New Web Site; New Catalog

To find our new web site, you should be able to go to our old web site address -- http://vvcl.lib.tx.us -- or if our Internet provider is having problems, try -- http://www.youseemore.com/vvcl -- to get to our brand new web site with our brand new catalog.

Holiday Hours

December Happenings

MEET THE AUTHOR -- JUAN MANUEL CASAS

We are honored to have all of you Meet the Author, Juan Manuel Casas, at 12:10 Thursday, Nov. 13, at the County Library.

"In a lively and engaging style, Juan Manuel Casas gives us this narrative history of his great-grandfather, Federico Villalba and his family. This is a significant addition to the literature of the Big Bend and the first to represent the Mexican point of view during its early years of settlement."

Signed copies of Casas' book will be available for purchase with proceeds benefiting the Friends of the Library.

Thanks to the Friends for providing the light refreshments, too.

Meet the Author Oct 30

From the inside cover of “The Fairy and the Chupacabra and Those Marfa Lights” by James A. Mangum and Sidney Spires:

“The de Veras fairy clan lives in the Glass Mountains near the village of Marathon, Texas. Javier, a fairy prince, decides to travel to town by himself. He ‘forgets’ to tell his parents. Once in Marathon, Javi encounters a very lonely and misunderstood chupacabra. Cuidado, Javier! Now his brave sister, Princess Marisol, must rescue him. Let the adventure begin!”

The Friends of the Val Verde County Library are pleased to host co-authors James A. Mangum, award-winning Texas novelist and folk artist, and his wife, Sidney Spires, with a Meet the Author reception 12:10 p.m. Thursday, October 30, at the Val Verde County Library.

We invite everyone to join us to meet these charming authors who “live in a tiny yellow house on a hill overlooking magical, mystical Marathon.”

They say that their West Texas neighbors include fairies, chupacabras, dragons, gnomos, javelinas, pronghorns, buhos, and other creatures. This probably explains a lot – but not everything – about this charming book.

Signed copies of the book will be available for sale with proceeds benefiting the Friends of the Val Verde County Library. The Friends will be providing light refreshments for our delightful experience.

Family Fun Night Climbing Family Trees

We're going to be Climbing Family Trees by:

• * Listening to fun stories about different kinds of families living in different parts of the world;
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  * Creating our own family crests honoring our family name and history;
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  * Searching for interesting bits of our own family histories on Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest; and
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  *Adding our family trees to a forest of family trees for display in the library windows.

Friends Book Sale Oct. 10-12 at Mall

It's that time again. The Friends are helping you and the library at the same time by selling extra library books as well as donations for mere pittances.

All of the proceeds go to Library programming -- especially Family Fun Nights and the Summer Reading Programs.

Get great books for just dimes, quarters, and single dollars. Pay $5 to become a Friend of the Library and get first pick during the Special Friends-Only Early Bird Sale on Friday from 1:00-3:00.