Spellers and poets are welcome – Register Virtual Holiday Book Festival

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Program Line Up as of Sun 11.22.2020 *7:30pm central time. Spellers and poets are welcome.

Learn more about Community Library Mississippi

Learn more about Community Library Mississippi and it’s program Community Library Mississippi Goes Virtual. Newsletter below.

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Learning Tree Book Club’s virtual meeting 1st Sat in October next meeting 1st Sat in Nov.

Virtual Reading Fair, July 8, 2020, Morning session, 11 a.m.

Virtual Reading Fair, morning session, Community Library Mississippi, Learning Tree Book Club members, July 8, 2020

Community Library Mississippi hosts Virtual Reading Fair – ages 5 & up

Virtual Reading Fair, Day 5, July 14, 2020, morning session, Community Library Mississippi
Community Library Mississippi, chair and vice chair, host Virtual Reading Fair for 18 days – July 8-31, 2020 weekdays – two sessions 11:00 am to 11:40 am and 1:30 pm to 2:10 pm email to registers communitylibrary.ms@gmail.com

Community Library Mississippi hosts Virtual Reading Fair – ages 5 & up.

Children read one children’s book.

Adults may read one newspaper or one magazine article on a current event.

The audience will ask a minimum of 2 questions to each reader.

The audience will ask adult readers a minimum of two questions too.
WED. July 8th through FRI. July 31, 2020 Weekdays —

Time slots:11  a.m. to 11:40 a.m.1:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.
Daily readings and recording will be posted on our Facebook page. 

NEWS: Community Library Mississippi

NEWS: Community Library Mississippi’s board and volunteers distributed 147 copies of My First Book Series and My Picture Dictionary to early learner in its first 8 months of operation (July 2019 to Feb. 2020). We sell these resources too. Proceeds support our book giving program.

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NEWS: Japanese readers have been downloading My Picture Dictionary since July of 2019. Parents and grandparents across the nation use this resource in their homes. My First Book Series is incorporated into the curriculum of day care centers. The print edition of My Picture Dictionary is in the library of early learning hubs.

NEWS: A black and white print edition of My Picture Dictionary was recently released. It retails for $5.98. My First Book Series is on sale for $11.98 (six volumes 208 pages).

New black and white edition of My Picture Dictionary
My First Book Series sale price $11.98 (six volumes – 208 pages)

Mother Goose preschoolers pose with “My Picture Dictionary.”

Mother Goose Christian School preschoolers, Watkins Dr. Jackson, Mississippi, pose with “My Picture Dictionary.”

The Community Library Mississippi’s board of directors are pleased Mother Goose Christian School added My Picture Dictionary, a reference book for early learners, to its library. Mother Goose is known for providing outstanding educational services.

Note: A Japanese retailer recently downloaded over 100 My Picture Dictionary eBooks.

The Japan government mandated in 2020 that all high school graduates must achieve a level of English equivalent to B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR). https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/10/29/commentary/japan-commentary/japanese-trouble-learning-english/#.XqxcpqjYqUk

Community Library Mississippi is in the process of producing a black & white low cost version of My Picture Dictionary.

Local History Speaking Series

Community Library Mississippi launched its Local History Speaking Series today with a tour of the COFO Civil Rights Education Center and a book talk by Mary Haralson Coleman.

Guest were greeted by Dr. Robert Luckett. Angela Stewart facilitated the tour.

Right to Left: Dr. Robert Luckett, Director, Margaret Walker Center, Vickie Jenkins, Vice Chair, Community Library Mississippi, Mary Haralson Coleman, Author, Book Toaster, Angela Stewart, Margaret Walker Center, Tour Guide, Meredith C. McGee, Author/Publisher/Book Toaster
Meredith McGee with Dr. Eldridge Henderson
Medgar Wiley Evers
Meredith McGee, Chair, Community Library Mississippi/Book Toaster/Sankofa Reading Group, and Vickie Jenkins, Vice Chair, Community Library Mississippi. Both women are founding members of the Learning Tree Book Club.
Angela Stewart, holding her autographed copy. Stewart is the founder of the Sankofa Reading Group. Mary Haralson Coleman is an author, singer, song writer. She was the first black female licensed barber in the State of Mississippi 1960.

6 Christmas Book Gift Ideas for Children

208 page coloring, writing, and activity book
100 page story and picture book
book gift boxes
A favorite grandparent book pick
Chapter book which teaches civics. …legal terms, policies, excerpts of 1890 MS Constitution
Chapter book which teaches civics
easy read for children ages 5-7 – entire family will enjoy this read