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“One Book, Every Young Child” is Pennsylvania’s first collaborative project highlighting the importance of early literacy development in preschoolers. The participating agencies share a mission to foster early childhood literacy and show preschoolers how much fun reading can be. The early learning initiative brings attention to the ways that children develop six early literacy skill and…

Public Libraries throughout Lancaster County will hold their 16th annual Mitten Tree Campaign beginning on Monday, November 16. Librarians from the county’s public libraries, in the spirit of holiday giving, will be collecting new mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, earmuffs and umbrellas that will benefit children & families served by Lancaster County Children & Youth Services….

Representatives from libraries in Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Perry and York Counties today announced the selection of Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard as the 2016 One Book, One Community selection.

At the Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (PCBL) Friends Institute on October 24, Jeanne Grimsley and Maryann Richmond presented a program on “What to Do with Book Sale Leftovers.” They presented at the Hershey-Grantville Hilton Hotel and their message was to carefully manage the book sale process before, during, and after the sale. About ninety…

Jumpstart Read for the Record 2014 PR Page 1 of 2 Jumpstart’s 2015 Read for the Record® Campaign is happening in Lancaster County! October, 2015 – Lancaster County libraries will participate in Jumpstart’s 2015 Read for the Record® —a national early literacy campaign by reading the same book to hundreds of children on the same…

Donate a New Children’s Book, Receive a FREE Bouquet! October 31 – November 7, 2015 Bring a new children’s book to any Royer’s Flowers & Gifts. In return, you’ll receive a free bouquet (limit 3 per visit) Collected books will be donated to your local public library!

Summer Reading Program registrations at Lancaster Public Libraries broke last year’s totals.  This year’s children’s theme, “Fizz, Boom, Read” and the teen theme, “Spark a Reaction”” have drawn record-breaking registrations for all levels of participation.  The following statistics reflect participation over the Summer Reading Program’s ten-week period:  24,333 youth signed up for the reading program….

Officials from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries announced that Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera and Governor Tom Wolf have appointed Glenn Miller as Deputy Secretary/Commissioner for Libraries/State Librarian. Glenn will assume his position on September 8, 2015. As the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) for 20 years, Glenn has grown the organization…

The Strasburg-Heisler Library is pleased to announce that they will be hosting a NEW fundraiser —“Handbag BINGO” that will be held on Sunday, October 18 at 12:30 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1575 New Danville Pike, Lancaster. This first-time fundraiser will feature Coach and Vera Bradley handbags as prizes. The event, which is…

September, 2015 – The Library System on behalf of its member public libraries is pleased to announce that they will host a Public Library Emergency Preparedness Summit on September 23, 2015. The training summit will feature a special panel of experts in the area of disaster preparedness and a visiting trainer from the NN/LM Mid-Atlantic…