Spooky season is here, and so is lovely autumn! Both can be celebrated by coming down to the library in October.

Be advised the library will close early, 5 p.m., Oct. 21 for the Catasauqua/North Catasauqua Halloween parade!

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The library will hold another history program Nov. 4. This one will be centered on Henry Knox, George Washington’s close advisor and our nation’s first secretary of war. Borough Manager Glenn Eckhart will bring Henry to life for us.

As always, the program is 7 p.m. in our auditorium, and ticket sales benefit the library.

We’d also like to thank the great crowd who came out to meet George Taylor last month and for their generous donations.

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This month, our adult book club is reading Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” in honor of Banned Books Week, which was Oct. 4-10. The group will meet 3 p.m. Nov. 4.

If you’d like to sit in on the discussion or if you’d like us to help you get a copy of the short novel, call or stop by the library.

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Every Thursday, the library holds its reading and crafting event, for kids and their caregivers, 4 p.m. in our auditorium. Come on out for plenty of autumnal activities each week.

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Our gaming club still runs Saturdays, when young kids and teens are offered internet, computers and technical help if they’d like to play Minecraft or Roblox together or solo.

Also, our classic board games remain available to challenge a friend or a staff member on those slow autumn days after school.

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As always, our lovely fiber arts group The Stitches continues to meet 5:30 p.m. every Monday for fun, community and advice. If you’d like to take up a new hobby or make time to work on your yarn-based projects, this is the group for you!

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Thanks to our amazing resource-sharing agreement we have with many of the libraries of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, we can get virtually any title of book or DVD you could desire to put you in the proper October mood. We also have a display of spooky fall reads, and we’d love to hear your recommendations for more.

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October new books

Fiction: “Adam & Eve,” Jeffrey Archer; “Chain Reaction,” Lee Child; “Peck & Peck,” Bonnie Garmus; “The Keeper,” Ana Huang; “A Married Little Christmas,” Abby Jimenez; “Other Worlds Than These,” Stephen King and Peter Straub; “Partita,” Barbara Kingsolver; “Queen of Lombard Street,” Lisa Kleypas; “A Date With Santa,” Debbie Macomber; “Mingle All the Way,” Susan Mallery; “The Witch,” Freida McFadden; “Life Out of Order,” Aubrey Neffenegger; “The Family Cross,” James Patterson; “The Girl in the Lake,” James Patterson; “Miss Wolcott’s Ghost,” Louise Penny; “Cozy Little Christmas,” Raeanne Thayne

Nonfiction: “Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes,” Lindsey Fitzharris; “The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War and the Making of the Modern World,” Nathaniel Philbrick

Young adult: “Wondrous,” Heather Fawcett; “The Pools,” E. Lockhart; “A Court of Splintered Harmony,” Sarah J. Maas; “Twisted Vows,” I.V. Marie; “The Sixth Faction,” Veronica Roth; “The Way We Become,” Amber Smith

Juvenile fiction: “Nothing To See Here,” Barbara Dee; “Spy School Goes East,” Stuart Gibbs; “Fight or Flight,” Jeff Kinney; “Layla the Water Lily Dragon,” Maddy Mara; “Rumor Has It,” Sarah Mlynowski and Christina Soontornvat

Easy fiction: “The Little Stone Buddha,” Grace Lin; “Millie Fleur’s Worst Day Ever,” Christy Mandin; “Snowfall,” Sun-Jung Park; “I Wonder If I’m Growing,” Raffi; “The Water Princess Builds a Well,” Susan Verde; “Nap Trapped!” Emily Vondy

To place a hold on any of these books, contact the library either by phone at 610-264-4151 or by email at catasauquapl@cliu.org. You can also go on the catalog online and place the hold yourself. Be prepared to provide your library card number in addition to the title and author of the book you wish to reserve.