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Children’s Book Grant Helps Library Meet Budget Challenge for Remainder of 2011

The Friends of the Westfield Library recently donated the required $350 to receive a 2-1 matching grant from the Libri Foundation.

The Libri Foundation is a national organization whose mission is to suppliment the youth collections of rural libraries with quality, award-winning titles.  The library also received a bonus $350 in science and math books in response to a statement on the grant application which indicated an overdue need to update the youth collection in these subject areas .

Library Director, Marie Boleman, explains that, “2011 is a crucial year to receive a Libri Grant.  All governmental agencies have been challenged by budgetary squeezes coming from every direction, and this will keep getting tighter.  The library’s 2012 budget will see a $2776 shortfall in its materials budget over 2011.  The toughest challenge for libraries--and this includes the Westfield library-- is how to serve the growing number of users who need our services more than ever in difficult economic times.  Libraries also have the challenge of purchasing materials in a variety of formats that are relevant to a wide range of users.  For instance, although many users prefer traditional print books, a growing number are seeking audio books, electronic books, and large print books.  However, once I knew we would be receiving the Libri Grant, I was able to go ahead and purchase a more adequate number of new books in these other formats without short-changing the children’s section for the last quarter of 2011.”


Christopher Mouse : the tale of a small traveler
By: William Wise ; illustrations by Patrick Benson
 


Clementine's letter
By: Sara Pennypacker ; pictures by Marla Frazee
 


Gossamer
By: Lois Lowry
 


Mudshark
By: Gary Paulsen
 


My life as a book
By: Janet Tashjian ; with cartoons by Jake Tashjian
 


The Crowfield curse
By: Pat Walsh
 


The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
By: Jeanne Birdsall
 


The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
By: Jeanne Birdsall ; [illustrations by David Frankland]
 


The emerald atlas
By: John Stephens
 


The last dragon
By: Silvana De Mari ; translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside
 


The mysterious Benedict Society and the prisoner's dilemma
By: written by Trenton Lee Stewart ; illustrations by Diana Sudyka
 


The secret of Rover
By: Rachel Wildavsky
 


Torn
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
 


Turtle in paradise
By: by Jennifer L. Holm
 


Waggit's tale
By: Peter Howe ; drawings by Omar Rayyan
 


When you reach me
By: Rebecca Stead
 


What you wish for : stories and poems for Darfur
By: Book Wish


Anne Frank : her life in words and pictures from the archives of the Anne
By: Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol ; translated by Arnold J. Po
 


Body languag
By: Body language
 


Cool Stuff 2.0 and how it works
By: written by Chris Woodford and Jon Woodcock
 


Cool stuff exploded : get inside modern technology
By: Chris Woodford
 


Corn up clos
By: Corn up close
 


Dinosaurs : the most complete, up-to-date encyclopedia for dinosaur lover
By: by Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. ; illustrated by Luis V. Rey
 


Diving to a deep-sea volcano
By: by Kenneth Mallory
 


Evolving planet : four billion years of life on Earth
By: Erica Kelly & Richard Kissel
 


G is for googol : a math alphabet book
By: written by David M. Schwartz ; illustrated by Marissa Moss
 


Guess who? : a lift-the-flap animal boo
By: Guess who? : a lift-the-flap animal book
 


How dinosaurs took flight : the fossils, the science, what we think we kn
By: Christopher Sloan ; forward by Xu Xing


Our farm : four seasons with five kids on one family's farm
By: written and photographed by Michael J. Rosen
 


Robots : [from everyday to out of this world]
By: by the editors of Yes mag
 


Robots for work and fun
By: by Steve Parker
 


Rocks! rocks! rocks!
By: written and illustrated by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
 


Temperature
By: Navin Sullivan
 


They called themselves the K.K.K. : the birth of an American terrorist gr
By: by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
 


Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion
By: by Loree Griffin Burns


What the world eats
By: photographed by Peter Menzel ; written by Faith D'Aluisio
 


When is a planet not a planet? : the story of Pluto
By: Elaine Scott
 


Where in the wild? : camouflaged animals concealed and revealed : ear-tic
By: by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy ; eye-tricking photos by Dwigh
 


Ghosts in the gallery
By: Barbara Brooks Wallace
 


10 minutes till bedtime
By: Peggy Rathmann
 


A remainder of one
By: by Elinor J. Pinczes ; illustrated by Bonnie MacKain
 


Cookies : bite-size life lessons
By: written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal ; illustrated by Jane Dyer
 


Count on Culebra : go from 1 to 10 in Spanish
By: by Ann Whitford Paul ; illustrated by Ethan Long
 


Duck! Rabbit!
By: Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
 


Hide and snake
By: Keith Baker
 


Higher! Higher!
By: Leslie Patricelli
 


I am invited to a party!
By: by Mo Willems
 


I spy with my little eye
By: Edward Gibbs
 


I stink!
By: Kate & Jim McMullan


Lyle walks the dogs : a counting book
By: [by Bernard Waber ; illustrations by Paulis Waber]
 


Machines go to work
By: William Low
 


Mail Harry to the moon!
By: written by Robie H. Harris ; illustrated by Michael Emberley
 


Mapping Penny's world
By: witten and illustrated by Loreen Leedy
 


Math attack!
By: Joan Horton ; pictures by Kyrsten Brooker
 


Max counts his chickens
By: Rosemary Wells
 


Max's ABC
By: Rosemary Wells
 


Max's words
By: by Kate Banks ; pictures by Boris Kulikov
 


Mirror mirror : a book of reversible verse
By: Marilyn Singer ; illustrated by Josâee Massee
 


Mouse shapes
By: Ellen Stoll Walsh
 


Move over, Rover
By: Karen Beaumont ; illustrated by Jane Dyer
 


No one is perfect
By: Karen Erickson and Maureen Roffey


One hundred hungry ants
By: by Elinor J. Pinczes ; illustrated by Bonnie MacKain
 


Orange pear apple bear
By: Emily Gravett
 


Pigs make me sneeze! : an elephant & piggie book
By: by Mo Willems
 


Sheep blast off!
By: written by Nancy Shaw ; illustrated by Margot Apple
 


Some of my best friends are monsters
By: by Rob Paige ; illustrated by Paul Yalowitz
 


Someday
By: Alison McGhee ; illustrated by Peter Reynolds
 


The Pigeon finds a hot dog!
By: words and pictures by Mo Willems
 


The Wishing Club : a story about fractions
By: Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrated by Anna Currey
 


The black book of colors [braille]
By: by Menena Cottin and Rosana Farâia ; translated by Elisa Amado
 


The day Leo said I hate you
By: by Robie H. Harris ; illustrated by Molly Bang
 


The doorbell rang
By: by Pat Hutchins
 


The everything book
By: Denise Fleming
 


The wheels on the race car
By: by Alex Zane ; illustrated by James Warhola
 


There is a bird on your head!
By: by Mo Willems
 


Thunder-Boomer!
By: by Shutta Crum ; illustrated by Carol Thompson
 


Traction Man meets Turbodog
By: Mini Grey
 


Wag a tail
By: Lois Ehlert
 


We are in a book!
By: by Mo Willems
 


William the vehicle king
By: by Laura P. Newton ; illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
 


Floors
By: Patrick Carman


Mars
By: by Margaret J. Goldstein
 


Tet offensiv
By: Tet offensive
 


Thomas Edison
By: by Susan Kesselring
 

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