The next meeting of  The Friends of the El Paso Public Library will be: Monday, May 20th @ 6:00. Meetings are held at the library.

June 3– Kickoff @ Grace Fellowship  6:30 Participants will travel around the world to the settings used by beloved children’s book author/illustrator Jan Brett.  Snacks and activities for the whole family will follow and interactive program.   June 12 & July 10 @ Library 3:00-5:00–   Wii Wednesdays Come test your knowledge and skills with a variety of games for younger [...]

Follow this link to access online stories and more! http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/auto_login.asp?U=eplibrary&P=libra

Don’t forget to click on the title of a story to see it’s entirety and any pictures that go along with the story!

Now through June 1st Overdrive can check out “The Four corners of the Sky”  to all it’s patrons at the same time.  This program is sponsored by Overdrive to create a global book club as well as demonstrate the positive exposure and sales influence library ebook catalogs provide to authors and publishers. You can check out this title by going to www.elpasopubliclibrary.net , click [...]

Registration is open for our summer reading program.  We have made this year’s program one for the entire family.  Preschoolers on up can participate in our free program!  There is 2 levels of readers for the children.  The ‘Backpackers’ level is for those who need someone to read to them or those just starting to read.  They might be able to read Easy Reader books on their [...]

We found out terrific news in our pre-construction meeting Monday, May 13!  We will be able to move in to the new addition in October, instead of having to move to another location.  We will be trading places, essentially, with the construction crew.  They will work on the updates to the existing building and we will move the library to the new addition.  The entire project is planned to be finished [...]

I inadvertently left out the FRIENDS section in the May-July newsletter.  If you didn’t receive yours, here is what it said:   The Friends of the El Paso Public Library would like to invite YOU to join our group! Starting in May, the Friends will meet on the third Monday of each month at 6:00. Our meetings usually last less than an hour, and sometimes include refreshments! We exist to [...]

The library staff is very pleased with the great turnout for our Groundbreaking Ceremony May 2nd, 2013.  We were especially pleased that so many came out in spite of  the wet, cool, weather. We got the ceremony in between showers so all could join in the celebration.  Many children were on hand to start the children’s section.  Adults were also sporting shovels as all were anxious to get [...]

Well, that’s what the staff at the Library feel, anyway!  Now that we have machinery and a construction office on the property, we feel just like we did when we were young and waiting for Christmas….. a bit giddy!  The long awaited day has arrived at last. Join us tonight, Thursday, May 2, at 6:30 for our Groundbreaking Ceremony.  We will enjoy refreshments after the ceremony, and anyone [...]

The library will host “Fun With Fables From Around the World” May 13th at 4:00. The outdoor performance will be on the east side of the library building.  Brian Fox Ellis will entertain all ages with animal stories from around the world. The performance is in honor of National Children’s Book Week and is in preparation for our summer reading program; “Have Book Will Travel”. Everyone [...]

Our last story time for the season was held April 23 at the library.  We read, sang, and played guessing games about wild animals.  We finished up the time by making puppets.  We had 2 lions, a zebra, and an elephant. WILD!