Decatur Public Library

504 Cherry Street
Decatur, Al 35601

Currently Open

The Jackal's mistress / Chris Bohjalian
Revenge prey / John Sandford
Life : a love story / Elizabeth Berg
The secret lives of murderers' wives / Elizabeth Arnott
Bloodlust / Sandra Brown
The heir of Whitestone / Catherine Coulter
Dead in the frame / Stephen Spotswood
Laws of witchcraft / C.J. Archer
The golden boy / Patricia Finn
Mistakes were made / Lucy Score
Hekate : the witch / Nikita Gill ; interior art by Micaela Alcaino
The bookstore diaries / Susan Mallery
A world appears : a journey into consciousness / Michael Pollan
Holy disruptor : shattering the shiny facade by getting louder with the truth / Amy Duggar King with Susy Flory
The ending writes itself / Evelyn Clarke

Extraordinary dinosaurs and other prehistoric life : visual encyclopedia / [Jill Hamilton, U.S. editor ; Lori Cates Hand, U.S. executive editor ; Andrea Mills, Chris Barker, Elizabeth Davey, Upamanyu Das, contributors ; Chris Barker, consultant]
Baby dinosaur = Los dinosaurios bebé / [[writen by Dawn Sirett] ; Spanish translation, Anna Nualart]
Little dinosaurs, big feelings / written by Swapna Haddow & Dr. Diplo ; illustrated by Yiting Lee ; with help from psychologist Amber Owen
Cómo atrapar a un dinosaurio / texto: Adam Wallace ; illustraciones: Andy Elkerton ; [traducción: Júlia Gumà]
B is for Badger : a Wisconsin alphabet / written by Kathy-Jo Wargin and illustrated by Renée Graef
Over sea, under stone / Susan Cooper
The missing baseball / Mike Lupica ; illustrated by Chris Danger
Corduroy takes a bow / story by Viola Davis with B.G. Hennessy ; pictures by Jody Wheeler ; based on the characters created by Don Freeman
Robo-Rabbit Boy, go! / Thomas Flintham
Sinclair, the velociraptor who thought he was a chicken / written by Douglas Rees ; illustrations by Galia Bernstein
Dinosaur pie / Jen Wallace ; illustrated by Alan O'Rourke
Who would win? Ultimate pterosaur rumble / by Jerry Pallotta ; illustrated by Rob Bolster
Where is the Great Barrier Reef? / by Nico Medina ; illustrated by John Hinderliter
Chicken said,
I fly spaceships. Book 1 / Rob Baddorf

Beach house reunion / Mary Alice Monroe
Beach Road : a novel / by James Patterson and Peter De Jonge
Moon Shell Beach : a novel / Nancy Thayer
The bookstore on the beach / Brenda Novak
Beach read / Emily Henry
Beach bags and burglaries / Dorothy Howell
Beach reads and deadly deeds / Allison Brennan
Board stiff : a dead-end job mystery / Elaine Viets
Footprints in the sand / Mary Jane Clark
Clam wake : a bed-and-breakfast mystery / Mary Daheim
Mermaid moon / Colleen Coble
Blackberry Beach / Irene Hannon
Electric beach : a novel / by Joe Hilley
Bookshop by the sea / Denise Hunter
Summer by the tides / Denise Hunter

USING THE LIBRARY

DPL’s self-check kiosk against brick wall near library’s 6th Avenue entrance.

COMPUTERS & PRINTING

14 Public computer work stations against the wall in main area of Decatur Public Library.

LIBRARY RULES

extreme closeup of Library brick wall with superimposed text “Library Rules”

Add DPL to your phone’s home screen for quick access to our website!

Follow the steps below to put an icon for DPL on your phone’s home screen that will take you right to our webpage!

Android:

  1. open Google Chrome and go to the www.myDPL.org.
  2. Then drop down the menu by tapping the screen’s three-dot icon at the top right-hand corner.
  3. Select Add to Home screen.

iPhone or iPad:

  1. Launch Safari on your ‌iPhone‌ or ‌iPad‌.
  2. Go to www.myDPL.org
  3. Tap the Share icon (the square with an arrow pointing out of it) at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Scroll down to the list of actions and tap Add to Home Screen. (If you don’t see the action, scroll to the bottom and tap Edit Actions, then tap Add next to the Add to Home Screen action. After that, you’ll be able to select it from the Share Sheet.)

 

TOP DIGITAL RESOURCES

NewsBank® inc. Reliable Information on Any Topic! America’s News, The Decatur Daily.  Access Decatur Daily (Search 2006-Current), newspapers, journals, magazines & more from across the US.  Includes 70 Alabama News Sources! (DPL card required for remote access)
HomeworkAlabama.org: K-12 homework help; academic tutoring; self-study resources; test prep tool; writing lab & drop-off reviews. FREE, live tutors are available online from 10am – 11pm, daily.  Powered by Tutor.com, provided by Alabama Public Library Service & Institute of Museum and Library Services. (NO DPL card required.)
AVL Alabama Virtual Library: Connecting you to a world of knowledge.  The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library information resources.  It is a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research. (NO DPL card required.)
Connect with a career services expert on demand: HomeworkAlabama.org.  Connect with an expert career tutor or access helpful job search resources for: resume writing; writing a cover letter; online job search; help with online applications; & interview help.  FREE, LIVE career & job search assistance is available online from 10am – 11pm, daily.  Powered by Tutor.com.  (NO DPL card required.)
EBSCO Learning Express® Learning Express Library ® features: online tutorials; practice tests; quizzes; and eBooks to help you with: basic skills in reading, writing, math & science; job search help; build workplayce skills; and test prep for college & grad school admissions, U.S. Citizenship & GED®. (DPL Card required).
NewspaperArchive: Explore, Discover, Share.  Provides digital access to full-view historical newspapers from DPL’s microfilm collection; Includes The Decatur Daily from 1912-1977 and other historic publications from Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties. (DPL card required.)

DPL Curbside

DPL Curbside is available whenever the library is open!
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Support The Library

The library is YOUR community resource and you can support it best by using its services. 

Visit our Friends’ page to learn about book donation and the Friends’ Used Book Sale Room.  Click on “Join the Friends” below to join or renew your membership. 

Thank you!

doors propped open to the reveal the interior of Book Sale room with the sign stating Friends Used Book Sale Room over entrance