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Summer Reading Club Opens At Ouachita Parish Library
Ouachita Parish Public Library launches its summer reading club with hundreds of children registering on day one. Librarian Francis Flanders notes the goal of 1 book per capita by January and details new fiction titles including In Vivo, The Fair, Knight’s Honor, Brent Acres, The Creole, The Day of the Arrow, The Hand of Mary Constable, A Chosen Sparrow, A Feast of Freedom and other works set in Louisiana, England, France, and Nazi Europe. The club aims for a busy season as readers engage with varied material and a large book collection totaling 94,074.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Flanders
Ouachita Parish
Mildred Savage
Robert Nathan
England
Louisiana
Brent Acres
Cynthia Jones
Ray la Scala
Philip Loraine
France
Mary Constable