Join us July 18 from 3:30 – 5:00 pm as we discuss The Mapmaker’s Children: A Novel by Sarah McCoy. From sarahmccoy.com: Sarah Brown, the vibrant, talented daughter of abolitionist John Brown, is […]
July Book Club Selection
Summer Reading Program for Teens
The Summer Reading Program is an Oral History Project. Oral history is an in-depth interview with a person or persons about personal experiences, recollections, and reflections WHO TO INTERVIEW Do you have […]
Summer Reading is Vital for Children
For children, summer is an especially important time for reading. No longer reading what is required of them for school, which often holds little appeal, students can indulge themselves by reading whatever […]
June Book Club Selection
Join us Tuesday, June 20th @ 3:30pm for a discussion of The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck.
Storytelling Contest
STORYTELLING CONTEST AT THE CHARLES TOWN LIBRARY DURING WEST VIRGINIA FEST, 1:00 P.M., 17 JUNE 2017 Do you have a story to tell about an event, person, or place in Jefferson County? […]
Book Club for Grades 6 & Up
A new book club is forming. Join us Thursday, June 8th @ 5:00pm for an organizational meeting. We’ll talk books, meeting times, and club names.
Second Saturday Story Time & Craft
Saturday, May 13th, 2017 10:00 a.m. This month we will be celebrating the sun and summer weather! In addition to our songs & stories, children will be able to choose from wind […]
May Book Club Selection
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J. D. Vance is a powerful account of growing up poor in a poor Rust Belt town, Vance offers a […]
Jefferson County Page Turners: Scott Rogers
April’s featured reader for Page Turners of Jefferson County is Scott Rogers. Page Turners asks a local resident to reflect on the role books and reading have played in his or her […]
April Book Club Selection
Room by Emma Donoghue Told from the perspective of five-year-old Jack, held captive in a small room along with his mother, it is “a stunning and original novel of survival in captivity, […]
