T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library

10/10/2026

🎃📚 **The Great Pumpkin Storybook Contest is here!**

Bring your favorite story to life! Decorate or carve a pumpkin inspired by your favorite book, movie, video game, or character for a chance to win a **$50 gift card!**

Here's how to enter:
🎃 Purchase a pumpkin from the library's Great Pumpkin Patch and let staff know you're entering.

🎨 Take it home, get creative, and return your finished pumpkin by **October 26!**

🏆 Three winners will receive $50 gift cards:
- Most Creative
- Best Carved
- People's Choice

📱 People's Choice voting will take place right here on Facebook October 27–29, with winners announced October 30!

**Open to all ages!** We can't wait to see your favorite stories come to life! 🎃

10/10/2026

🎃 The most asked question about our Pumpkin Patch? HOW MUCH?! 🎃

The answer? A little something for EVERYONE! 🍂

From tiny $1 pumpkins to giant pumpkins that make a BIG statement, we’ve got pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, and prices! Whether you’re decorating your desk, carving a jack-o’-lantern, or going all out for fall, we’ve got you covered!

🧡 And the best part? Every pumpkin you purchase helps support YOUR library and the programs and services we provide to our community!

Come find your perfect pumpkin at the T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library! 🎃🍁 We accept cash, card, or cashapp!

10/10/2026

We’ll be back in the pumpkin patch at 2pm! It’s a great day to come pick out the perfect pumpkin for fall fun!

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

HOMEGROWN & HANDED DOWN is here!

More than just a cookbook, this is a little piece of Diboll history. "Homegrown & Handed Down: From Diboll Kitchens, Past & Present" features over 600 local recipes shared by families and friends from our community in countless Diboll Day, Church, and school cookbooks.

Inside you’ll find the kind of recipes that have filled church tables, family reunions, holiday dinners, weeknight suppers, and handwritten recipe cards for generations.

Cookbooks are available now at the T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library for $30 each.

Whether you’re looking for an old favorite, something new to try, or a keepsake filled with a taste of home, we think this one deserves a spot in your kitchen.

Stop by the library and pick up your copy while supplies last!

10/05/2026

🎃 THE GREAT PUMPKIN PATCH IS BACK! 🎃

Fall has officially arrived at the library, and our Great Pumpkin Patch is ready for picking! 🍂📚

Stop by during regular library hours and find the perfect pumpkin, whether you need a tiny one for your desk, a porch-sized classic, or a big ol’ showstopper.

🎃 Pumpkins start at just $1
🎃 Sizes and varieties for every fall setup
🎃 Largest pumpkins are based on size and range from $4-$50!

Come wander the patch, pick your favorite, and bring a little autumn home with you! 🍁

The patch will be open during regular library hours and on weekends while pumpkins last.

09/26/2026

Come see our booth for Diboll Day!! We got hats! We got ornaments! And a cutout of the Queen herself! Can’t wait to see y’all!! 📚💚📚

09/16/2026

✨ Give $9.25 by 9/25! ✨

We’re workin’ 9 to 5 to put books in the hands of Diboll’s littlest readers, and this September 25, we’re asking you to help us Give Like Dolly! 💗📚

Here’s the deal, y’all: give $9.25 by 9/25.

That little bit of giving adds up to something pretty wonderful. Your gift helps Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at the T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library send a brand-new book every month to Diboll children from birth to age five, completely free to their families.

Because when it comes to helping little readers dream big, what a way to make a livin’... and what a way to make a difference. ✨

So pour yourself a cup of ambition and Give Like Dolly!
Donate online today at https://donate.imaginationlibrary.com or give in person at the library!

09/11/2026

Twenty-five years ago today, September 11, 2001, became a day forever etched into our nation’s history.

Today, we remember the lives lost, the families forever changed, the first responders who ran toward danger, and the countless acts of courage, compassion, and kindness that followed.

Books give us a way to preserve these stories and share them with generations who may know September 11 only as history. In remembrance of this day, we’re highlighting a few titles from our collection that tell different pieces of that story, from the Twin Towers themselves to the extraordinary boat evacuation of Manhattan and the thousands of airline passengers welcomed by the people of Gander, Newfoundland.

May we continue to remember not only what was lost, but the courage, service, and humanity shown in the days that followed.