Growing up WILD Workshops

The Texas State Library is pleased to announce a series of workshops on Growing Up WILD, a program of Texas Parks and Wildlife designed to build young children’s sense of wonder about nature and invite them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Participants will receive a Growing Up WILD curriculum and activity guide [...]

October Programs at Westbank

Marie Hejl Saba cooks Homemade Baby Food at the Westbank on Wed, Oct 13th and at Laura’s Library on Wed, Oct 20th, each at 11:00
Mark White and ELizabeth O’Brien return to help you Launch Young Adults at Laura’s Library on Fri, Oct 15th at 10:30
Beloved storyteller Bernadette Nason returns for (Not So) Spooky Stories on [...]

Westbank receiving JCD Award

Here are Beth and Lyle receiving the John Cotton Dana Award at ALA in D.C., with William Stanton(left), president of the H.W. Wilson Foundation,  and Harold Regan(right), president of the H. W. Wilson Company. Lisa had knee surgery and couldn’t make it, but she’s cleverly represented in the middle. Again, congratulations to Westbank — we are [...]

The Westbank Library Wins a National Award

We are delighted to congratulate the Westbank Library on winning the American Library Association’s most prestigious award, the 2010 John Cotton Dana Award for public relations. The ALA has given the Library this much-deserved recognition for their three year effort to build, and fund, a new library while keeping to their mission: One Library; Two Locations. Director Beth Fox and [...]