Cooke County Library

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Building Tots Session 2

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Our Building Tots participants spent the past two weeks exploring colors and numbers. They worked so hard to build super tall towers!

This class is made possible thanks to Edward Jones – Financial Advisor: Lee Russell.

#CCLbuildingtots #earlyliteracy #engineering #STEM #EducateEngageEnrich

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Art in the Stacks July 7, 2025: Rainbows

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Today the Art in the Stacks class painted rainbows. Most colors were straight out of the bottle but they did practice mixing sky blue and indigo.

This program is made possible thanks to the Friends of Cooke County Public Library and a 2025 Summer at the Library grant from the Texas Library Association and H-E-B.

#SummerattheLibrarygrant

#TexasLibraryAssociation

#HEB

#SummerReadingPrograms

#EducateEngageEnrich

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Literary LEGOs Session 2

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Session 2 of Literary LEGOs wrapped up last 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

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Art in the Stacks June 23, 2025

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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.

#SummerattheLibrarygrant

#TexasLibraryAssociation

#HEB

#SummerReadingPrograms

#EducateEngageEnrich

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STEMed Up June 16, 2025: Makey Makey

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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.

#CCLstemedup #steminlibraries #makeymakey #EducateEngageEnrich

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Literary LEGOs Session 1

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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

 

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Children’s Class June 10, 2025: The Color Orange

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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!

#CCLchildrensclass #earlyliteracy #EducateEngageEnrich

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Chick-fil-A Story Time June 9, 2025

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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.

#CCLchildrensclass #CCLcommunityoutreach #earlyliteracy #EducateEngageEnrich

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StoryWalk® Event June 6, 2025

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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.

#instituteofmuseumandlibraryservices

#texasstatelibraryandarchivescommission

#TexasLibraries

#storywalk

#texasreads

#EducateEngageEnrich

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  • Hours

    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.

  • Get in touch

    Phone: (940) 668-5530
    Fax: (940) 668-5533
    cookectylib@gmail.com

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    Cooke County Library
    200 S. Weaver St.
    Gainesville, TX 76240