Monson Public Library receives $1,000 grant

Photo courtesy of Monson Public Library LIBRARY GRANT — Jeannie Tabor, left, and Sarah Wentworth hold the $1,000 check for the Monson Public Library to create a Maine collection for all ages. The funds were given through a grant from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust.

MONSON — The Monson Public Library recently received a $1,000 grant from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust. The funding will go toward creating a Maine collection within the library of books written and/or illustrated by Maine authors, as well as non-fiction and biographical titles that the patrons will have access to.

The collection will contain books for all ages; children, juvenile, young adult and adult. Sarah Wentworth, who serves as secretary on the library’s board of trustees, wrote and submitted the grant after seeing the need for this particular project. She worked with library consultant Jeannie Tabor on answering some of the grant’s questions and they will soon begin the ordering process for the books within this collection.

The two felt that the Monson Public Library should bring attention to the Maine authors and illustrators whose books have been published throughout the years, as well as showcasing non-fiction books about the state and biographical books on famous Mainers. Wentworth and Tabor feel that it is important for a town library to have a strong collection of books represented by state authors, illustrators and subject matter for patrons of all ages.