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We encourage you to read with our community during the 13th season of Shelby County Reads. We are celebrating Indiana authors.

We encourage you to read with our community.

12/05/2025

If there is nothing better to you than a quiet day with a book in hand, we encourage you to get involved with Shelby County Reads !

This community-wide reading program was developed over twenty years ago. Each year, a committee works together to select one book for Shelby County to read. They are planning for the 2026 season. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to Connie Eaton, Carolyn Statler, or Barbara Rogers at Three Sisters Books & Gifts.

Contact:
📍DM
📍317-392-2270
📍[email protected]

10/29/2025

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Shelby County Reads essay/comic strip contest. We had an overwhelming amount of entries that made choosing 1st, 2nd & third place a tough decision. All were winners!

10/05/2025

For young readers Shelby County Reads chose "Even Superheroes Have Bad Days" by Shelly Becker.

All kids have trouble getting a grip on their emotions sometimes, even young superheroes. What do superheroes do when they're sad, mad, frustrated, lonely, or afraid? What if they're having a bad day or don't get their way?

Action-packed illustrations and dynamite rhyming text reveal the many ways superheroes (and ordinary children) can resist the super-temptation to cause a scene. From burning off steam on a bike to helping others, this energetic picture book has plenty of fun ideas to help kids cope when they're feeling overwhelmed.

09/28/2025

Author/Illustrator Rob Harrell will be visiting the Boys & Girls Club on Tuesday, September 30th and Girls Inc. on Wednesday, October 15th.

Rob Harrell is the author of the middle grade novel Wink, the Life of Zarf series and the graphic novel Monster on the Hill, which was adapted into the animated film Rumble. In addition, Harrell created the comic strip Big Top and now writes and draws the daily strip Adam@Home. Harrell recently wrote and illustrated the graphic novels Batpig: When Pigs Fly, Batpig: Too Pig To Fail, and Batpig: Go Pig or Go Home. His latest middle grade novel, Popcorn, comes out September 3rd, 2024. Harrell lives in Zionsville, Indiana with his dog, Shepler.

09/26/2025

Get your entries in before the October 1st deadline.

09/24/2025

Michael Anthony Steele's "The Incredible Shrinking Heroes!" from the Misfits Academy was chosen by the committee for younger readers.

Amir is pumped! It’s Superhero Day at Misfits Academy, and Power Core is among the featured guests. But meeting his favorite superhero soon takes a back seat when Amir and his friends make a shocking discovery. Power Core and his fellow heroes have been shrunk! Who is behind these incredible shrinking heroes? And why are they being held captive in high-tech glass jars? Young readers will find out in this fun and funny chapter book bursting with colorful comic book-style illustrations.

09/21/2025

Kate DiCamillo's "Flora & Ulysses" was chosen by the Shelby County Reads committee for young readers.

It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry — and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting format — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by artist K. G. Campbell.

09/19/2025

Congratulations to our door prize winners and many thanks to Man Cave Comics and Collectibles and LA Comics and Collectibles.

09/18/2025

Come to the Grover Center tonight at 6:30 to learn about Lobo's co-creator Roger Slifer.

09/17/2025

Alan Gratz's "Captain America The Ghost Army" was chosen by the Shelby County Reads committee for our "Superhero" season.

In this thrilling historical adventure, 18 year-old Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes are fighting in WWII when they encounter a threat like none they've ever seen -- a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace.

How can Cap and Buck fight something that's already dead? And just what does the mysterious Baron Mordo, sitting in his castle atop nearby Wundagore Mountain have to do with this?

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee, Ground Zero) merges the worlds of historical fiction and super hero comics in this one-of-a-kind graphic novel that is sure to be met with major enthusiasm from fans of all ages.

09/16/2025

The deadline is coming up soon!

09/15/2025

Join us at the Grover Center this Thursday, September 18 at 6:30. Connie Carlton will be giving a presentation about her brother, Lobo creator Roger Slifer's life and work. Free to all. Sign up for a chance to win a Lobo figurine.

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7 Public Square
Shelbyville, IN
46176

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+1 317-398-7121

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