New Software System Beginning July 5th

Important Changes Coming to Our Library in July!

We're migrating to a new software system, please note the following

temporary borrowing changes:

· July 1-6: Please babysit our books! The library will be giving you extended loans for items checked out, so that no materials will be due during these dates, to reduce the number of items returned during the transition period between catalogs.

· June 29-July 6: No holds will be able to be placed during this time, by patrons or staff.

· July 2-3: Only checkouts will be allowed.

· Renewals will not be possible

· You must have your library card with you to checkout materials

· July 4: Limestone Township Library will be closed in observance of Independence Day

· July 5: Limestone Township Library will open on a delayed time schedule. The library will open at 12:00 P.M. (noon) in order to allow needed time for a smooth transition between catalogs, resulting in better service for patrons.

· July 6: Beginning July 6, there will be a 1 day grace period for materials. Materials “On Hold” will be held no longer than 6 days.

Need Help? Call: 815-939-1696

Email: info@limestonelibrary.org

Limestone Township Library Receives Libri Foundation Grant!

     The Limestone Township Library has received a $1,400 grant through the

Libri Foundation and matching funds from the Limestone Township Friends of the Library organization (LTFOL).

     The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program. The Libri Foundation was established in 1989 for the sole purpose of helping rural libraries acquire new, quality, hardcover children's books they could not otherwise afford. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $5.25 million worth of new children's books to more than 3,000 libraries in all 50 states.

    The Limestone Township Library is thankful not only for the original grant, but for the additional $350 in bonus grant funds it received from the Libri Foundation for math and science children’s books, bringing the grant total for purchasing new children’s books to $1,400.

  The library was able to purchase 81 new children’s books, including 19 books dedicated to math and science for children.  

New Book Titles through Libri Foundation Grant:

	Title	Author
1.	90 Miles to Havana	Flores-Galbis
2.	Alchemy and Meggie Swann	Cushman
3.	Amelia Lost	Fleming
4.	Ant and Grasshopper	Gray
5.	April and Esme, Tooth Fairies	Graham
6.	Art & Max	Wiesner
7.	Ballerina Dreams	Thompson
8.	The Bat Scientists	Carson
9.	A Bedtime for Bear	Becker
10.	Bink and Gollie	DiCamillo
11.	Bones	Jenkins
12.	Bubble Trouble	Mahy
13.	Buffalo Music	Fern
14.	Candy Bomber	Tunnell
15.	Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading	Greenwald
16.	Cinderella Smith	Barden
17.	Clever Jack Takes the Cake	Fleming
18.	Cosmic	Cottrell Boyce
19.	The Crossing	Murphy
20.	The Crowfield Curse	Walsh
21.	The Danger Box	Balliett
22.	The Day-Glo Brothers	Barton
23.	Digging for Troy	Rubalcaba
24.	Dog Loves Books	Yates
25.	Dust Devil	Isaacs
26.	The Elephant Scientists	Jackson
27.	The Emerald Atlas	Stephens
28.	Emily’s Fortune	Naylor
29.	The Extraordinary Mark Twain	Kerley
30.	The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester	O’Connor
31.	The Grimm Legacy	Shulman
32.	Henry Aaron’s Dream	Tavares
33.	The Hive Detectives	Burns
34.	How to Heal a Broken Wing	Graham
35.	I Am a Backhoe	Hines
36.	I Spy with My Little Eye	Gibbs
37.	Library Lion	Knudsen
38.	Lives of the Presidents	Krull
39.	Living Sunlight	Bang
40.	Lyle Walks the Dogs	Waber
41.	Me...Jane	McDonnell

	Title	Author
42.	Moon Over Manifest	Vanderpool
43.	My Chincoteague Pony	Jeffers
44.	My Life as a Book	Tashjian
45.	Nancy and Plum	MacDonald
46.	Nubs	Dennis
47.	Pop!	McCarthy
48.	Princess Ben	Murdock
49.	Project Seahorse	Turner
50.	The Red Pyramid	Riordan
51.	Redwoods	Chin
52.	The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt	Kimmel
53.	Ruth and the Green Book	Ramsey
54.	A Sick Day for Amos McGee	Stead
55.	Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time	Scott
56.	Surprise Soup	Rodman
57.	Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes	Fox
58.	They Called Themselves the K.K.K.	Bartoletti
59.	The Throne of Fire	Riordan
60.	What about Bear?	Bloom
61.	When Dinosaurs Came with Everything	Ellis
62.	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Silverstein

The Libri Foundation Grant/ Math & Science Books

	Title	Author
1.	1+1=5	LaRochelle
2.	Amazing Math Projects You Can Build Yourself	Bardos
3.	Animals on the Edge	Pobst
4.	Backyard: Fun Experiments for Budding Scientists	Burke
5.	Cheetah Math	Nagda
6.	Cool Stuff Exploded	Woodford
7.	Extreme Scientists	Jackson
8.	Extreme Weather	Simpson
9.	The Frog Scientist	Turner
10.	Galileo’s Leaning Tower Experiment	MacDonald
11.	Genetics	Simpson
12.	Kakapo Rescue	Montgomery
13.	Missing Math	Leedy
14.	Robots for Work and Fun	Parker
15.	Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World	Editors of YES Magazine
16.	Rocks! Rocks! Rocks!	Wallace
17.	Saving the Ghost of the Mountain	Montgomery
18.	Science Warriors	Collard III
19.	Whaling Season	Lourie