The Pember Library recently received 82 new books for toddlers through high school. The books were awarded to the library through the Libri Foundation of Eugene, Oregon “Books for Children Grant.” The grant is a matching funds grant in which the library can receive up to $1050 worth of books provided they raise one third of the cost outside of the library’s regular budget process. An anonymous donor provided the matching funds and Bill Strawbridge and Meg Wallhagen donated an additional $350.00 worth of math and science books.
The new books include both fiction and nonfiction. Historical and scientific topics are covered in the nonfiction. The fiction consists of picture books for little ones, early reader books, and juvenile and young adult fiction. There should be something for everyone. The books are processed and ready for checkout. They are shelved with the rest of the children and youth collections.
The Libri Foundation, which awards the Books for Children Grant, was established in 1989 with the sole purpose of helping rural libraries acquire new, quality, hardcover books for children and young people. Since October of 1990, the foundation has donated over $3,500,000 worth of new books to more than 2,600 libraries in 49 states.
Books donated to the Pember in 2015:
The Adventures of Beekle. Santat, Dan.
Any Questions? Gay, Marie-Louise.
Art & Max. Wiesner, David.
Big Bug. Cole, Henry.
Billions of Years, Amazing Changes. Pringle, Laurence.
Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever. DiCamillo, Kate.
Bink & Gollie: Two for One. DiCamiilo, Kate.
Birds. Henkes, Kevin.
Bubble Trouble. Mahy, Margaret.
The Case of the Weird Blue Chicken. Cronin, Doreen.
The Chicken Squad. Cronin, Doreen.
Click, Clack, Peep! Cronin, Doreen.
Code Talker. Bruchac, Joseph.
Daisy Gets Lost. Raschka, Chris.
The Day the Crayons Quit. Daywalt, Drew.
Diary of a Spider. Cronin, Doreen.
Diary of a Worm. Cronin, Doreen.
Dog in Charge. Going, K. L.
Elvis and the Underdogs: Secrets, Secret Service, and Room Service. Lee, Jenny
Fox Forgets. Bloom, Suzanne.
Freedom Summer. Rubin, Susan Goldman.
From the Good Mountain. Rumford, James.
Gathering Blue. Lowry, Lois.
The Girl Who Could Fly. Forester, Victoria.
The Girl Who Helped Thunder. Bruchac, James.
The Giver. Lowry, Lois.
Green Seeger, Laura Vaccaro.
Grumpy Cat. Teckentrup, Britta.
The House of Hades. Riordan, Rick.
How Do Dinosaurs Say l’m Mad? Yolen, Jane.
How to Be a Cat. McClure, Nikki.
I Love My New Toy Willems, Mo
I Spy on the Farm. Gibbs, Edward.
I Spy Under the Sea. Gibbs, Edward.
The lnvisible Boy. Ludwig, Trudy.
lt’s All About Me-ow. Talbott, Hudson.
Jinx. Blackwood, Sage.
Journey. Becker, Aaron.
Let’s Go For a Drive! Willems, Mo.
A Library Book for Bear. Becker, Bonny.
Little Green Peas. Baker, Keith.
The Mark of Athena. Riordan, Rick.
Mercy Watson Fights Crime. DiCamillo, Kate.
Messenger. Lowry, Lois.
Nighttime Ninja. DaCosta, Barbara.
Oh, No! Fleming, Candace.
Oh! What a Surprise! Bloom, Suzanne
The Puzzler’s Mansion. Berlin, Eric.
Quest. Becker, Aaron.
Redwoods. Chin, Jason.
Remy and Lulu. Hawkes, Kevin.
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. Barnett, Mac.
Sleep Like a Tiger. Logue, Mary.
Son. Lowry, Lois.
Star Stuff. Sisson, Stephanie Roth.
Stubby the War Dog. Bausum, Ann.
Tiptop Cat. Mader, Roger.
To Dare Mighty Things. Rapport, Doreen.
The Tortoise & the Hare. Pinkney, Jerry.
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! Scieszka, Jon.
Winter is Coming. Johnston, Tony.
The Year of Billy Miller. Henkes, Kevin.
You Are (Not) Small. Kang, Anna.
Math & Science Bonus Books
Alex the Parrot. Spinner, Stephanie.
Big Fat Hen Baker, Keith.
Eye to Eye. Jenkins, Steve.
Gopher to the Rescue! Jennings, Terry Catasus.
Gravity. Chin, Jason.
Galileo. Christensen, Bonnie.
Mysterious Patterns. Campbell, Sarah C.
Monkeys, No Chocolate. Stewart, Melissa.
Ocean Counting. Lawler, Janet.
Ocean Sunlight. Bang, Molly.
Seabird in the Forest Dunning, Joan.
The Secret Cave. McCully, Emily Arnold.
Seeing Symmetry. Leedy, Loreen.
Space Encyclopedia. Aguilar, David A.
Stronger Than Steel. Heos, Bridget.
Survival at 120 Above. Miller, Debbie S.
Their Skeletons Speak. Walker, Sally M.
Tracking Tyrannosaurs. Sloan, Christopher.
Wild Animal Neighbors. Downer, Ann.
Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars. Armstrong, Mabel. (Donated by the Author)
