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There is child-like fun for the entire family at our library,
thanks to our Children's Librarian, Bonnie Ueckert.
Children's Storytimes


Children's Storytimes:
Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:30
Pre-school and elementary level stories and activities.

Super Saturdays


Super Saturdays:
3rd Saturday of each month at 11:00 Books, crafts and special programs for the whole family.
Super Saturdays will resume in September 2008, after the Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading Programs for all ages!
Texas Summer Reading Program

Poster for the 2008 Summer Reading Program Kick Up Your Heals.Kick up Your Heels, Read!
Turn in your reading
logs by July 24

Saturday,
July 26, 10 to noon
End of Summer Celebration
at Fisherman's Park

Program and
Registration Info

The 2008 Texas Reading Club is Sponsored by the Bastrop Public Library and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Thanks to our Local Sponsors!

Teen Opening Night


GAME ON! TRR.O8
Teen Mystery Night
Friday, Aug. 1, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Lina Pressley Meeting Room
Pizza will be served.

Enter Here for More!

Sail Away with Books! Texas Summer Reading Club. Image of children in a sailboat made of book pages. Navega lejos con libros!
Bastrop Public Library
Summer Reading
Program 2007
Sail Away
with Books!
See photos from our summer events last year!

Link to Teen Expression Page.
Attention: Teens ages 13 to 18:
Create Your Own Library Adventure!
Teens gather for the Teen Advisory Board meeting.
Teen Advisory Board = T.A.B.
meets the first Thursday of the month
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the library Meeting Room.
Dinner is served at each meeting ! (Sweet! )
Please R.S.V.P. with Sheilah Kosco,
Young Adult Librarian, 321-5441.

¡Especial Bilingual Storyteller Needed, Por Favor!
Speak Spanish and love children?
Our Children's Library needs a special volunteer to read bilingual storytimes for preschool and elementary age kids during the Summer Reading Program (once a week for 7 weeks starting in June). Knowledge of Spanish children's stories and folk songs helpful.
Contact: Miss Bonnie @ 321-5441

 Bilingual storyteller with children. "Hasta Pronto!"
 

"The whole point of books is to allow us to experience troubled realities that are different from our own, to feel the appropriate emotions, to empathize, to make judgments, and to have our interest held. If we sanitize everything children read, how much more shocking and confusing will the real world be when they finally have to face it?"

Child playing with a globe of earth and international flags.

- Quote from Reading Magic by Mem Fox, children's author and former Associate Professor of Literacy Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

 
This is your library--how can we make it better?
Let me know what you think!
You can call me at 321-5441 or send email to: bonniej@bastroplibrary.org
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