APL and MPL receive Texas Book Festival Grants
Alpine Public Library has received $5000 in grants from the Texas Book Festival. The grants will support children’s reading programs at APL, and purchase large print books. Marathon Public Library also received a grant from the Texas Book Festival in the amount of $2400. The grant will purchase large print and audiobooks.
In 2009 the Festival is distributing more than $150,000 in grants to 51 libraries across the state. Since 1996 the Festival has contributed more than $2.3 million in grants to Texas Public Libraries.