More new bookmobiles have arrived or are coming soon!

Jon Worona, Branch Bookmobiles Manager of San Francisco Public Library writes, “In the next fiscal year, we will purchase a new "green" bookmobile with many eco-friendly features.”

“Our new Farber Elf is being built right now.” Joanne White
Monterey Public Library

“We are in the process of finishing specs for a new vehicle.”
Joyce Voss

“We will have a new vehicle this summer.” Kathy Mayo, Outreach Services Manager, Lee County Library System

“We celebrated the Grand Arrival of our new bookmobile April 11 and we've been on the road ever since.”Judy Packer, Manager
Bookmobile Services to Young Children, Wake County Public Libraries

“We took delivery of our Sprinter Book Hauler in February this year, for our new Lobby Stop Service to Assisted Living Facilities, and will be getting our new city Mobile Library in late May. It is a happy Year here in PPLD Mobile Library Land!” Jan Meadows, Mobile Library Services Co-ordinator, Pikes Peak Library District

“We are in the design process of purchasing a new vehicle at this time.” Rich Allen, Bookmobile Supervisor, Jefferson County Public Library

New Bookmobiles and other great outreach news!

We’re getting a 35’ vehicle from Matthews and expect delivery in late June or early July. It’s a rear engine model on a Freightliner chassis – 12.5’ H x 8.5’ W. (It will replace our 40’ bus built in 1991.)

Kathy Mayo, Outreach Services Manager
Lee County Library System


The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System plans to reinstate Bookmobile and Outreach services.

Christina Kaulbach
Bookmobile Librarian
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library

I've Got Morning All In Me

We asked a Head Start class if they were having a good morning and a little boy answered: "I've got morning all in me!"

One other story is about a boy around ten years old who was really embarrassed. He finally said he wanted to know if we had any books about what to say after you say I love you to a girl. They found him a book and the next time he came, they asked him if it worked. He said happily, "Oh yeah!"

Susan Chandler

You Get to Go on the Bookmobile

Second time we went to a specific Headstart, I walked up to the classroom door to do a storytime. A little boy got a disgusted look on his face and asked if he had to go on the bookmobile. I said, "No, you get to go on the bookmobile."
"Is Mr Jim out there?"
"Yes"
"Is Miss Becky out there?"
"Yes"
"Okay, I'll go," as he trudged off into the room.

A month (2 stops) later.
I walk up to the same classroom door to be greeted by the exact same boy. He took one look at me, started to run around the room, yelling, "The bookmobile is here. Put away your toys. She going to read to us."
Ruth Pettibone

Here you go, Grandma!

There were new kids in the class at one of my regular preschool stops.
I gave my usual 'speech' about "everyone gets to choose one book; you'll keep them in the classroom and share them with your friends...." - you know how it goes. The kids, of course, were buzzing around the bus SO excited. The first little guy chose his book, hurried to the counter, plopped it down and said "Here you go, Grandma!"

Willow Gale, Bookmobile Supervisor
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library

Missed the Bookmobile? Go after it!

Two of our faithful patrons of a neighborhood stop just missed the bookmobile one day, so they drove to the library to learn where the bookmobile was right then; left the library and drove to the bookmobile stop.

Dianne Niece
Extension Services Coordinator
Troy-Miami County Public Library

A Bookmobile Early Literacy Story

At a mobile home park we have been seeing a young woman, Amanda, who is staying with her grandmother while in the last few months of her pregnancy. (Long story short, the guy turned out to be a lemon). She had a little girl last week. When I took books to the grandmother this morning she told me a great story. Amanda and her grandmother have been reading aloud to each other for a couple of months, bookmobile books of course. Well the baby recognized both of their voices from the first moments of her life! She turns toward them whenever they speak. At the hospital, the nurses only interested her for a moment and then she once again would seek out the new mama or the grandmother. So here is a literacy tip we can share - not only is it great to read to your baby, it is great to read to your unborn child.