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2009 Kentucky Book Fair Grant Awarded to the Louisville Free Public Library Foundation

2008 Grants from the
Kentucky Book Fair

The Kentucky Book Fair, Inc. has awarded eight (8) grants to public and school libraries. This nonprofit organization was founded to coordinate the annual Kentucky Book Fair with proceeds supporting Kentucky’s libraries. Grants were presented at the Kentucky Library Association Conference in Louisville on Thursday, October 2, 2008.

This year, grants were given in memory of Molly Cone who died May 22, 2008. Because of her extensive contributions to the Kentucky Book Fair over a ten year period; donations were received commemorating her support of the organization.

Molly was an active Kentucky Book Fair Board Member from 1987 – 1997. She served on the Executive Committee and Chair of the Publicity Committee. Her responsibilities included developing and maintaining news contacts, designing and writing the Kentucky Book Fair Program and author recruitment. In 1993, she was co-manager of the event. Molly always worked tirelessly for the Book Fair while working full time as Assistant to the Commissioner of the Department for Libraries and Archives.

Since the inception of the Kentucky Book Fair in 1981, over $300,000 has been awarded to Kentucky libraries. Our 27 year history shows that each year approximately 150 authors attend to autograph copies of their latest books, and as many as 5,000 patrons attend and purchase over $150,000 in gross sales.

The following eight (8) libraries were approved for grants totaling $7,000.00.

  • $900 to Ballard-Carlisle-Livingston Public Library to purchase large print books for senior readers
  • $900 to Camp Ground Elementary School in Laurel County to replace worn and well loved copies of picture books and popular fiction for students
  • $700 to Fleming County Public Library to increase the number of bilingual English/Spanish books for expansion of library outreach efforts
  • $900 to Hazard High School in Perry County to enrich the science and math book collection
  • $900 to McFerran Preparatory Academy in Jefferson County to update and refresh the school’s Caldecott Award winners
  • $900 to Osborne Elementary School in Floyd County to overhaul the intermediate fiction section in the library
  • $900 to Sebastian Middle School in Breathitt County to offer a wider variety of Newbery Award and Honor Books
  • $900 to the William B. Harlan Memorial Library in Monroe County to assist community members in learning conversational Spanish

Award Winners

The winner of the Derby Breakfast KY Book Fair gift certificate is Massoud Kayvanjah.

The winner of the Bluegrass Book Festival KY Book Fair gift certificate is Phyllis Frazier.

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