(Texas Scorecard) – LEANDER—Parents and children filed into a private meeting room at the Leander Public Library on Saturday to participate in one of hundreds of “See You at the Library” story hours held nationwide.
Williamson County Citizens Defending Freedom promoted five story times in the county and called on “all families who love God and love America to gather at our local public libraries to pray, sing, and read BRAVE books and other books of virtue.”
The story hour in Leander began with a prayer led by Gerald Prater, an Air Force veteran and candidate for school board trustee.
“I’ve been here for 17 years, very active in the community and in the school district,” Prater said after praying. “I’m running for school board trustee because of the very same issue that we’re celebrating today—family values and respect for parental rights.”
Precinct Two Constable Jeff Anderson led the children in the pledge of allegiance and Texas pledge.
Before storytime, kids and parents danced to an upbeat worship song, following along with dance moves on the screen and singing “You Make Me Move Jesus.”
The volunteers led children in reciting memory verses and began reading “That’s What Family’s For,” a book about a family of monkeys cheering up their son by helping him complete a wish list.
Guest readers opened the colorful, illustrated pages and showed them to the kids who listened intently and giggled at each new picture.
The second book, entitled Son of Truth, is a story about the importance of telling the truth. Each book was followed with a discussion and reflection on the moral of the story.
“We feel it is important to show young people and their parents how to enjoy the local public library with good, wholesome books to read,” said Marcia Watson, executive director of the Williamson County Citizens Defending Freedom chapter.
“We plan to donate the books to the library after the event. There has been so much attention brought out lately about all of the sexually age-inappropriate books in schools and public libraries that we wanted to counter that with good, wholesome books designed for the whole family in mind.”
