The
Spring Book Sale by Friends of the Reston Regional Library
(April 24-28) brought in more than $31,300, including preliminary
front desk sales! We’ve outdone our 2012 spring totals. Way to
go, and hooray! Congratulations and thanks to all the volunteers
whose dedication made this achievement possible…
Mark
your calendars now for these upcoming FRRL book sale
dates:
Attic/Breaker
mini-sale– July 19-21
Teen/children sale –
August 22-25
Fall sale –
September 25 Members Night
September 26-29
Public sale
The Pew
Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
Newsletter for May 3 has this to say about libraries and families:
The vast
majority of parents of minor children – children younger than 18 –
feel libraries are very important for their children. Fully 94% of
parents say libraries are important for their children and 79%
describe libraries as “very important.” That is especially true
of parents of young children (those under 6): 84% of them say
libraries are “very important.”
The ties
between parents and libraries start with the importance parents
attach to the role of reading in their children’s lives. Half of
parents of children under age 12 (50%) read to their child every day
and an additional 26% do so a few times a week. Those with children
under age 6 are especially keen on daily reading with their child:
58% of these parents read with their child every day and another 26%
read multiple times a week with their children.
The
importance parents assign to reading and access to knowledge shapes
their enthusiasm for libraries and their programs:
- 84% of these parents who say libraries are important say a major reason they want their children to have access to libraries is that libraries help inculcate their children’s love of reading and books.
- 81% say a major reason libraries are important is that libraries provide their children with information and resources not available at home.
- 71% also say a major reason libraries are important is that libraries are a safe place for children.
Literary birthday jackpot--
May 27! Born this day: Dashiell Hammett in 1894, creator
of The Thin Man and Sam Spade; Rachel Carson (Silent
Spring) in 1907; John Cheever, 1912; Herman Wouk in 1915; and
John Barth (The Sot-Weed Factor), in 1930. The next day, May
28, it’s Happy Birthday to Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond.
Check out some of their works as you browse through the library
shelves! Try The Stories of John Cheever or Falconer
(both by Cheever); Herman Wouk’s Marjorie Morningstar or The
Caine Mutiny; or a crime classic by Hammett.
The Wednesday Book Club
will meet at 10:30 a.m., June 12 at Reston Regional to discuss Major
Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson (adults).
Note in new acquisitions:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir of growing up in the Bronx, My
Beloved World, is now available at Fairfax County Public Library
in electronic format.
And keep reading!
So many books, so little time…
