Attention parents of preschoolers! There will be storytime every Wednesday this month at the library.

This Wednesday we'll celebrate "Pooh's Grand Adventure." On Aug. 13, the theme is "Famous Lefthanders." The Aug. 20 program observes Aviation Week with "Up in the Wild Blue Yonder," and finally, on Aug. 27, we'll celebrate National Dog Day with "The Dog Days of Summer." Storytime starts at 10am.

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The Lampasas Public Library offers wireless Internet access. Instructions on how to access the network are available at the front desk.

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Library accounts can now be accessed online. Patrons can access their account, place reserves, and renew materials. Visit www.cityoflampasas.com/library and navigate to the Online Catalog.

To log in to your account, enter your library card number and your phone number. If unable to log in, call the library to make sure the correct phone number is on file.

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Check out the library's book sale. We are constantly restocking the sale tables. There also is a table full of videos for sale.

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The library's "Support Our Troops" program is ongoing. Items are still being collected to send to the troops. Donations may be dropped off (monetary or otherwise) at the library during regular business hours. A list of requested items is available at the library or on the city's website.

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Thank you to those who have sent recent memorial donations.

Recent memorials have been given in memory of Jana Stewart, John Kyle Oliver, Johnny Warren, Sammie Allison, Pete Popejoy and Victor Glenn Berry.

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A donation has been received in honor of Yvonne Harton.

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Author read-alikes!

If you like Martha Grimes, you might also like Elizabeth George, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell or Margaret Maron.

If you like Nicholas Sparks, you might also like Richard Paul Evans, Jan Karon, Lynne Hinton, Luanne Rice, Karen Kingsbury, Ann B. Ross or Diane Chamberlain.

If you like Dick Francis, you might also like Gerald Hammond or Tony Hillerman.

If you like Diane Mott Davidson, you might also like Susan Wittig Albert, Joanne Fluke, Tamar Myers, Sarah Graves, Katherine Hall Page or Jill Churchill.

* * * New books at the library:

"Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side," by James Van Praagh. Everyone loves a good ghost story. Perhaps the human fascination with the supernatural stems from the fact that most of us, at some point in our lives, have experienced something we couldn't quite explain. This book takes us on an incredible journey into the spirit world that brings to light one of our greatest mysteries -- what happens to us after we die? With incredible true ghost stories and surprising details about how ghosts actively participate in our lives, Van Praagh challenges us to question our perceptions and shows us how we can live more fully through understanding the world of spirits.

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"Me of Little Faith," by Lewis Black. What do we believe? And in God's name why? Black has the answers. Or at least his answers. In a series of comedic inquiries, Black explores how the rules and constraints of religion have affected his life and the lives of us all. Hilarious experiences with rabbis, Mormons, gurus, psychics, and even the joy of a perfect round of golf give Black the chance to expound upon what we believe and why -- in the language of a shock jock and with the heart of an iconoclast.

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"The Wednesday Sisters," by Meg Waite Clayton. For 35 years, Frankie, Linda, Kath, Brett and Ally have met every Wednesday at the park near their homes in Palo Alto, Calif. The quintet forms a writers' circle to express their hopes and dreams through poems, stories, and, eventually, books. Humorous and moving, The Wednesday Sisters is a literary feast for book lovers that earns a place among those popular works that honor the joyful, mysterious, unbreakable bonds between friends.

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"The Beach House," by Jane Green. Known in Nantucket as the crazy woman who lives in the rambling house atop the bluff, Nan doesn't care what people think. At 65 years old, her husband died 20 years ago, her beauty has faded, and her family has flown. When she discovers the money she thought would last forever is dwindling and she could lose her beloved house, Nan knows she has to make drastic changes. So Nan takes out an ad: "Rooms to rent for the summer in a beautiful old Nantucket home with water views and direct access to the beach." Slowly, people start moving into the house, filling it with noise, with laughter, and with tears. As the house comes alive again, Nan finds her family expanding. Her son comes home for the summer, and then an unexpected visitor turns all their lives upside-down.

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"Not in the Flesh," by Ruth Rendell. When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master's first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred pounds. Then the dirt falls away to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and tendons of what is clearly a human hand. Chief Inspector Wexford tries to piece together events that took place 11 years earlier, a time when someone was secretly interred in a secluded patch of English countryside. Now, Wexford and his team will need to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the dead man among the 85 people in this part of England who have disappeared over the past decade. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that's become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise.

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Other new books at the library:

"Swan Peak by James Lee Burke; "TailSpin" by Catherine Coulter; "Plague Ship" by Clive Cussler; "Tribute" by Nora Roberts; "Wake" by Lisa McMann; and "Collateral" Damage by Fern Michaels.