A.K. Smiley Public Library Blog

June is audiobook appreciation month. Please visit A.K. Smiley Public Library to check out our variety of audiobook options! Physical audiobooks in the library include audio compact discs, MP3 … [Read More...] about For hands-free reading, listen to one of our audiobook offerings!

Hear ye! Hear ye! Now that I have your undivided attention, I am pleased to tell you that A.K. Smiley Public Library has added some new movies and television series to the collection to check-out for … [Read More...] about Check out our new movie and television series DVDs!

The sun is out, the birds are singing, and the palm trees are swaying. It's nearly summer in Redlands, California, and at Smiley Library, we all know what that means. It's time again for the Youth … [Read More...] about ‘Color Your World’ with the 2025 Summer Reading Program at Smiley Library!

The Redlands Adult Literacy Program at A.K. Smiley Library is going strong after 15 years. The program works because of volunteers who want to be tutors. A frequent misconception is that adult … [Read More...] about Adult Literacy volunteers come from many walks of life

A.K. Smiley Public Library has a plethora of databases available for library patrons. Allow me to introduce you to the selection we have for children and teens. With your library card, you can access … [Read More...] about Take advantage of variety of databases for kids and teens!

Here at Smiley Library, we have lots of new cookbooks with many more on the way. Since there is a delicious abundance, too many to mention in detail, please enjoy this buffet listing of recent … [Read More...] about So many cookbooks! — Come on in and check ’em out!

Since the world continues to spin on its axis, poetry month has arrived once more and once more do we explore new works of poetry. Poetry gives us a way to look at the world and the culture we find … [Read More...] about New poetry books for National Poetry Month! 

Have you been keeping up with the Big Bear eagles and their eaglets? They are currently being live-streamed by the Circulation Desk at A.K. Smiley Public Library. The non-profit Friends of Big Bear … [Read More...] about New books–for the birds! Come in and enjoy our live stream of the Big Bear eagles!

Teens, it’s easy to think the things that happen in our lifetimes have never happened before…that the events we experience personally or collectively are ours alone, totally unique to our time, and … [Read More...] about Take comfort, teens, history shows us that we persevere