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Ivolene Rowen Memorial Children's and Youth Library
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The Rowen Memorial Library began with a generous gift from the St. Nicholas Guild of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in memory of Ivolene Rowen, a school teacher who loved reading and passed on that love to the children and youth of St. Paul's.
Christians have always been "people of the book." This love and encouragement of reading has extended beyond Scripture to include many books that inspire, challenge, expand and comfort people. The Rowen Children’s and Youth Library is building collections that will do these things for our parish.
The Easy collection is designed for the youngest children, from birth to around age 8 or 9 (3rd grade or so). It has books that are either very simple to read, or simple to understand or enjoy when read aloud by an older reader to a child. Retellings of Bible stories, prayers and stories of families are found in this collection. Many of the items are board books that are easily handled by small children.
The Children’s collection is aimed at the school-age student, grades 3 through 6, or about ages 8 to 12. There are both fiction and non-fiction books here. The fiction items include both simple stories and chapter books; there are also videos of interest to this age group. The non-fiction collection is mostly on Christian or religious topics, but also includes other useful titles. This collection represents the majority of the library’s holdings.
The J2A collection is intended for people from around age 12 through adult. The Rite 13 and J2A students are encouraged to look over the growing group of items available here. There are several DVDs, cassettes and videos in the collection. We welcome suggestions from youth and their advisors for new items to add to the music, visual or book collections! Scope out the novels and helpful non-fiction we have for your use.
The age designations of the three collections are intended as loose guidelines. Parents and teachers, look through each collection for material that may be useful or appropriate for your students or your purpose. I encourage all St. Paul’s parishioners - adults, too! - to become familiar with the materials in the library’s collections. There may be books you would love to read to children, read for your own curiosity or enjoyment or share with others in their search for what is good to read.
Rowen Library maintains a wish list at Amazon.com and encourages those who wish to donate material to the Library- in honor, in memory, or in thanksgiving for someone- to look at the list for things particularly needed for the various collections.
Contact the Librarian or call the church office 517-787-3370 for more information.
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