Friends of the Jones Library System News

This is the final week to bring in your donations for Project Backpack 2015! In collaboration with the Amherst Public Schools, the Jones Library is pleased to serve as a drop-off location for  Project Backpack .  This project provides backpacks and school supplies to income-eligible students to get their school year off to a good start with a new backpack full of new school supplies.  Please bring your donations of NEW supplies - and backpacks! - to the Kids Room by August 7th , to allow for time for assembly and distribution before school starts in September. Below are lists of suggested items.  Thanks in advance for supporting  Project Backpack ! Grades PreK - 5 New backpacks Spiral notebooks 2-pocket folders Glue sticks Markers Crayons Pencils #2 Pens (blue/black/red) Colored pencils Pencil sharpeners Pencil cases Erasers Bookmarks Rulers Grades 6 - 12 New backpacks Notebooks Assignment pads Index cards ...

Sometimes, even the Friends haven't read all those great books out there. Here's a quick guide of those ones maybe we should go pick up at the library...

Paper Towns and other great books have become movies but be sure to read 'em first !

Undoubtedly it will surprise readers to know that, despite our youthful and hip repartee, none of the Friends are, actually, in college anymore. But we can still read like it ...

After the mayor of Venice pulled 50 books about same-sex families from the city's public schools, in an act of solidarity, 267 other authors ask for their books to be taken off shelves .

...try reading these books about bikers, cycling, and Men In Spandex .  Or just check out one of the Jones or North Amherst copies of the cult classic "Breaking Away."

Of course you do.