by Mary Davies | Jan 29, 2024 | Library News
By: Patricia Rudolph, BBL Library Assistant Parents are their children’s first teachers. You teach them to talk, to walk, to dance and sing. You probably teach them to count and to read. You teach them empathy, and kindness, and how to manage money, and change the...
by Mary Davies | Oct 2, 2023 | Library News
The Coffey County Library employees held their annual in-service day on Friday, September 22, 2023. All branches were closed while trustees and staff attended training and fostered work relationships. The highlight of the day was celebrating the employees who had...
by Mary Davies | Sep 8, 2023 | Library News
By: Patricia Rudolph, Burlington Branch “Let freedom ring,” a famous phrase spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is a phrase I’m sure we’re all familiar with, but have we ever thought about what it actually means? According to yourdictionary.com it’s ”a statement...
by Mary Davies | Sep 8, 2023 | Library News
It’s mid August and school is back in session. The libraries are quiet again compared to the atmosphere that came with summer. The New Strawn Branch Library had a group of approximately 15 youth between the ages of 7-13 that utilized the library all summer. ...
by Library-Admin-1 | Aug 23, 2023 | Library News
Coffey County Library would like to bring our community together again by offering Coffey County Reads Together. We are encouraging everyone in the county to read and talk about the same book. During Coffey County Reads Together we will have print and digital copies...
by Mary Davies | Jul 13, 2023 | Library News
By: Kristi Graham, Waverly Branch Director Early literacy refers to what young children know about reading and writing before they actually learn to read and write. Children begin developing the skills they will need to learn to read long before they go to school; in...
