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855 S. Jefferson
La Grange, Texas 78945
979-968-3765
979-968-6418
lmaweb@cityoflg.com

Tuesday 10AM - 6PM
Wednesday 10AM - 6PM
Thursday 10AM - 6PM
Friday 10AM - 5PM
Saturday 10AM - 1PM
Sunday 1PM - 5PM
Monday - Closed

 
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NEWS & EVENTS

Reading Club Entertainment

skippyjon

The Fayette Public Library will present a new and unique program on Wednesday morning June 16 at 10:15 a.m..  La Grange’s own musical virtuoso, Dick Smith will be the special guest playing the library’s beautiful 1904 Sohmer upright grand piano. Mr. Smith will accompany Librarian Kathy Carter as she reads her favorite children’s book, “Skippyjon Jones”.  This zany, wild, over-the-top, and utterly original book truly begs to be read aloud. The story features a hyperactive kitten with an intense imagination.  This Siamese kittenboy can't resign himself to being an ordinary cat and while having a time-out in his room he imagines taking on the superhero persona of the great Chihuahua sword fighter, El Skippito Friskito.   The program is geared to children of all ages!!

The performance was a hit.  Click here to watch a youtube video of the reading!

 

Check out the library's new youtube page.  We've got A Reading Club Program video as well as some great snow videos from this past winter.

Fayette Public Library on Youtube!

 

2010 Texas Reading Club Calendar

 

June 8 …… Registration for the Texas Reading Club Begins

                   Bonzo Crunch the Clown “Reading with Ringling Bros.”:  1:30 p.m.

 

June 9 …… First Day to Log Your Books and Select Prizes

                    Movie: “Thomas’ Trusty Friends” 10:15 a.m.

                                               

June 12 ……Wildlife & Exotic animal program: 10:30 a.m.

 

June 16 ……Story time with musical guest Dick Smith on the piano: 10:15 a.m.

 

June 19 ……Movie: “Air Buddies” 10:15 a.m.

 

June 20 ……Movie: “Daddy Day Camp” 1:15 p.m.

                       

June 23 ……Book Bash professional storyteller: 10:15 a.m.

 

June 27 ……Movie: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” 1:15 p.m.

 

June 30 ……Fire Safety Program and Big Red Fire Truck: 10:15 a.m.

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July 3-4….…Closed for Independence Day

 

July 7 …….. John O’Bryant  The Magic Dork” Magician: 10:15 a.m.

 

July 11 ……..Movie: “Fly Away Home” 1:15 p.m.       

 

July 14 ……. Wildlife & Exotic animal program: 10:15 a.m.   

 

July 17 ……. Movie: “Barn Yard” 10:15 a.m.

                         

July 18 ……. Movie: “A Little Princess” 1:15 p.m.

 

July 21 ……. Story time and Sing along with Ballan Keen: 10:15 a.m.

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July 26 ……. Movie: “The Princess and the Frog” 1:15 p.m.

                       Last Day to Log Your Books and Select Prizes

 

July 29 ……. Texas Reading Club Pool Party

                        La Grange City Swimming Pool:   6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

For More Inforrmation on the Summer Reading Club please click here.

 

Now Back in Print:


Fayette County
Her History and Her People

by Frank Lotto

Softcover
Now includes index. 

$15.00 plus tax

If you'd like to purchase a copy please
email us at archives@cityoflg.com




FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SPRING BOOK SALE

 Spring is in the air, and so is the fun.  Grab your calendar and make plans now to attend the annual Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale at Fayette Public Library in La Grange.  This year’s sale will run from Friday, April 23, through Sunday, April 25. 

The Friends will set up shop in the conference room on the first floor of the library located at 855 South Jefferson (South US Highway 77) in La Grange.  Sale times are Friday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, April 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Sunday, April 25, 2-5 p.m.

 Friends of the Library members can shop early at a special evening event on Thursday, April 22, from 6-8 p.m.  The public can gain admission to this pre-sale by purchasing a Friends membership at the door.  Annual membership dues are $10 for individuals, $15 for families, and $3 for students 18 and under.

 The Spring Book Sale features withdrawn library materials as well as contributions from a generous public.  About 75% of the items are donations, some of them in excellent “like new” condition.  Book lovers and bargain shoppers will find hundreds of hardcover books, paperbacks, children’s books, video tapes, and audio books — all priced to sell.  Proceeds support various library projects and services.

 It’s not too late to donate books and other items for a library book sale.  The library accepts donations throughout the year.  The Friends of the Library will accept hardbacks, paperbacks, and non-print items (audio books, videos, DVD’s, music CDs), but they must be in good, clean, sellable condition.  At this time, the following items are not needed for the sale: magazines and trade publications, Reader’s Digest condensed books, college textbooks, and encyclopedia sets. 

 For more information about library donations, the Spring Book Sale, or the Friends of the Library support group, call 979-968-3765 or email cjenkins@cityoflg.com.






 

Fayette Public Library Receives Libri Grant

The Fayette Public Library has recently received a grant from the Libri Foundations Books for Children.

As a local program sponsor, The Friends of the Library contributed $350 towards the purchase of these books. The Libri Foundation matched the Friends contribution at a 2-to-1 ratio for a total of $1406.  In addition to these books The Libri Foundation received a bonus of $350 worth of math & science books from Hal Berenson and Laura Ackerman that were also given to the Library.

According to librarian Carol Jenkins, Fayette Public Library received 81 new children’s books, all quality hardcover editions that have won awards or been highly recommended by recognized authorities in the library and educational fields.

The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates quality children’s books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its Books for Children program.

The Foundation supports the concept that children who learn to enjoy reading at an early age continue to read throughout their lives.  In order to develop a love of reading, children must have access to books which stretch their imaginations, touch their emotions, and expand their horizons.

For many children in rural communities, the public library is their primary source of books. Unfortunately, rural libraries face increasing financial hardships as budgets are cut while book prices continue to rise.

The Foundation, by matching funds raised by local sponsors, enables a library to obtain children’s books it could not otherwise acquire due to budgetary constraints.

The local librarian, familiar with the needs of the library and the community, selects the books that the library will receive from a list provided by the Foundation.  The 700 fiction and nonfiction titles on the list reflect the very best of children’s literature published and include a number of classic favorites. The 113 math and science titles on the list were a variety of fiction and nonfiction.

This year, 306 grants were awarded to small, rural public libraries throughout the country.  In the past eight years, the Libri Foundation donated over $4,000,000 worth of new children’s books to more than 2,800 libraries in 49 states.






STORYTIME

Don't forget about our weekly storytime
10 A.M. every Wednesday. 

Two lionhead rabbits named Trouble and Lefty
joined us for a special storytime earlier in the
year so come join us because you never know
who might show up next.

 

Be sure and check out our new framed
Bird's Eye View Maps upstairs
in the archives. 

Gift of 19th Century Maps to Fayette Heritage Museum

A gift of two high-resolution color copies of rare 19th century Bird’s Eye View maps of La Grange and Schulenburg was presented to Kathy Carter of the Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives by Rodney and JT Koenig, trustees of the Luck & Loessin Collection Trust.

The maps are the creation of Augustus Koch, a German-born cartographer who emigrated to the Unites States prior to the Civil War, serving in the War as a map-maker until his discharge in 1865.  By 1868, he had acquired the profession of an itinerant Bird’s Eye cartographer employing the skills he acquired during his military service, traveling across the country plying his trade.  All in all, Koch produced more than 112 Bird’s Eye maps in his career, 21 of them in Texas.  Fayette County was privileged among all other Texas counties to have had three of its localities recorded for posterity by Koch’s imagination; La Grange in 1880, and Schulenburg and Flatonia in 1881.

 JT Koenig had seen the Fayette County maps in the Amon Carter Museum’s exhibit on Bird’s Eye View maps and learned that the La Grange and Schulenburg maps were in the possession of the Witte Museum in San Antonio (the E. A. Arnim Archives and Museum in Flatonia has a copy of the Flatonia map).  Thinking that the Fayette Heritage Museum should have a copy of these historical documents, Mr. Koenig contacted the Witte Museum and it agreed to provide a copy of its original maps to the Luck & Loessin Collection Trust; a trust created by the late Eugenia B. Miller for the benefit of the Fayette Heritage Museum.  The maps are currently on public display in the Museum foyer.

 

Whats New!

Come in and see what new items the library has to offer.   Our DVD collection is constantly growing and has something for everyone.

 

 

Come to the Library and pick up these Free brochures

 The Library has received several brochures from the National Institute for Literacy. They are:

Shining Stars: Toddlers Get Ready To Read

Shining Stars: Preschoolers Get Ready To Read

Shining Stars: Kindergartners Learn To Read

Shining Stars: First graders Learn To Read

Shining Stars: Second & Third Learn To Read

The Effect of Family Literacy Interventions On Children’s Acquisition Of Reading: From Kindergarten To Grade 3

A Child Becomes A Reader: Birth Through Preschool

A Child Becomes A Reader: Kindergarten Through Grade 3

Put Reading First: Kindergarten Through Grade 3

Literacy Begins At Home: Teach Them To Read

Big dreams: Preschool Through Grade 3

 The Library also received brochures about:

Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide To Prevention

Early Warning Timely Response: A Guide To Safe Schools

Preventing Bullying

 

 

If you're downtown on the La Grange square be sure and look for the display panels in the windows.