Friends of the Library of Newton County Arkansas Inc.

10/16/2025

Let's show up, show out, and blow the roof off this fundraiser! Gift a love for reading. Donate today! Donate online by scanning the QR code on the flyer with your smart device's camera or by following this link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/gift-a-love-of-reading. You can also donate cash or by check (payable to Newton County Imagination Library) at the Newton County Library. 100% of your donation stays in Newton County. Donations are tax-deductible.

Let's show up, show out, and blow the roof off this fundraiser! Gift a love for reading. Donate today! Donate online by scanning the QR code on the flyer with your smart device's camera or by following this link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/gift-a-love-of-reading. You can also donate cash or by check (payable to Newton County Imagination Library) at the Newton County Library. 100% of your donation stays in Newton County. Donations are tax-deductible.

With the help of donors like you, Newton County Imagination Library (NCIL) provides free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age 5 who live in Newton County, Arkansas. All funds received are used locally to support NCIL. The gift of books to children in our community shows that we believe in them and in the importance of reading. NCIL is a local program partner of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Our Funding Snapshot:
Since May 2024, NCIL has maintained at or near 100% enrollment of the estimated 322 children under the age of 5 who live in Newton County. $31 is the estimated cost for one child to receive one book per month for one year (12 books). $155 provides one child with one book per month from birth to age 5 (60 books). $9,982 provides 322 children with one book per month for one year (3,864 books). NCIL is funded by donations from community partners and individual sponsors (like you!) and by grants, including a 50% matching grant from the Arkansas Imagination Library and the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The matching grant doubles the impact of your donation. Your donation puts books in the hands of Newton County infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and early literacy within their grasp. 💙

09/04/2025

The Friends of the Library's silent auction items for September are on display and ready for bids! September's silent auction items are (1) 2 books: The Big Book of Knowledge from A to Z and Great Stuff 100 Fun Projects for Kids, (2) 2 items: a wooden book holder (very cool!) and The Martha Stewart Cookbook, and (3) 2 books: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and 1912 Facts about Titanic.

This auction ends at 5:30 p.m. on September 30. Stop by the Newton County Library, sign up for your bidder card, and see the auction items. $1 minimum opening bid. $0.50 minimum bid raise. Auctions start on the first business day of the month and end on the last business day of the month. Proceeds help the FOL support library projects, programs, and services that are outside of the Library's budget. Thank you for your support!

08/17/2025

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An oldie but a goodie!

Dolly's famous quote reminds us of the important work we are doing every day as parents, guardians, caregivers and supporters of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Because you really can never get enough books into the hands of enough children. 💕📚📬✨

08/14/2025

The Friends of the Library's silent auction items for August are on display and ready for bids! August's silent auction items are (1) Better Homes and Gardens 501 Fun-to-Make Family Crafts, (2) From His Heart to Mine (a book of poetry) by local author Betty Casey and 2 brass-framed portraits of Jesus, and (3) a ceramic watermelon basket (note: not food safe!).

This auction ends at 2:00 p.m. on August 30. Stop by the Newton County Library, sign up for your bidder card, and see the auction items. $1 minimum opening bid. $0.50 minimum bid raise. Auctions start on the first business day of the month and end on the last business day of the month. Proceeds help the FOL support library projects, programs, and services that are outside of the Library's budget. Thank you for your support!

07/17/2025

It's Christmas in July! The Friends of the Library's silent auction items for July are on display and ready for bids! (They've been on display for a while. We've just been slow to post.) July's silent auction items are (1) a snowman cookie jar, (2) a set of 4 books: Christmas Gifts of Good Taste, Gifts of Good Taste, Tasty Holiday Gifts, and Quick Gifts of Good Taste, and (3) a set of 2 books: Thomas Kinkaid's I'll Be Home for Christmas and A Cross-Stitch Christmas from Heart of the Holidays.

This auction ends at 5:30 p.m. on July 31. Stop by the Newton County Library, sign up for your bidder card, and see the auction items. $1 minimum opening bid. $0.50 minimum bid raise. Auctions start on the first business day of the month and end on the last business day of the month. Proceeds help the FOL support library projects, programs, and services that are outside of the Library's budget. Thank you for your support!

06/11/2025

The Friends of the Library's silent auction items for June are on display and ready for bids! June's silent auction items are (1) a battery-powered clock, (2) a set of 2 books: The World of the American Indian by the National Geographic Society and The American Indian by Oliver La Farge (A De Luxe Golden Book), and (3) Presidents & First Ladies of the United States by Doranne Jocobson.

This auction ends at 5:30 p.m. on June 30. Stop by the Newton County Library, sign up for your bidder card, and see the auction items. $1 minimum opening bid. $0.50 minimum bid raise. Auctions start on the first business day of the month and end on the last business day of the month. Proceeds help the FOL support library projects, programs, and services that are outside of the Library's budget. Thank you for your support!

06/11/2025

Congratulations and thank you to the winners of the May silent auction items! Kingfisher's I Wonder Why Encyclopedia sold for $12. Teetering on the Brink by Gary Weibye sold for $5. The set of 3 books by Laurie Jameson: The Waystation, Violet's Violin, and The Kitten sold for $12. Proceeds help the FOL support library projects, programs, and services that are outside of the Library's budget. Thank you for your support!

06/05/2025

Sign up those babies!
https://imaginationlibrary.com/usa/affiliate/ARNEWTON/

81,969 (44.9%) of children in Arkansas between 0-5 years old will receive a free Dolly Parton's Imagination Library book in June! Thanks to our many Local Program Partners, these books are free to all families.

ENROLL your child at ArkansasImaginationLibrary.org