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Featured Artist: Shelley Crouch

by Oran Colwell | July 1, 2026

Featured | Featured Artists

Local Artist Shelley Crouch Showcases Artwork at Effingham Public Library The work of local artist Shelley Crouch is on display through August 28th in the art gallery at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library. A resident of Casey, Illinois, for the past 42 years, Crouch discovered her passion for art later in life.


CloudLibrary

by Oran Colwell | July 1, 2026

Featured | Library Announcements

CloudLibrary provides access to an extensive collection of digital content, including ebooks, audiobooks, digital comics, graphic novels, newspapers, and streaming video titles. With CloudLibrary, you also gain access to content from popular publishers such as Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Scholastic, Disney, and many more.


Book Recommendation – July

by Oran Colwell | July 1, 2026

Book Recommendations | Featured

Vianne by Joanne Harris Just twenty-one years old, Sylviane arrives in Marseille to start a new life, and charms her way into a job as a waitress in a run-down bistrot. Here, under the guidance of eccentric Guy Lacarrière she discovers the joy of cooking, a secret love affair and, for the very first time, the