It was an exciting day at the Library yesterday when Antonio Rivera and his wife Gloria visited from Texas. Antonio is the brother of Tomas Rivera. If you dont know who that is and live in Hampton you should be ashamed of yourself. Tomas is the main character in a childrens book about the Hampton Public Library entitled Tomas and the Library Lady. The story is about a migrant boy who thinks the library is a meat locker because Carnegie is very similar to the Spanish word carne which means meat. Tomas was invited into the building when the librarian saw him peering into the windows one hot summer day. If youve read the book you know the rest of the story. If you havent read the book come into the library and read it. It is a very unusual thing to have an award winning childrens picture book published nationally about your own local library.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:35:41 +0000