MAY IS GET CAUGHT READING MONTH!

Get Caught Reading is a nationwide campaign to remind people of all ages how much fun it is to read. Launched in 1999, "Get Caught Reading" is the brainchild of former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder. Research indicates that early language experience actually stimulates a child's brain to grow and that reading to children gives them a huge advantage when they start school—so people of all ages, get encouraged to enjoy books and magazines and to share that pleasure with the young children in your lives.

Here at the San Antonio Public Library, we caught quite a few people reading. Below are just two of those we found. To see all those we caught reading, visit our Look Who Got Caught Reading page.

Pat H. reads to her grandson about snakes in the Children's reading area.

On a quick break from desk duty, Elma N. reads from Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events".

COVER TO COVER

For the past seventeen years I have been the producer and host of the San Antonio Public Library’s cable television program, "Cover to Cover." The program is taped once a month at the Time Warner studios along with other City Department programs---almost all City Departments and Council members are taping programs now. When I began taping seventeen years ago, there were only a few departments taping shows so I was able to tape more than one program a month.

Article by Pamela Longoria, Public Services Manager, Collins Garden Branch Library
 

MOTHER'S DAY!

Honoring mothers on Mother’s Day is a long standing tradition, but do you know where this holiday originated?
Modern Mother’s Day is thought to have originated to coincide with the 4^th Sunday of Lent during the 1600s in England. Mothering Sunday as it was known was to honor all the mothers in England. As Christianity spread, it eventually became a religious holiday as well, honoring England’s mothers and the ‘Mother Church’. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe first suggested Mother’s Day in 1872 as a day to honor mothers and to recognize peace. In 1907 Ana Jarvis persuaded her mother’s church in West Virginia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May, the anniversary of her own mother’s passing. Mrs. Jarvis and her supporters campaigned to establish a national Mother’s Day by writing businesspeople, politicians and ministers. Their perseverance paid off and almost every state recognized Mother’s Day by 1911, and by 1914 President Wilson made it official by proclaiming the 2^nd Sunday in May a national holiday. Mother’s Day was born. Many other countries, like Denmark, Turkey, Australia, and Italy, also celebrate Mother’s Day at this time.

Did you know that Mother’s Day is one of the busiest restaurant days of the year?
Skip the crowds and plan a special Sunday brunch to honor mothers and loved ones. Its easy and fun, get family and friends involved and let the library help out! Check out these brunch cookbooks.

Call (210) 207-2500 or check out the Library Catalog for availability.

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS

Christina Martinez, Circulation Attendant II at Central Branch Library, offers a few book recommendations.

Last Book:
Don't Mess with My Money by Ken and Daria Dolan

Currently Reading:
Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton

Favorite Book:
Necklace and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant

Favorite Children’s Book:
The Willows in Winter by Horwood William

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