Welcome to your library news update. We have extended our temporary return to curbside pickup service through Saturday, February 27 to prioritize customer and staff safety. Many other library services continue, of course. We plan to return to Library Express service and branch visits on Monday, March 1, if local COVID rates abate. Any updates to this timeline will be announced on librarypoint.org and our social media. Thank you for your patience.
Read on for more ways we're celebrating African American History Month, with virtual events, book groups, and reading lists for all ages. Be sure to watch our African American Inventors Video Series, which celebrates those who changed history with their contributions to science, industry, business, and communication. Join us February 23 for a presentation on Breaking the Bonds of Slavery in the Civil War-Era Rappahannock Region, by John Hennessy, Chief Historian of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
For Valentine's Day, we're participating in OverDrive's Together We Read two-week book club--Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn will be available for eBook or eAudio download with no wait through February 24. Children ages birth-five will enjoy stories and songs in our Virtual Grow a Reader Special: Valentine's Day.
It's time for teen artists to shine! Entries will be accepted February 17-25 in our 26th Annual Johnny P. Johnson Teen Art Show. Reading practice is even more fun with PAWS for Reading--grades K-6 can read to specially trained therapy dogs. For grade 7-adult, we have Time with a Therapy Dog.
Over a thousand of you are participating in the Adult Winter Reading Challenge and earning those prize mugs! There's still time to sign up--the challenge runs through March 31.
