The city of Lompoc’s new Charlotte’s Web bookmobile has begun weaving its web of fun, with stops scheduled throughout the city all summer long. The Mobile Children’s Library is available for additional visits by request.
The bookmobile, named for longtime Lompoc civic leader and entrepreneur Charlotte Benton, is a green energy-fueled children’s library on wheels that is available by request for free-of-charge visits.
Benton, Lompoc’s first woman mayor and a lifelong reader, gave her property at 211 South I St. to the city in 1997 for a children’s library project. One of the largest donations ever made to the city of Lompoc, her gift included funds in trust for the operation of the children’s library.
The Mobile Children’s Library was designed, based on Benton’s vision, and opened in March of this year. The bookmobile has stops scheduled at summer camps, festivals, and other events this summer. To view the map of scheduled stops, or to request a visit from the Charlotte’s Web bookmobile, visit: cityoflompoc.com/library/
For more information, please contact Courtney Rogness, youth librarian, Charlotte’s Web Mobile Children’s Library, at: 875-8774 or c_rogness@ci.lompoc.ca.us.
This article appears in Jun 30 – Jul 7, 2016.
