Children's Update: Lake Jackson

Preschool storytime in March featured musical stories. As a special treat, Philip Walker of the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra came and accompanied the reading of the story, "Tubby the Tuba." Thank you to Mr. Walker for his wonderful music!

You + Me = Wii will continue to be held once a month beginning in April. Fewer teens showed up in March, but those that come can keep on playing Wii Sports, Guitar Hero and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Our Fancy Nancy Fashion Show was a huge success! Forty-two children and 42 adults attended. Twenty-five girls participated in the fashion show. Dillard's provided staff and make-up to help make the girls look even fancier. Melissa Armintor from Armintor Images took pictures of the participants. Robyn Cochran from Merrill Lynch served as emcee. Kroger's donated a cake that was enjoyed by all. Prizes were provided by Hastings, Target and the Friends of the Lake Jackson Library. Thank you to all those who helped make this event a roaring success!

After a vote from the public, Katharine was named the fanciest.


The Readers Circle read books about leprechauns in March. We'll read "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams Bianco in April.

The Bookaneers read "Punished" by David Lubar. This was a fun book about language featuring puns, oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes. Everyone came with more examples. We'll read "The Lost Years of Merlin" by T.A. Barron at our next meeting.

Susan and Linda helped with the Brazosport ISD Walk & Talk at the Freeport Municpal Park. A cold front blew in the night before the event, so it was windy and freezing! But lots of people still showed up, and we had lots of fun making sun visors with the children.

Forty-eight students from the Brazosport Christian School came to the library for help with their research projects. Everyone found what they needed to complete their assignments.

Plans for the Big Read program featuring "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. We're having contests to design a bookmark, a book jacket and a movie poster. Bird crafts for children will be done on April 29.

We're still ironing out some details for summer reading club.

The city bought us some book display stands for the children's area. Thank you to the city for these items!


Susan, children's librarian