The Depot Public Library

09/06/2026

08/06/2026

We had a wonderful time on our Summer Reading Program field trip to the Whiteside Museum in Seymour today. 14 students from PreK -3rd grade completed the program and earned a ticket for the trip. They are: Scarlett & Ellie Balthrop, Rayley & Brooklyn Brown, Kennedy & Collins Clark, Clara Drury, Rowen & Tyler Foster, Heidi & Mila King, Landyn & Pierson Shaver, & Ruth McCartney. We enjoyed learning about the prehistoric animals and dinosaurs that lived in this area, as well as, the native animals living here today. We returned to The Depot Library for a Pizza Party Lunch. Thank you to Carolyn Redden for picking up our pizzas and having it ready for us when we returned. Each child then received their certificate of completion, along with some other prizes for being super readers this summer. We would like to thank Throckmorton Collegiate ISD for providing the van for the K-3rd graders to ride on and Cassidy Balthrop for being our driver. We would also like to thank Randi Clark for riding in the van with the students, as well as the moms and grandmothers for coming along to take the PreK students. It was such a great day of learning and celebrating our summer readers! 📚😊📚

07/30/2026

If you didn’t get a chance to turn in your Summer Reading Record yesterday, today, July 30th, is the absolute last day. We are open from 10-2! 📚❤️📚

07/29/2026

All reading records and AR points are due tomorrow, July 29th, for the summer reading program! Kindergarten and younger participants please turn in your reading records to the library during business hours tomorrow. 1st -6th grade participants need to have met their AR goal by the end of the day tomorrow. 📚😊📚
Everyone who meets their goal will earn a trip to the Whiteside Museum in Seymour!

07/22/2026

Today was our last summer reading program. We learned about archeology and discussed the tools that archeologist use and the treasures they find. We read Sam and Dave Dig A Hole by Mac Barnett in the morning and then A-B-C Archeology by Janice ReShae in the afternoon. We didn’t get any pictures of the morning group but they used their skills to put together “treasure pieces” to make a fish. The afternoon group used their archeology skills and excavated candy from chocolate chip cookies. It was a fun day down at The Depot Library!
Don’t forget to keep working on your AR points and turn in your reading records by July 29th to go on our trip to the Whiteside Museum on August 6th. 📚

07/17/2026

Join us next Tuesday, July 21st for our last Summer Reading program at The Depot Library! All reading records and AR points are due July 29th to earn your spot on our Field Trip to the Whiteside Museum in Seymour on August 6th. Keep reading!

07/13/2026

Library Hours for the week of July 13th-16th
will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day. We hope to return to regular hours next week. Sorry for any inconvenience!

07/08/2026

We had a fun day learning about paleontology down at The Depot Library! We had two great groups for our sessions with about 21 kids with their parents/grandparents. We read Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner and learned about fossils. There were some real fossils to look at and we specifically learned about ammonites and how their fossils were formed. We learned that you can find fossils right here in Throckmorton County!😳 We have one more session left on July 21st so mark your calendars to join us! Keep working on your summer reading goals and checking out books!📚

07/08/2026

Today is the day! Come join us at The Depot Library for our 3rd Summer Reading program session!

07/07/2026

We are pleased to announce that The Depot Public Library is one of the 2026 Texas Book Festival Library Grant Recipients! The grant is for $ 2,500 and will be used to purchase new graphic novels for all ages in the library. We are very appreciative to be awarded this grant for the third year in a row!