George E. Allen Library

500 West Church Street
Booneville, MS 38829
Phone: 662-728-6553
Fax: 662-728-4127
E-mail: sandy@nereg.lib.ms.us
Librarian: Sandy Donahue
Assistant Librarian: Robin McCoy

Open Monday - Thursday 9am - 6pm

Open Friday & Saturday 9am - 5pm

George E. Allen Library • Booneville

George E Allen Library is proud to announce the 2025 Summer Reading Programs. We continue to add new and exciting programs and hope you enjoy them!

We will begin our programming learning to make good decisions with The Good Choice Club. Each Monday starting June 2nd, (excluding July 7th), school age children will learn to make good choices through story times and activities. Topics will include Patience, Self-Control, Kindness, Honesty, Responsibility, Respect, Sharing, and Confidence.

Our normal programs including Paint and Sip, Chess Club, McDonald’s Story Time, and Chair Yoga, will continue through the summer. Stop by the library for a monthly event calendar.

Our mission will always be to inform, to serve, to educate, and to enrich. These things come from many things, but we will always advocate for literacy. We want children to benefit from the Summer Reading Program by making reading a lifelong habit that starts early in life. Everyone that wants to participate in the reading component of the program will receive a reading log to log reading time. Each time you reach a goal, you will receive a prize. We will also have ongoing daily activities to keep children entertained when you visit the library. Enjoy indoor scavenger hunts, guessing games, puzzles, and coloring pages every day.

We hope you are excited and make plans to join us for our “Color Our World” activities. Follow us on Facebook at George E Allen Library or visit our website at nereg.lib.ms.us for updates. If you have any questions, please contact us at 662-728-6553 Monday-Thursday 9-6, Friday-Saturday 9-5

Activities for Ages 5 and Under

Children 5 and under will meet in the Children’s Area of the library for Toddler Story Time
during the program on June 3, 10, 17 and 24
Date
Time
Programs for Ages 0 - 5
June 20
2:00 p.m.
Story Time at the McDonald’s play area
July 23
2:00 p.m.
Story Time at the McDonald’s play area

Programs for Ages 6 – 11

Date
Time
Programs for Ages 6 - 11
June 3
10:00 a.m.
Color Our World with Magic: Magician Bentley Burns will perform
June 10
10:00 a.m.
Hawaii Day: Stories about Hawaii and making leis
June 14
10:00 a.m.
Tiny Art Day: Make Shrinky Dinks with library staff
June 16
4:00 p.m.
NASA Astro Camp®
June 17
10:00 a.m.
Musical Dancing with Cindy Ford
June 24
June 24
Camouflage: How Animals Adapt to their Environment:
Debora Waz, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
July 10
2:00 p.m.
Bubble Art at the Park: Story Time and craft at the Booneville City Park
July 15
2:00 p.m.
Coffee filter art with the Prentiss County 4-H
July 21
4:00 p.m.
NASA Astro Camp®
Date
Time
Programs for Teens
July 24
4:00 p.m.
String Art with Library Staff

Astro Camp®

Date
Time
Programs for Adults:
June 19
6:00 p.m.
George E. Allen Night: Celebrate the Library’s 50th Anniversary
with birthday cake and a viewing of the George E. Allen short film
Date
Time
Programs for Families / All Ages
June 30
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Paint and Sip – independent painting
July 12
1:00 p.m.
Pokemon Day
Date
Time
NASA Astro Camp®
June 16
4:00 p.m.
Astro Camp®
July 21
4:00 p.m.
Astro Camp®

Read our director, Dee Hare’s blog post about the George E. Allen Paper Preservation Project here.