Library Receives 83 New Children’s Books from BOOKS FOR CHILDREN Libri Grant
Our letter started out – “The Libri Foundation is pleased to announce your library has been awarded a special non-matching BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant for libraries thanks to a generous and anonymous donation.” (Usually we would have a $350.00 match)
Our library was able to select $1,050.00 worth of new, hardcover,(many award winning) children’s books from the Foundation’s booklist of over 600 books. On top of the books from the booklist we also received 20 math and science books for a total of 83 books. The math and science collection was donated by Bill Strawbridge and Meg Wallhagen and the Libri Foundation. The book “Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars” was donated by the author, Mabel Armstrong. These books are grouped young listeners; preschool to 2nd grade, and intermediate readers; grades 3rd to 6th.
The Libri Foundation was established in 1989 in Eugene, Oregon for the purpose of giving quality books to small rural libraries across the United States. The rural town library should serve a population of under 10,000 (usually under 5,000). They must have an active children’s department, a limited operating budget, and not be close to a city with a population over 40,000.
We are just finishing up getting them into the computer and ready to check out. These books will be in a display for the next month or so and any of the books may be checked out.
