What's New?

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Story Time
Story time is presented the first Thursday of each month from 10:-10:30 AM at the library. Traci Turner will be on hand to read to children during that time. Please join us for these fun programs.
Traci Turner & daughter Reese

The Kountze Economic Development Corporation has awarded KPL an annual grant in the amount of $500. This grant was used to add current titles to the Small Business Resource Section which was originally established by the Kountze EDC to help members of the community who have small business concerns. President of Kountze EDC is local businessman, Carl Arthur Richardson. Many thanks to the EDC for their support of the library.

The Library has received a grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation on behalf of Marilyn Cox for volunteer hours she has worked at the library. Marilyn and her husband Jerry, who is an ExxonMobil retiree, participate in the Volunteer Involvement Program. The program "seeks to encourage employees, retirees and other eligible participants to actively contribute their time and talent to charitable organizations by providing contributions on their behalf."

The Library has also received a donation from the ExxonMobil Foundation's Cultural Matching Gift Program on behalf of Sam R. Bethea, Sr. of Baytown, Texas. Mr. Bethea is an ExxonMobil retiree as well.

Kountze Public Library has received new Junior Biography titles funded with a Texas Book Festival Grant. Among the titles are several biographies of film personalities, celebrities and popular music icons such as Alan Jackson, Alicia Keys, Ashlee Simpson, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lopez, Katie Couric, Kenny Chesney, Kate Hudson, Lindsay Lohan, and Mariah Carey. Racing legend Jeff Gordon has authored (with Steve Eubanks) Racing Back To the Front-My Memoir. Also new to the library: Travis Pastrana: Motocross Superstar, Ricky Carmichael: Motocross Champion, Bmx Greats by Brian D. Fiske, and Dale Earnhardt by A. R. Schaefer, African-American Inventors, Alexander the Great, Adriana Ocampo, A. Randolph: Union Leader and Civil Rights Crusader, American Generals of World War II, Andrew Carnegie: Steel King and Friend to Libraries, Authors and Writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Barack Obama: Working to Make a Difference, Bessie Coleman, George Armstrong Custer, George W. Bush, Hatshepsut: First Female Pharaoh, Hunger for Learning: A Story about Booker T. Washington, James Beckwourth: Legendary Mountain Man and Jefferson Davis. On your next library visit, be sure to check the special display where these books are showcased.

Bailey & Miley Overstreet spend some quiet time at the library reading the new books provided by the Books for Children Libri Grant program.

Blair Chessher volunteered to help process new books received from the Libri Grant.