12 of us met at Lester’s in Ladue for good food, drink and conversation about books in January. Here is an in-exhaustive list in no particular order of books that we enjoyed in 2017: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey A Column of Fire by Ken Follett The Midnight Line by Lee Child The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen Paradise ValleyRead More →
We welcome Cherie LeMay to our library family starting on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018. Cherie comes to us from Lutheran High School North where she manages the school media center. She has experience with all kinds of cool tech toys! She also comes to us from St. Charles City County Library where she has worked for many years in many different capacities. We are very excited to see what newRead More →
Lindsay Beckman, our Youth Services Librarian, was hired at St. Louis Public Library as the Manager for the Center for the Reader and Writer at the Central Library downtown. Lindsay started working at Brentwood in 2009 at the circulation desk. In 2015, she moved to the children’s room. We will miss her creativity and that special touch she added to our library. (Lunch Witch!) Some of our most popular programsRead More →
The City of Brentwood awarded Gina and Hilary for their years of service, 10 and 5 respectively. We are so proud that they make our library a welcoming place!Read More →
Food for Fines Update During National Library Week you gave 226 pounds of quality food. Operation Food Search values these donations at $381.94, and they represent enough to feed 56 people for one day. This was definitely one of our more successful food drives. Thank you!Read More →
We are still tidying up a few things but we are excited to present our new website! Please update your bookmarks to reflect our new URL: www.brentwoodlibrarymo.org and send us an email if you have any problems!Read More →
We are excited to announce a new series of creative writing workshops from River Styx at the Brentwood Public Library! The eight week session will be on Sundays from 1-3 pm beginning 3/19 and running until 5/14 (no workshop on 4/16 due to Easter). The session will cost $115. Follow the link now to reserve your spot.Read More →
We have completed a full year of our Kids Book Club–now renamed Brentwood Bookworms! We have read some fantastic novels, had interesting discussions, and really tapped our creativity making fun crafts and activities to go along with the books we've read. These were our top three favorite books we read this year:Read More →
Wowbrary is a new service we are offering. You can follow the link for an interactive website listing the newest additions to our catalog or you can sign up to have it delivered to your inbox weekly! We may also tuck in some recent book reviews or news items so sign up to keep in touch.Read More →
10 of us met to discuss Dead Wake by Erik Larson. Other books we are busy reading: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult The Whistler by John Grisham Don’t forget to turn in your ballot in December for next year’s book club selections. If you need a ballot, we have some at the front desk in the library.Read More →
