Sterling Library receives Texas Book Festival grant for children’s books
Sterling Municipal Library earns a $2,500 grant from the Texas Book Festival to expand its children’s concept book collection. Library Director Katherine Brown says the funds boost early learning titles on letters, counting, shapes, and colors, meeting high demand from parents and teachers. The festival has awarded over $2 million since 1996 to support literacy, technology, and collections, with grant sizes up to $5,000.
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Roy Zermeno
Summer Reading kickoff at Chambers County libraries
The 2008 Texas Reading Club begins June 9 across all Chambers County Library System branches with the theme Happy Birthday Chambers County. Children read 12 books for a certificate while teens and adults compete for prizes. program runs to July 19 with End of Summer parties. The Book Discussion Group meets June 16 at 5 p.m. in Anahuac to discuss Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. contact Melba Prinz for copies.
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Keeper of the Night and Piper Reed Navy Brat Reviews
A comparative look at two children’s books set around challenging homes and moving lives. Isabel in Keeper of the Night copes with a mother’s death, a hurricane on Guam, and family secrets while Terisita trains fighting chickens. Piper Reed, Navy Brat follows a Navy family’s relocations, new schools, and a fearless sisterhood as Piper adapts to life among sailors and Piney Woods goodbyes.
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Isabel
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Tori
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Sam
Ramona Quimby
Chief
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