Camp Wood Public Library
Welcome to the Camp Wood Public Library
May artist of the month
Paul Schwab
Camp Wood Library is pleased to present the artwork of Paul Schwab
Paul enjoyed drawing cowboys and Indians when he was young.
About twenty years ago he began to enjoy drawing them again.
His charcoal drawings are detailed and beautifully done.
He also enjoys painting landscapes in colorful acrylics. Please take time to
stop by the library during the month of May to see some of the talent from our community
The library invites you to come see Paul’s creations anytime Tuesday through Friday between 11 and 5.
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The Camp Wood Public Library is pleased to display art work by Chase Baker. Chase is a student at the Nueces Canyon Elementary School. His hobbies are football, fishing, hunting and drawing. He also likes to make traps, ride his go-cart and feed the cows with his Paw-Paw. Be sure to stop by this month and see this talented 5th grader's work. The library is open Tuesday-Friday from 11 to 5.
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If you weren't at the latest author presentations at the library, you missed some very interesting talks. We invite you to come check out the books written by Linda Kirkpatrick, Russell Smith, and Jerry Blalock.
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New Programs at the Camp Wood Public Library
Beginning in February, the Camp Wood Public Library will offer two new programs. Our first program will be entitled Toddlers, Tales and Treasures. We invite parents and their toddlers to check out this new program. The program will be on the 4th Thursday of each month beginning at 11 am. Our first meeting will be on February 24th. We will read to the children, engage them in an activity and provide snacks for the parents and toddlers.
Our second program will be an opportunity for those patrons that like to engage in craftwork. We will begin our Camp Wood Make and Take on February 23rd at 2 pm. Our first project will be a scarf made out of felt with creative decorations. Going forward we will meet on the 4th Wednesday @ 2pm. Please register for the Make and Take at the library so that we will have enough materials on hand. If you have ideas for the crafts, stop by the library. If you are interested in demonstrating how to put a craft together, please call the Camp Wood Public Library at 830-597-3208. We hope to see you at either or both of these events.
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Wi-Fi NOTICE
The Camp Wood Public Library's NEW WiFi address:
Library_Guests
Password:
NCLibrary
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Camp Wood Public Library
PO Box 138
Camp Wood, TX 78833
On behalf of the volunteers at the Camp Wood Public Library, I thank you for your continuing financial support of our community library.
With your backing, we are able to offer free WiFi access 24/7 and computers for public use during the library’s open hours. We offer office equipment to copy documents, send and receive faxes, and print materials via computer. We maintain a selection of movies on DVD, audio books, and the latest fiction and nonfiction books for people of all ages to enjoy. All this, and we also offer your favorite books, audio books, and movies digitally through Overdrive, a free service which allows you to borrow these items anytime, anywhere – you don’t even have to leave home! By simply using your library membership number and telephone number to sign into Overdrive or the Libby app, you can borrow these items for your tablet or cell phone.
You may be aware that our library receives an annual contribution from Real County, as required by the Texas Administrative Code. However, 75% of our operating funds come from donations and fundraisers. The Camp Wood Public Library is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, which means your contributions are 100% tax deductible. And because we are an all-volunteer organization, all the funds received can be used for maintaining the library and providing services to our community. We invite you to view our annual reports at tsl.texas.gov/ldn/statistics or at the library.
It is thanks to your donations that we are able to meet the costs of operating the library and to offer continuing services to our residents and visitors in the Canyon. We hope you will come visit us at the library! We would love to get acquainted and show you how your contributions are put to work.
Sincerely,
Kathy Fulton
Library Director
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A HELPFUL FEATURE OF THE CAMP WOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY CATALOG
In the bottom left hand corner of the Camp Wood Public Library General Catalog, you will see three menu icons: Visit Us, Contact Us, and Kids’ Catalog. Select and left click on the Kids’ Catalog icon. You will be redirected to a page that looks like the Kids’ Catalog page below. You will see over sixty-eight subject icons. These subject icons search for books that are Stories (Fiction) and books that are Facts (Nonfiction). You will see these two icons in the bottom left hand corner of the Kid’s Catalog page. When the catalog is first opened, the icons default automatically to books that are Stories (Fiction.) You can select to switch back and forth to Stories and Facts. Try the two icons on the bottom right hand corner to view those page results. In the top right hand corner, you will notice an icon for General Catalog. You can alternate back and forth to the General Catalog and the Kids’ Catalog. No kids’ books have been removed from the General Catalog to create the Kids’ Catalog. All library items can be searched for and viewed on the General Catalog.
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News from Camp Wood Public Library
Your library now has OVERDRIVE access. You can download eBooks, audiobooks, and videos. All for Free. Go to www.campwoodlibrary.org and click on CATALOG. Click on the icon for OverDrive under Electronic Resources to start enjoying your new OverDrive with thousands of available titles. Sign in with your library card number and phone number. Don’t know your card account number or what phone number you used with your card? Visit us at the library for a free update. See you soon and often at the library with free Wi-Fi access 24/7. Find us and Like us on Facebook. Need help with OverDrive? View their excellent support service and information for all your devices at this link: Getting Started with OverDrive.
New Additions Best Seller Shelf
News & Events
Make & Take Craft Day
Make & Take Crafts
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Kathy Fulton showed us how to make Christmas Trees with ribbons.
Maxine Scott did a fantastic program on making jeweled crosses
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| Yesenia Schwab showed us how to crochet a dish cloth and how to use a knitting machine to make a cap. |
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| Patty Caldwell Turner showed ladies how to decorate containers using decoupage |
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2022 Summer Reading Program Report and Photos
The Summer Reading Program 2022 was a great success, thanks to the generosity of its sponsors, Southwest Texas Communications and First State Bank, to the presenters, book readers, Friends of the Library volunteers, and attendees.
The Camp Wood Public Library holds a reading program and contest for children each summer, and for 2022 the Theme was Oceans of Possibilities.
Below are a few photos of all events to save or share with family and friends.
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We had 52 enjoy the first session on July 14th with Uvalde County Agent Noel Troxclair, aka Bug Man who showed pictures and displays and talked about many creepy crawly creatures. |
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On June 21st, the children were entertained by Mrs. Yolanda Bird storyteller who told them a whale of a tale! An original story she has written. |
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Deputy Game Warden Darrell had a presentation on wildlife for the June 28th program and gave out honorary badges and Brenda Cable read her book Adam’s Midnight Flight to Heaven and gave all the children in attendance a copy of her book. |
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To close out the program on July 5th, we had the Uvalde Fish Hatchery come out to Lindbergh Park and do a presentation. While some of the children viewed the fish, some fished for prizes, while others painted their own Rainbow Fish. Hotdogs were served following the program. |
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- Friends of the Library Meeting Sep 21, 2017 from 05:30 PM to 06:30 PM — Camp Wood Public Library,
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Parnormal: Blend of Romance and Science Fiction
Paranormal romance blends the real with the fantastic or science fictional. The fantastic elements may be woven into an alternate version of our own world in an urban fantasy involving vampires, demons, and/or werewolves, or they may be more "normal" manifestations of the paranormal—humans with psychic abilities, witches, or ghosts. Time travel, futuristic, and extraterrestrial romances also fall beneath the paranormal umbrella.[3]
These novels often blend elements of other subgenres, including suspense and mystery, with their fantastic themes. A few paranormals are set solely in the past and are structured much like any historical romance novel. Others are set in the future, sometimes on different worlds. Still others have a time-travel element with either the hero or the heroine traveling into the past or the future.[4] Between 2002 and 2004, the number of paranormal romances published in the United States doubled to 170 per year. A popular title in the genre can sell over 500,000 copies.[5]
As in the fantasy subgenre known as urban fantasy, many paranormal romances rely on the blend of contemporary life with the existence of supernatural or magically-empowered beings, human or otherwise; sometimes the larger culture is aware of the magical in its midst, sometimes it is not. Some paranormal romances focus less on the specifics of their alternative worlds than do traditional science fiction or fantasy novels, keeping the attention strongly on the underlying romance.[6] Others develop the alternate reality meticulously, combining well-planned magical systems and inhuman cultures with contemporary reality.
The first futuristic romance to be marketed by a mainstream romance publisher, Jayne Ann Krentz's Sweet Starfire, was published in 1986 and was a "classic road trip romance" which just happened to be set in a separate galaxy.[7] This genre has become much more popular since 2000. Krentz attributes the popularity of this subgenre to the fact that the novels "are, at heart, classic historical romances that just happen to be set on other worlds".[7]
Time-travel romances are a version of the classic "fish out of water" story. In most, the heroine is from the present day and travels into the past to meet the hero. In a smaller subset of these novels, the hero, who lives in the past, travels forward into his future to meet the heroine. A successful time-travel romance must have the characters react logically to their experience, and should investigate some of the differences, both physical and mental, between the world the character normally inhabits and the one in which they have landed. Some writers choose to end their novels with the protagonists trapped in different time periods and unable to be together—to the displeasure of many readers of the genre.[8]
Wikipedia contributors. "Paranormal romance." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 Aug. 2017. Web.
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