I love September because weather starts to cool off and the leaves are everywhere.
AND it is “Library Card Sign-up Month.” As the director, I want everyone to have a library card. It is FREE and if you don’t have one, come on in and bring a piece of mail with your current address and your valid ID.
The Texas County Library offers many services along with e-books, DVDs and shelves full of books at all four branches. For September, each branch has come up with its own display of book recommendations, so please go check them out!
Dreams can become reality, and I know this to be true every time I drive past the new Houston main branch library site. Walls are going up and it is getting very exciting. There is still some ways to go, but the contractor and library board are working hard to give Texas County a beautiful new main branch!
If you would like to contribute to the new library, there are still NAP credits available for purchase. Contact me at 417-967-2258 for information.
Yes, that IS a life-size poster of Ms. Dolly Parton in the children’s section of all Texas County Libraries! It’s to let everyone know that her Imagination Library is now being sponsored in the State of Missouri, and every Missouri child can receive a free book every month from birth until their 5th birthday! To enroll a child, stop by any Texas County Library branch or go online to imaginationlibrary.com
“You can never get enough books into the hands of enough children.” – Dolly Parton
Come have a story and craft each Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Houston library with Miss Tiffany. There are also LEGOS, STEM Kits and kids’ computers available for fun any day we are open.
Information about all the library branches can be found on our website and Facebook page.
New additions to the Houston shelves: “Capture or Kill” by Vince Flynn, “Den of Inequity” by JA Jance, “Here One Moment” by Lane Moriarty and “Rebel” by David Weber.
We have also added lots of new large print westerns.
Librarian Lee Ann Akins facilitates Book Club every month at our Houston branch one Saturday a month at 1:30 p.m. Dates through the end of the year are Sept. 21, Oct. 19 and Nov. 16. Hope to see you there!
Fishing poles and tackle boxes are available at all Texas County Library branches for check out, courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation. Also at our Licking branch, you can check out birdwatching backpacks courtesy of the Rolla Ornithological Society in memory of Doc Hatch.
Texas County Library has e-Books and audio books available to download. To view the catalog and download, go to our website (texascountylibrary.lib.mo.us) and click on “e-books,” or come by the library for assistance. Texas County Library cards are required.
Houston Library is the main branch of the Texas County Library and located at 117 W. Walnut Street. Business hours are 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Library staff is Darnella Robbins, Del Hicks and Tiffany Davy. Check out our webpage at texascountylibrary.lib.mo.us, or contact the library at 417-967-2258. The email address is TexasCountyLibrary@gmail.com.
And be sure and LIKE our Texas County Library Facebook page!
Louise Beasley is director of the Texas County Library system. She can be reached by phone at the Houston branch at 417-967-2258, or by email at Texascountylibrary@gmail.com. More information about the four county library branches is available online at texascountylibrary.lib.mo.us.
