This week’s Art in the Stacks class painted painting inspired by the “Up” house.
This program is made possible thanks to a 2025 Summer at the Library grant from the Texas Library Association and H-E-B.
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We used the Makey Makey device to learn about circuits today in STEMed Up. We explored a banana piano, pinball controllers, and a game show button. Then we played Family Feud using the game show button.
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Session 1 of Literary LEGOs wrapped up this week. This kids created mosaics and more! This program is made possible thanks to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and Edward Jones – Financial Advisor: Lee Russell. The end of session giveaway is thanks to 2025 Summer at the Library grant from the Texas Library Association and H-E-B. #SummerattheLibrarygrant #TexasLibraryAssociation #HEB #SummerReadingPrograms #EducateEngageEnrich
This week, our children’s classes read books about the color orange!
Our Tuesday children’s class schedule for the summer is:
@ 10:30 – ages 0-5 in the meeting room
@ 10:30 – ages 5 & up in the children’s area
@ 2:30 – all ages in the meeting room
We hope to see you next week for the color yellow!
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We enjoyed our first SUMMER story time at @chickfilagainesvilletx this week. The kids read about all of the colors you see in the summer days, sang scarf songs, and made an artistic cow.
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Today we held our in-person StoryWalk® event. Ms. Kim and attendees walked through Jaycee Park to read the June book.
Kayson’s Candy Company treated the kids to sweet treats once they reached the last page. This month’s StoryWalk® is sponsored by Kayson’s Candy Co. in observance of National Candy Month.
If you complete the survey on the last page any time this month, your kids can get a sweet treat as well. Just show the library you completed the survey.
This project is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Grant #LS-252486-OLS-22) to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. (2023)
Special thanks to our StoryWalk® sponsor, Kristy Emberton – Tierra Real Estate Services
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.
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Summer is officially here! Summer reading sign ups started and we held our first summer class! The Art in the Stacks class created sun paintings. This class was geared towards younger artists. We discussed washing and drying our paintbrushes and learned how to mix colors.
On 5/27/25 Ms. Kim read 2 stories about outdoor adventures. In one story, a bear took an adventure from the forest to the city. In the other, a cat took an adventure from the city to the forest. In the end, they both wanted to be back home.
Ms. Cymre read about adventures under the stars.
The Library is open:
Monday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Tuesday: 9 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm
Curbside pickup is still available during those hours.
Phone: (940) 668-5530
Fax: (940) 668-5533
cookectylib@gmail.com
Cooke County Library
200 S. Weaver St.
Gainesville, TX 76240
