POCLD Friends

11/27/2025

2025 WRAP UP
fRIENDS Meeting,
Dec 1, 9:30AM Sidewalk Café on Washington Avenue
Meeting Documents will be sent Saturday for your review.

11/27/2025

EVERY month about 170 kids from newborn to 5 years old receive a book in the mail. Books in the home is one way to boost a child's academic suggest. Consider supporting literacy in Pend Oreille County.
https://pocld.org/friends-of-the-library/

🎉 CELEBRATING 300 MILLION BOOKS – AND COUNTING! 🎉

Join us in celebrating our greatest milestone yet — over 300 million books gifted to children through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library!

This November, in perfect harmony with and our 30th Anniversary celebration, we’re now gifting over 3 million books each month to children around the world — and delivering our 300 millionth book this month!

A heartfelt thank-you to our 2,800+ Local Program Partners who help bring Dolly’s dream to life, inspiring children everywhere to Dream More, Learn More, Care More, and Be More. 💖

11/09/2025

*Swap clean, gently used children’s clothes, shoes, boots, coats, snowpants, etc.
(Please no clothing with stains, tears, holes...)
We look forward to seeing you there!!!
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details below

10/20/2025

Fun for adults at the library!

Looking to add to your home's fall decor? Our Crafty Corner at the Newport Library this month will help with that by guiding you in creating festive fall candleholders. Register at https://pocld.libcal.com/event/15237795 so that we're sure we have enough supplies! Details 👇

📍 Newport Library
📅 Friday, October 24
⏰ 1pm

10/20/2025

Now if only I'd remember the document I needed notarized....

We now have a notary at all of our library locations! This is a service we are offering at no cost to the community. Please be sure that you call the library at 800-366-3654 before stopping by with your documents to see if the notary is on site.

10/05/2025

Something joyful to share.

Reading Rainbow’ is back! (Admit it - you now have the Reading Rainbow theme song stuck in your head!)
Librarian who became a viral hit during pandemic to host beloved series
By Taijuan Moorman USA TODAY
Take a look, "Reading Rainbow" is back for a new generation of book lovers.
Mychal Threets, the viral librarian and content creator, will host the revamped PBS children's series, which has been off the air since 2006.
"After nearly 20 years ... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course ... new books!" the series captioned a collaborative Instagram post on Monday.
Threets, the joyful librarian known for his big hair and colorful shirts, gained notoriety during the pandemic on TikTok and Instagram, where he charmed users with his message of the importance of libraries as an inclusive and welcoming space. His videos quickly drew comparisons to Mister Rogers and original "Reading Rainbow" host LeVar Burton. The "Star Trek" and "Roots" actor hosted for 21 seasons, from 1983 to 2006.
The latest version of the Emmy Award-winning series will not air on PBS, according to Heather Hare, senior director of communications for Buffalo Toronto Public Media. The new "Reading Rainbow" will air as a digital series, kicking off with four weekly short-form episodes on Saturday mornings, which began this weekend. Episodes will be distributed by the Sony Pictures Television YouTube channel KidZuko and on ReadingRainbow.org.
In 2024, the Bay Area, California, native resigned from his longtime local library to focus on his mental health. The resignation followed a sudden backlash from what fans deemed as trolls and bullies, though Threets assured followers the decision wasn't made due to "people who resort to darkness as they pursue their light."
Threets has continued to share educational and book-related content to his 880,000 Instagram followers and 812,000 TikTok followers. He has also since started an online book club, launched the podcast "Thoughts About Feelings" and is preparing to publish a children's book, "I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy," in 2026.
"I don't believe it's me and my message that they're attracted to, but I think what they're attracted to is library joy," Threets told USA Today in 2024. "Which as much as I'm obsessed with library joy, library joy is not mine, it's every library assistant, library shelver, librarian, library lover, school librarian. It's all their joy."

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10/05/2025

Our October Meeting is tomorrow, 10-6-2025, 9:30 AM- join us outside the administrative building -on Union (in the alley behind the Newport library) to see what the Newport Friends have been up to lately. Then join us at Owens, grab a coffee and go upstairs for the meeting. questions? email [email protected] or message us.

09/14/2025

09/06/2025

today is the day! Come say hello and purchase media - from 8-track tapes, VHS & DVD movies, plus recorded books and printed books by the hundreds for all ages and tastes. You will find best selling authors, s as well as lesser known gems waiting or discovery. And if you lose power - you can cuddle up with your favorite blanky and use a flashlight. who needs streaming?And don't forget books as gifts!
Check out our yard sale treasurers, from art for your walls to kites for next year's Longbeach Kite Festival to craft supplies and....come explore for yourself.

OR -SPONSOR A PRESCHOOLER - We currently providing funding so 260+ kids can receive a 'forever theirs' book in the mail each month. Our fundraising supports literacy for all agest, enrichment events and programs - and pizza and game pieces for our tweens and teens. We can't do it without you.