations are appreciated but not required.

Library Founders



Thank You to the Castroville Home Demonstration Club
Founders of the Castroville Public Library

(above, left to right)
Kay Tschirhart

Susie Kempf
Yvonne Tschirhart
Helen Boehme

50 Years of Serving Our Community
1962-2012

Donating

The Castroville Public Library is an IRS Charitable non-profit and welcomes all donations in the form of books, audio-books, DVD's, equipment, money, etc.

Those who wish to donate to the Castroville Public Library can do so by visiting our Amazon.com
wishlist. The tax-exempt number is provided in our profile information.


Interlibrary Loan

Looking for a book but can't find it at our library? Request it from another library through interlibrary loan by clicking here.

Browse our Catalog!

Our new cataloging software, Apollo by Biblionix, is an online catalog. You can access it from any computer and log in to your account to renew items and place books on reserve!


OverDrive

Do you have an eBook reader or mp3 player? OverDrive is now live! OverDrive is a service that allows e-books and audiobooks to be checked out online. You can download e-books and audiobooks from home! Check it out here or click the picture above!

New Titles

These are just a few of our most recently added titles. For a complete list please visit our New Titles page.

FICTION

Kinsey and Me: Stories by Sue Grafton

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

The Secret Keeper: A Novel by Kate Morton

A Fistful of Collars: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn

The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg

The Forgotten by David Baldacci

The Black Box: A Novel by Michael Connelly

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich

A Winter Dream by Richard Paul Evans

The Last Man: A Thriller by Vince Flynn

Sleep No More by Iris Johansen

Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Objective by Eric Lustbader

Sweet Tooth: A Novel by Ian McEwan

Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson

The Sins of the Mother: A Novel by Danielle Steel

Cross Roads: a Novel by William P. Young

ADULT NON-FICTION

The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today by Thomas E. Ricks

Proof of Heaven: a Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander

The Color of Christ: the Son of God & the Saga of Race in America by Edward J. Blum

Lost At Sea: the Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson

It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism by Thomas Mann

Living With Guns: A Liberal's Case For the Second Amendment by Craig Whitney

Glory by Jim Plunkett

On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines-- and Future by Karen Elliott House

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly

Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama by Ann Coulter

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail --But Some Don't by Nate Silver

America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't by Stephen Colbert

BIOGRAPHY

Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road by Willie Nelson

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw

The Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir by Domingo Martinez

Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan

Leading Ladies: American Trailblazers by Kay Bailey Hutchison

JUVENILE

The Story of the Blue Planet by Andri Snaer Magnason

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart

Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger: a Novel by Kevin Bolger

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Unstoppable by Tim Green

Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers: The Ninth Epic Novel by Dav Pilkey

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket

YOUNG ADULT

The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage by Eric Greitens

Seconds Away: a Mickey Bolitar Novel by Harlan Coben

Michael Vey: the Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson