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Summer Reading 2023

Summer Reading 2023

By Patricia Rudolph, Library Assistant, Burlington Branch Coffey County Library Summer Reading Program 2023 is upon us! Summer break means families have more time on their hands and what better way to spend that time than at your local library? Each of the six Coffey...
Selecting Books for Kids

Selecting Books for Kids

by Patricia Rudolph Burlington Branch Raising a reader can be tough work. There are so many activities competing for your child’s time and attention-school, sports, friends, movies, and music. Even once you’ve gotten your child into reading, you and your child are...
STEAM in Libraries

STEAM in Libraries

What better place to learn about the world than at the library? Bring your kids in and they’ll see people socializing, reading the newspaper, browsing books and movies. In Burlington and Lebo branches, you’ll find fish swimming in their tanks, and at LeRoy branch you...
Summer Reading 2022

Summer Reading 2022

by Colleen Decker, Library Assistant,  LeRoy Branch   With school being out for summer break, children have more time on their hands and parents may need to think of a new way to keep them busy and entertained. Visiting the local library is a great way to get up...
The Importance of a Library to Youth

The Importance of a Library to Youth

In April, we celebrate National Library Week. It’s a week to stop and consider how important libraries are to our schools and communities. In this digital age, it may be hard to understand why libraries are still important. Kids don’t need to head to the library to...
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Reading to children has many important benefits such as encouraging language development, developing skills crucial for academic success, and strengthening the parent and child bond. To encourage reading to young children, Coffey County Libraries invite our patrons to...