Library News

Have you ever been surprised by the kindness of strangers? Westville Public Library called the other day and asked if we would like to have some of their duplicate books. These are new-never-been-read books! Of course, the library accepted their generous offer. So, the library now has 9 brand new books! For children: “Ask WOW…

We have four new bookcases! Things have changed and not so many people are using our computers so we took out part of the computers and made more room for books! The shelves are tall and match the color of the walls. They seemed like a perfect place to more our cookbooks. It will be…

People in the community have been SO generous that we once again have a problem with too many books and not enough room! Books that have been here a while or books that we already have a copy of are going into our sale. Instead of waiting until next September, we have a sale cart…

Download SHARE. If you aren’t acquainted with this ap or website, let me tell you, it is wonderful! People who use their cell phones for going on-line might download it through their ap store. One lady just typed “Chrisman Public Library” into the ap store search and it came up. I’m more comfortable with an…

Have you ordered your garden seed yet? We didn’t receive any catalogs, but I know of several websites that you can order from. We also have many good gardening books: Rodale’s Organic Gardening, Newspaper, pennies, and cardboard for growing a better garden, The postage Stamp Garden book, How to grow your own vegetables, The new…

I’m sitting here missing the book reviews! Do you remember last summer when we had people submit their thoughts, opinions, summary of a particular book? You can still do that! Anytime you want to jot down a few sentences on a book, just do it! We are interested in what you think, particularly on books…

New Year! New ideas are needed from our patrons, adults and children alike! The Library would like to start up story-time for the children. After school has been the normal setting for this program but we would like to hear from the parents as they are the ones delivering and transporting the children. Please let…

From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank the Good Samaritan who plowed in front of the library. I was out there with my shovel trying, but there was a deep ridge of snow and it was a pretty hopeless situation. So—THANK YOU! This is a great time of year to take it…