Congrats Young Authors!

Congrats to all the winners of the Write Your Own Book Competition. This Competition has been going on for 20 years now. In those years we have seen some very talented youth in Bradford County. The winners for this year are:

Blue Ribbon winners-these books will be in our collection soon for others to enjoy.
Grades 7-8 Grace McClelland for “Mending Trust”
Grades 5-6 Andrew Gray for “The Lost City of God”
Grades 3-4 Zachary Jackson for “Stories About My Life on the Farm”
Grades 1-2 Kamri Hoffman for “The Saved Child” and Sophie Williams for “Swatobi’s Friend”

Red Ribbon winners
Grades 7-8 Haley Brown for “Forever A Love Story”
Grades 5-6 Nicholas Place for “The Turtle Olympics” and Simon Smith for “Turtling”
Grades 3-4 Allyson Beiersdorf for “The Tap Dancing Horse”
Grades 1-2 Devin VanFleet for “Bones”

Honorable Mention
Grades 3-4 Caleb McClelland for “Puppy’s Adventure #2”


I look forward to seeing many fabulous books next year. Look for the rules at the end of 2009 for the 2010 Competition. You can pick up your book at the library starting on Monday March 2nd after 10 AM.

Write Your Own Book Competition update

We had a total of 133 entries. Good luck to all the young authors who wrote a book. Join us for the reception on Friday February 27th at 6:30. A list of the winners will be posted here after they have been selected.

Story Time topics for March

The topics for March are:
3 Colors
10 Music
17 Things that are green
24 Spring
31 Transportation

Come join Libby (the library cat mascot) and the rest of the children for some stories, songs, crafts, and snacks.