Blackstone Library news!

The Chicago Public Library has hired a new children's librarian for the Blackstone Library. Her name is Tina Carter. The Friends of the Blackstone Library warmly welcome her to the branch. We are excited to have her here. At the monthly Friends meeting Ms. Carter showed up in a King Tutenkhamun-style headgear to demonstrate some of the features of the library's summer reading program that is open to ALL children. The theme is ancient Egypt, with the Field Museum, the host of the upcoming Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit, as the program's partner. Kids who participate and then complete the reading program can win a really cool t-shirt. Please join us in welcoming Ms. Carter and if you know of anyone who can give one or two hours a week to volunteer and help out with this popular program throughout the summer, have them contact Ms. Carter at the Blackstone Library, 4904 South Lake Park Avenue, (312) 747-0511.

(that’s the letter I sent by e-mail to the Hyde Park Parent Support Network and local newspapers)
If I compare what’s going on at the Blackstone Branch to two years ago, it’s amazing – almost there – to the point I would like. Let’s see what Ms. Carter can do. I really like her presence. She’s calm and friendly. She even just changed the orientation of the desk at the entry of the children’s room so, as she put it, “you can see the children.”