Corn dogs, funnel cakes, talent shows, the big yellow slide…we know what you’re thinking…it’s time to head to Johnston Public Library! Okay, okay, so we still have a week to go until the Iowa State Fair, but at the library we have the books and movies you need to get into the proper fair-going state of mind. So before you head to the fairgrounds, check out our blue ribbon library material at Johnston Public Library:

Our State Fair: Iowa’s Blue Ribbon Story by Mary Kay Shalnley
On Stage: Bill Riley and Tales of the Talent Search by Bill Riley
Iowa: Life Changing edited by Julie Evans
State Fair by Earlene Fowler
State Fair by Phil Strong
America’s Best State Fair Recipes by Catherine Hanley
Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook by Diane Roupe
A Cook’s Tour of Iowa by Susan Puckett
Cooking from the Farmers’ Market edited by T. De Serio and J. Liano
Pickles to Relish by Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld
Everything Canning and Preserving Book by Patricia Telesco
Preserving in Today’s Kitchen by Jeanne Lesem
Roger’s and Hammerstein’s State Fair (DVD)