Planting the Seeds of Knowledge at Your Local Library

On Tuesday, March 10th, the Library hosted their monthly Tween Steam Program, featuring “Pi Skyline”, made possible by the Infinite Sums Rural and Small Libraries Grant. Turning the numbers of Pi into a skyline using graph paper, makers, and crayons to create art out of math.

The Library featured the book “How to Catch a Leprechaun” by Adam Wallace for the Wednesday, March 11th’s Story & Craft Time. You’ve been planning night and day, and finally you’ve created the perfect trap with shamrocks, pots of gold, and rainbows galore! Now all you need to do is wait. Is this the year you’ll finally catch the leprechaun? The kids enjoyed snacks, while creating tissue paper shamrock wreaths. Our next Story & Craft Time will be on Wednesday, March 18th, our guest reader will be Ranger Chance from Holliday Lake State Park, featuring a spring and flowers themed book and craft project at 11:00 am, and 12:00 pm.

The Library hosted both the Teen and Adult Book Clubs on Wednesday, March 11th. For the Teen Book Club, the featured book was “What the River Knows” by Isabel Ibañez, and the Adult Book Club’s featured title was “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner.

For the Creative Class for Adult, also on Wednesday, March 11th, everyone was all twisted up for math-based Pi string creations, turning mathematical data into visual art.  The purpose of this class is to encourage adults to explore their creative side through freestyle thinking and imagination, turning inspiration into originality and resourcefulness.

The Library hosted their Tween Book Club on Thursday, March 12th, featuring the book “The Secret of Kells: The Graphic Novel (Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore)” adapted by Samuel Sattin. The kids enjoyed snacks and a discussion on friends, secret powers, Vikings, and legends. Our next Tween Book Club will be held on April 16, 2026 featuring the book “Wolfwalkers” by Samuel Sattin. In a time of superstition and magic, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn Goodfellowe, journeys to Ireland with her father whose job it is to wipe out the last wolf pack. Robyn, unable to hunt with her father and sick of being confined, sneaks out to explore the forbidden lands outside the city walls. There, Robyn befriends a free-spirited girl, Mebh, a member of a mysterious tribe of WOLFWALKERS rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves by night. There are multiple copies of this book available at the circulation desk.

If you would like to view The Secret of Kells, you can watch the animated feature on kanopy, the Library’s free streaming service. To find out more about kanopy, you must have a valid and active library card, and visit our website at www.jrjml.org, then click on kanopy to get started.

Spring is coming, this would be a great time to donate those unused books, DVDs, and magazines to the Library. We accept items that are free of the scent of smoke / mold, and in clean condition. If we can not make use of these donated items, they will be put in several little free libraries that we maintain, sold in our book sale, given to another organization, or disposed of as needed.

The Jamerson Seed Library returns! Join us in growing a stronger community starting Wednesday, April 1st. Whether you’re a beginner or a master gardener, come browse our free selection of seeds, bulbs, bareroots and other items! To ensure everyone gets a chance to plant, there is a limit of 3 items per household weekly. Have extra items? Please consider donating to keep our community bounty growing! Let’s cultivate beauty, sustainability, food security, support of local pollinators, and grow together!

The Library staff is also getting ready for their annual spring plant swap by rooting cuttings, getting pots ready, and planting seeds! We will start announcing the date of this event in April. Be sure to keep an eye out for this event and other Library-related information at the online newspaper the Appomattox Times at https://appomattoxtimes.com, our website at https://www.jrjml.org/, or our social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky.

Help us feed our community! The J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library is still accepting donations for our “Meal in a Bag” program, which provides easy-to-make, nourishing meals to families in need. We have made donating easy: you pick up a bag with a recipe card at the library, fill it with the non-perishable ingredients, and return it to us. Check out the recipe ideas at https://www.jrjml.org/tbtc/.

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