Free while supplies last

Register online or at your local library for BPL's Summer Reading Program. Then read and record your first book in your Catch the Reading Bug reading log and receive a special summer reading backsack.

Hurry and get yours while supplies last!

My Favorite Bug....

My favorite bug as a child was the walking stick - not quite as scary as the praying mantis! My sister did not like them nearly as much!


See the Encylopedia Brittanica article - orthopterans

For a book on these insects (found in Alabama!) see below

Walking sticks by Adele Richardson

Help Catch the Summer Reading Bug!!

Get caught up in catching the Reading Bug at the
Youth Department of the Central Library this summer!

The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi