Tuesday, January 14, 2014

GREAT NEWS FROM OUR LIBRARY



SO MUCH TO LEARN, SO MANY THINGS TO DO AT OUR LIBRARY



SO MUCH TO LEARN, SO MANY THINGS TO DO AT OUR LIBRARY

Have you been following the news releases on the crowded schedule at our libraries around the parish?  There is something for everyone – East to West – throughout our libraries.

·      Interested in reading and discussing a book with other readers?  Every branch has an active book club meeting monthly.  Check with your nearest library for dates and times.

·      Even though we have had a spat of very cold weather, thoughts have turned to spring and gardening.   The Covington and Folsom Branches are having informational gathering on growing vegetables from seed.

·     Do you love words?  Scrabble games are on the menu at the Lacombe and Mandeville Branch Libraries.  Check out the schedule.

·      Children are exploring the art of the Caldecott winner picture books and are having guided art lessons based  on the illustrations of the winners of this prestigious award. 

·      And if you check the calendar at the libraries web site – www.stpl.us/event calendar you will find activities for teens and even babies!

·      The Madisonville Branch is hosting biographies of Louisiana characters through a RELIC Grant the St. Tammany Library won from the Louisianan Endowment for the Humanities.  The program will last for six weeks.  The six biographies that will be discussed pertain to Baroness Pontalba, Lafitte the Pirate, Kate Chopin, Huey Long, Louis Armstrong, and “the Last Madam.”  The Madisonville Library has all the materials you need to read and to join the discussion.  Congratulations to the St. Tammany Library for winning another RELIC  (Readings in Literature and Culture) from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Grant
·      Our Library is absolutely WONDERFUL – and our FOUNDATION HOPES TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL!