Library hosting book fair; gingerbread night
Anthony Brown
Kelsey Noble, young adult librarian at the Maryville Public Library
Kelsey Noble, the young adult librarian at the Maryville Public Library, really wants to foster a love of reading within the children of Nodaway County.
In order to accomplish this, Noble often coordinates events that allow children and their families to participate in book-based interactive games and crafts.
Noble is currently planning two upcoming library events for young readers: a book fair featuring titles from Scholastic, a major publisher of children’s literature, and a gingerbread house decorating event.
The Scholastic book fair will take place Dec. 4-16 during regular library hours. Patrons who buy a book at the fair will receive another at no charge.
“A lot of times with buy-one-get-one-free events, the buyer doesn’t get the best deal,” Noble said. “They might buy two $17 books and two $4 books, and the two $4 books are their ‘free’ ones.
“In that same scenario at our book fair the buyer would get one $17 and one $4 book free, so they actually are getting a good deal and saving money.”
The book fair will feature a mixture of award-winning books, best selling series, reference books, and popular authors for both children and teenagers, Noble said.
A portion of the proceeds from the fair will go to the library in support of various activities and programs.
The gingerbread house activity will take place from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
The event is for children from first grade up, but participants must be registered.
In order to sign their youngsters up, parents can call the library at 660.582.5281.
“The gingerbread house creation event is just a fun activity to get kids and parents into the holiday spirit and celebrate the season,” Noble said.
“It’s a creative, fun thing to do, and it might appeal to kids who normally don’t come to the library. But once they’re here hopefully they will say, ‘OK, this place is fun, it’s interesting. I should come more often.’ And that’s really what we want is to just get more kids interested in the library and reading and having fun with reading.”
