200 S. Weaver Street
Gainesville, TX 76240
United States
33.6232346, -97.147604
The mission of the Cooke County Library is to provide all persons in the community with a safe and confidential environment in which they may freely pursue intellectual, educational, and recreational interests through diverse services and resources collected in a variety of formats.
Being a Family Place Library participant allows the Cooke County Library to fulfill this part of our mission and provide a much needed and worthy service to our community. Since we created our play space in the children's area the number of library visits and check outs has increased. We have families who hold play dates at the Library now. Hearing the laughter and "play” between children and caregivers is a blessing.
Receiving this grant has made such an impact on the relationship between our community and the library. We were always a great space for literacy learning but now we're also a great space for play learning.
We held two sets of workshops in 2025. Attendance continues to be good, the response is very positive and the workshops continue to grow in popularity. We look forward to having more and working with more local organizations.