Access TumbleReadables on the iPad, iPhone4, and iTouch
Great News! Access TumbleReadables on your iPad, iPhone 4 and iTouch!
Choose titles for early readers, chapter books, teen fiction, classics, and enhanced or grahic novels.
Voter Registration & Education Program @ Your Library!
The Registrar of Voters is visiting the Calcasieu Parish Public Library system for a voter registration and education program beginning Monday, May 14th through Wednesday, May 16th at various library branches. Visit on one of the dates below to learn all about voting and how you can do your part in the voting process.
Branch visits include:
Celebrate the Life of Maurice Sendak (Children's Author/Illustrator)
Maurice Sendak, the children’s author and illustrator best known for the 1963 classic “Where the Wild Things Are,” passed away. Celebrate his life with reading/watching his creations.
Friends of the Library Book Sale and Membership Drive
The Friends of the Library, Calcasieu, is having a book sale from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on May 11th and 12th at the Central Library located at 301 W. Claude Street in Lake Charles, La.
By joining the Friends of the Library you'll have the opportunity to attend the membership preview sale on Thursday, May 10 from from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Annual memberships are $5.00 for adults and $1.00 for students and children.
A lifetime membership can be purchased for $50.00.
Organizations can join for $10 annually.
Ask library staff at any public library for membership forms.
For more information, please call 337-721-7118.
Talking Books and Braille Library from the State Library of Louisiana
The State Library provides "free public library services to Louisiana residents of all ages that cannot easily read standard printed materials due to a visual impairment, physical disability or a reading disability whether it is permanent or temporary.
The collection has over 75,000 titles in non-print formats (Braille, cassette, digital cartridge, and large print) including fiction and non-fiction subjects, for all ages.
The Library loans playback machines to those using the recorded materials and recorded magazine subscriptions are available.
Books and magazines are mailed free to and from library patrons.
For more information, read more
Celebrate National Children's Book Week
We are celebrating National Children's Book Week at the Library!
This is an annual event that began in 1919. During Children's Book Week, libraries (public and school) and bookstores have special activities that are designed to encourage a love of books.
According to the Children's Book Council, "a celebration of the written word, Children's Book Week introduces young people to new authors and ideas in schools, libraries, homes and bookstores. Through Children's Book Week, the Children's Book Council encourages young people and their caregivers to discover the complexity of the world beyond their own experience through books."
Do you have the latest Freegal App?
Now you can download free Sony music tracks with an App from Freegal! Choose from the iTunes App or the Android App and start downloading today.
Wait!!! Freegal isn't the only library resource with an App! Check this list to view all Library Resource Apps and download them today!
Traveling Exhibit documents Louisiana's Statehood
The Calcasieu Parish Public Library is the inaugural host library for Becoming Louisiana: Path to Statehood, a traveling exhibition presented by the Louisiana Bicentennial Commission to document the roles Louisiana’s unique geography and cultural history played on its path to becoming the 18th state of the Union. The exhibit consists of a series of 10 fabric panels displaying images and text that tell the story of early Louisiana history.
The exhibit will be on display at Central Library from April 13 at 12pm to April 25 at 8pm.
Residential Trash Bash 2012: April 14th
City of Lake Charles and Team Green of Southwest Louisiana is hosting Residential Trash Bash 2012 on Saturday, April 14th at Chennault International Airport.
Harry Potter Pre-Release titles in the Digital Collection
Harry Potter titles in eBook and eAudiobook formats (http://bit.ly/hptitles) have been purchased and can be found in the Overdrive Digital Collection.
Use the preset link here or view the Digital Collection to search for "Harry Potter" titles.
A Pre-Release title is a "title that has not yet been made available by the publisher, but has been added to the library collection so holds can be placed ahead of the intended release date. As soon as the release date is reached, the first patron(s) to have joined the digital holds list will be notified of the title's availability, and be able to check it out. If you are not the first patron on the digital holds list, you will be notified of the title’s availability according to your position on the digital holds list."
NOTE: Titles in the collection may have various release dates for the eBook and eAudiobook.
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