Summer Reading Program

Library Staff Highlight

Carrollton Public Library welcomes the newly hired Children/Circulation Librarian, Corina Thorne. Corina is a native of Mexico and speaks both Spanish and English fluently. Corina and her husband have three children and reside in Carrollton. Corina is excited to learn more about the library, our programs and services the library offers as she excels in customer service and computer technology. Look for the library to have more story times with a bilingual twist. Welcome to the library, Corina! Recepción a la biblioteca, Corina!

Say “Hola” to Miss Nette. Lynnette Cowherd is the library’s Summer Reading Program Manager this year. Lynnette, along with her husband and two teenagers, reside in rural Carrollton. Lynnette will bring 21 years of experience working with children of elementary ages as a Speech Language Pathologist in surrounding school districts. “Miss Nette” is known for her work with children with autism, speech, learning and behavior disorders in young children. Look for your child to learn while having fun this summer with Miss Nette.

2013 Theme is "Dig into READING" for elementary aged children, "Beneath the Surface" for YA teen readers and "Groundbreaking Reads" for the adult audience.

Our goals for this year and every year's Summer Reading Program

To motivate children to read
To develop positive attitudes about reading and books
To enable children to maintain their reading skills during summer vacation
To encourage regular use of the library
To attract new users to the library
To promote your library's services and materials throughout the community
To foster cooperation between community agencies
To offer experiences through which children can learn to work cooperatively

Objectives for the 2013 Summer Reading Program are:

To register 10% more middle school students last previous years
To have 75% of the participants complete the program
To increase library card registrations for children by 10% over the summer
To have 10% more in substantial programming
To cooperate with at least one community agency on the program
To enlist the support of at least three community businesses for the program
To recruit at least 10 teen volunteers for the summer program
To enlist 10% more children in the summer reading program as in previous years