Fun Farm Fact: It's #InternationalCarrotDay! Carrots do best when grown with crops like chives, garlic and onion that help repel carrot flies and other insects. In turn, the carrot plant draws insects like wasps to its flowers, killing off small pests that attack its neighbors.

Staff Recommends: Remembering Martin Luther King Alabama v. King bit.ly/3nIHmRZ Nine Days bit.ly/40wPrYl The Sword and the shield bit.ly/3zsDYNF To the promised land bit.ly/433c8oJ

Staff Recommends: Great New Audiobooks The Villa bit.ly/43FeLNR Exiles bit.ly/3GSAHes Someone else’s shoes bit.ly/3LaelrC All the dangerous things bit.ly/41AZOub #audiobooks

Staff Recommends: Last Frost? Gardening Pollinator gardening for the south bit.ly/3AuE5IQ Gardening for everyone bit.ly/4219AWZ Vegetable Growers Handbook bit.ly/3NaDbZA Creative Vegetable Gardener bit.ly/3n84Pf9 Books bit.ly/3H8nGgT

Staff Recommends: Self-Care Books Change Your Brain Every Day bit.ly/3LxgZqq Real Self-Care bit.ly/41Uvtrd The Little Book of Rest bit.ly/44iGuUT The Sugar Jar bit.ly/3NtK1JQ The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly bit.ly/427fR3k

#SaturdayCinema Silent films tell compelling and comedic stories! Grab your box of Junior Mints and a spot on the couch. Check out Kanopy bit.ly/3LGi8M3 #silentfilms West Virginia International Film Festival You might enjoy!

#MusicMonday Grab your ipod and start the week with 90s tunes at Hoopla! bit.ly/3pmGT8A

#FreegalFriday Celebrate music with the new members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame spotlight at Freegal. Rock on! bit.ly/3W1wtYj

Yum! KCPL has books on growing berries! bit.ly/3poO93R

Staff Recommends: National BBQ Day Rodney Scott's world of BBQ bit.ly/3BtzQ0H Korean BBQ bit.ly/41KQe7M Michael Symon's playing with fire bit.ly/3MtgDCK How to grill vegetables bit.ly/3MuRJ5x BBQ books bit.ly/3IeQtR #NationalBBQDay

How will you celebrate #SherlockHolmesDay ? It's elementary. You can enjoy Holmes at the Library Books bit.ly/43i5Twt DVD bit.ly/4319xeG Audiobook CD bit.ly/420uPaW Hoopla bit.ly/3WsNgnB WVDeli bit.ly/3Mppt3i

Staff Recommends: The Power of Reading Tolstoy and the purple chair bit.ly/3qtY2Oo Shakespeare saved my life bit.ly/43qLbel Part of our lives bit.ly/42pXoib When books went to war bit.ly/3IY3wao Books bit.ly/3NgAWn6

#SaturdayCinemaHave a weeper weekend with Nicholas Sparks. Grab the popcorn and tissues bit.ly/43wriml

#FreegalFriday It came from 1999. An eclectic 2 1/2 hour mix of the best of 99. Ad free streaming! tinyurl.com/28wnhb7r

#MusicMonday Spotlight on the soundtrack! Hoopla has thousands to pick from! tinyurl.com/fefpf7v5

#SaturdayCinema Anime at Hoopla is just what you need this weekend. Grab some snacks like Pocky and watch some episodes or movies! tinyurl.com/2aanzajj

Legendary crooner #TonyBennett has passed away at 96. His was a long career, which explored many styles of music. His music at KCPL Freegal tinyurl.com/3pzt37px Hoopla tinyurl.com/577jbxt6 CD tinyurl.com/4jksx7mu

Are you interested in keeping bees? KCPL has books to get your started tinyurl.com/y4hbtrx9

#MusicMonday Not everything has to be streamed. Checkout our fabulous new CDs. Something for everyone. tinyurl.com/37byrjs2

#MusicMonday Classical and jazz music fans should take advantage of Hoopla's binge pass for Medici.tv tinyurl.com/2ahvxsee