Summer Reading Program: Thank You, Smyrna Education Foundation

We had a great time learning more about the ocean with Out of The Box Education. We learned why the ocean is salty, how volcanos are formed, and compared a shark tooth with a megalodon tooth. It was awesome!

A very special thank you to Smyrna Education Foundation for their continued support of our local schools and the library. SEF volunteered to help with this event and distributed ice pops to all of the kiddos who attended. 

Please Donate Your Used Magazines

Our group relies on donations to support the Smyrna Public Library.  Did you know that you can donate and “recycle” your old magazines in our Friends of Smyrna Library Book Store?  We sell them for only 10-cents each and we sell everything that is donated very quickly. A patron today dropped off this big selection.  Drop off your donations at the Circulation Desk.  Thanks!

Request: Please cut off any address labels before you donate your magazines.

Summer Reading Program: Georgia's Wild Wetlands

Ms. Kitty from Chattahoochee Nature Center visited the library on Tuesday, June 21st, talk about Georgia's Wild Wetlands. The kids learned that the Chattahoochee supplies our drinking water, how to keep our water system clean, and what animals call our local wetlands home like the eastern box turtle. 🐢 The kiddos thought the turtle was the definite highlight of the program. 

Congratulations to Youth Services Associate, Amy Cuzzort

Congratulations to Youth Services Associate, Amy Cuzzort. Miss Amy has worked at Smyrna Library for 5 years and recently received her certificate and pin.

Summer Reading Program: Thank You, Cobb County Water System

Ms. Aminta from the Cobb County Water System visited Smyrna Library on Tuesday, June 14th, to present a special story time, “Ride the Water Cycle.” They read Water! By Antoinette Portis, learned about the water cycle, sang the Water Boogie song, and crafted a water cycle bracelet to take home.

FOSL Sponsors Library Staff Visit to Braves Game

Last night the Friends of Smyrna Library treated the Smyrna Public Library Librarians who are baseball fans to a Braves Game. The Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3 to 1.

Library Staff - Thanks for everything that you do!

Proclamation Awarded to Retired FOSL Board Members Marvin Patterson and Anne Borders-Patterson

At the Monday, June 6, 2022 Smyrna City Council Meeting, a proclamation was presented in recognition of Marvin Patterson and Anne Borders-Patterson, who have enriched Smyrna and the Smyrna Public Library experience and success through their talents and service. Pictured from L-R: Councilperson Susan Wilkinson, Mayor Derek Norton, Anne Borders-Patterson, Marvin Patterson, Board Chair Charlie Stannard, and Library Director Mary Moore.

First Sunday Lecture - Sarah Freeman Clarke: Cobb County's Renaissance Woman

Thank you, Dr. Marchione, for the great lecture yesterday about Sarah Freeman Clarke, the  Renaissance Woman of Cobb County. And thanks go to all the attendees for coming out and joining us!

Sarah Freeman Clarke; Cobb County's Renaissance Woman
Sunday, June 5, 2022
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room

This lecture provided an account of the fascinating life and career of the painter, illustrator, author, New England transcendentalist, and world traveler who, Sarah Freeman Clarke. In 1893, in the latter years of her eventful life, after retiring to Marietta, Ms Clarke founded that city's Clarke Library, the first purpose-built public library established in this area, and the cradle of the Cobb County Library system.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

Summer Reading Program: Chattahoochee Nature Center Visit to Smyrna Public Library

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday for our first Summer Reading event. The Chattahoochee Nature Center taught us about opossum, black rat snakes, and the eastern screech owl. 

The Friends of Smyrna Library sponsored this great event with your donations.