What's New at the Library
July 7, 2016 - Magician Julian Franklin will perform for our last event for the Summer Reading Program. This show will be Friday, July 8th, at 10:30 a.m. and will be for both younger children and Tweens. Also, remember that reading logs are to be turned in that day.
The Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the Center Noon Lions Club.
June 22, 2016 - Coach Hiram Harrison will be at the Fannie Brown Booth Library Thursday, June 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. for the younger children. He will be talking about the importance of being active and eating healthy and about the different sports.
Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. the Tweens group will learn from Terri Lacher to write their own story. This will be an opportunity to write a story about their life, fiction or real. Materials will be provided.
June 9, 2016 – On your Mark, Get Set…Read! School is out and summer vacation is here, so it’s time to get ready for a fun-filled summer with the new 2016 Summer Reading Program beginning Thursday, June 9 through Friday, July 8 at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library. The Summer Reading Program is being sponsored for the second year by the Center Noon Lions Club. The reading program is open to children ages 4 to 13 years of age.
To participate in the Summer Reading Program, children must keep a reading log that lists the book titles or a time log that lists how much time they spent reading. Summer Reading Program Reading Time Logs may be picked up now at the library and must be completed and turned in to the librarian by Friday, July 8, 2016. Children may select books from the library or from other sources to read and may join at any time during the month of June. An Awards Ceremony and Party will be held in July for those participates who return their reading logs to the library.
In addition to a summer of great reading, the library has scheduled fun events for the following age categories:
Children Ages 4-8 Years:
Thursday, June 9, 2016 – 10:30 a.m. – Puppet Wise
Thursday, June 16, 2016 – 10:30 a.m. – Creature Teacher
Thursday, June 23, 2016 – 10:30 a.m. – Hiram Harrison, Athletic Coach on Fitness
Thursday, June 30, 2016 – 10:30 a.m – Dru Woods
Friday, July 8, 2016 – 10:30 a.m. – Julian Franklin, Magician
Tweens Ages 9-13 Years:
Thursday, June 9, 2016 – 2:00 p.m. – “Caught Being a Good Friend”
Thursday, June 16, 2016 – 2:00 p.m. – Creature Teacher
Thursday, June 23, 2016 – 2:00 p.m. – “Write Your Own Story”
Thursday, June 30, 2016 – 2:00 p.m. - Hiram Harrison, Athletic Coach on Fitness
Friday, July 8, 2016 – 10:30 a.m. – Julian Franklin, Magician
Details regarding the Summer Reading Program, Reading Time Logs and events can be obtained by contacting Sandra Davis at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library at (936) 598-5522 or visiting http://centerlibrary.org/.
June 8, 2016 - The first event for the Fannie Brown Booth Library's summer reading program will be a puppet show performed by Puppet Wise on Thursday, June 9th, at 10:30 a.m. This show is for ages 4 yrs to 8 yrs.
The Tween program, "Caught Being a Good Friend" will be Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. This is for ages 9yrs to 13yrs. For more information call the library at 936-598-5522.
June 6, 2016 - The Fannie Brown Booth Library will host its first Colorpalooza on Tuesday, June 7th at 2:00 p.m. This is a coloring group for the whole family - toddlers to grandparents.
Color Me Calm is the coloring group for adult and young adults, ages 14 years and up. This group will meet at the library on Thursday, June 9th, at 6:00 p.m.
The library will provide markers, colored pencils, pens and crayons, and coloring pages of all kinds. Come and join the fun.
June 2, 2016 - Summer vacation is here and time for the Fannie Brown Booth Library Summer Reading Program, sponsored again this year by the Center Noon Lions Club.
Reading logs may be picked up at the library beginning Wednesday, June 1, 2016, and must be completed and turned in to the librarian by Friday, July 8, 2016. An Award Ceremony and Party will be held in July for all those who turn in their reading logs.
Children may select books from the library or from other sources to read. To be eligible for the program, they must keep a reading log that lists the title of the books read or a time log that lists how much time they spent reading. Non-readers who wish to participate may have parents read and keep logs for them.
A schedule of summer events is also available at the library.
April 5, 2016 - Spring is in the air and it is book sale time again at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library! The book sale will be April 26–30. As always, the Friends of the Library group is looking for volunteers to help sort books, set-up, and organize the week before the book sale (April 19-23), and to help with the sale itself. If you would like to volunteer, or become a Friend of the Library yourself, please call Amy Robertson at 657-8529 or contact the library at 598-5522 to leave a message for Amy.
If you have any gently used books, audio books, or DVD’s you would like to donate to the library and/or the book sale, please bring them by anytime during the library’s open hours. Every donation helps and is appreciated (and could be tax deductible for you!). Although we will still appreciate the generosity of your nature, we can’t accept the donation of encyclopedias or textbooks at this time.
March 4, 2016 - Spring is in the air and it is book sale time again at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library! The book sale will be April 26 - 30.
As always, the Friends of the Library group is looking for volunteers to help sort books, set-up, and organize the week before the book sale (April 19-23), and to help with the sale itself. If you would like to volunteer, or become a Friend of the Library yourself, please call Amy Robertson at 657-8529 or contact the library at 598-5522 to leave a message for Amy.
If you have any gently used books, audio books, or DVD’s you would like to donate to the library and/or the book sale, please bring them by anytime during the library’s open hours. Every donation helps and is appreciated (and could be tax deductible for you!). Although we will still appreciate the generosity of your nature, we can’t accept the donation of encyclopedias or textbooks at this time.
February 2, 2016 - The Fannie Brown Booth Library will be hosting a Youth Writing Workshop and an Adult Writing Workshop starting February 2nd. The workshops will be taught be Terri Lacher, author and speaker.
Youth Writing Workshop: Feb. - May, 2016 on 1st & 4th Tuesdays of each month, after school from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. For ages 9 years - 15 years of age. Workshop is free and materials will be provided.
Adult Writing Workshop: February 2nd, 9th, 16th, & 23rd at 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in library Redditt Room. Materials needed for workshop: Notebook, pen or pencil. Workshop is free of charge.
For more information, please call the library at 936-598-5522 or Terri Lacher at 936-598-3484.
Submitted by Sandra Davis
December 15, 2015 - This will be my last article reporting on the library news. It’s hard to believe that the first one was nearly 14 years ago. The best part of library work is, of course, the wonderful people you get to know. You would like to personally thank each and everyone for their support of the library and myself as director, but unfortunately that’s impossible. Having a good library is a community effort at its best. We’ve been fortunate at the Fannie Brown Booth with so many supporters over the years. My hope is that it will continue.
When I had to select a mission statement for some government grant I was writing, I read a ton of mission statements from other libraries. I saw the task as just another bureaucratic hurdle to get over. However, once I started reading them I began to think of what our mission as a library really was and found one that said exactly what I feel is our mission. I hope it remains so.
The Fannie Brown Booth Library’s mission is to maintain and improve the quality of life for all citizens of the community by providing resources that contribute to individual knowledge, enlightenment, and enjoyment in the most efficient and user friendly manner possible. We especially recognize our responsibility to serve as a place for children to discover the joy reading and the value of libraries.
New Arrivals
Study Guide for the U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Test - Proctor, Robert
Stars of Fortune - Roberts, Nora (audio)
The End Game: a Brit in the FBI - Coulter, Catherine
The Guilty - Baldacci, David
Depraved Heart - Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
Tricky Twenty-two - Evanovich, Janet
Cross Justice - Patterson, James
Precious Gifts - Steel, Danielle
Wishes for Christmas - Michaels, Fern
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