BY STACEY LANKFORD / Library Manager
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Easter is a springtime celebration held around the world. For many, it holds deep religious significance, while others enjoy it as a time for family gatherings and cherished traditions like decorating eggs and egg hunts.
Adding to the charm of the holiday are a number of interesting facts. Easter is considered a moveable holiday, meaning its date changes each year based on the lunar calendar.
Eggs have long been a symbol of new life and rebirth, which is why they play such a central role in many Easter celebrations.
Sweet treats are also a big part of the holiday. The largest chocolate egg was over 34 feet tall and weighed almost 16,000 pounds! According to the Guinness World Records, this massive chocolate candy was produced in Italy in 2011. While candy spending is high, it is part of a larger $23.6 billion, near-record total for all Easter-related purchases in 2025.
STORY TIME is hosted every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Children are treated to stories, fun activities, and a snack. This is a wonderful way to build routines, make new friends, and create special memories. Before leaving, your child may choose a prize from the Treasure Chest to take home.
NEW BOOKS: “The Storm” by Rachel Hawkins, “Vigil” by George Saunders, “A War of Wyverns: A Language of Dragons Series” by S.F. Williamson, and “Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton” (Dewey BIO) by Martha Ackmann.
BOOK BLURB: “Vigil” by George Saunders, released January 2026.
Not for the first time, Jill “Doll” Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps.
She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion.
She has performed this sacred duty 343 times since her own death. Her charges, as a rule, have been greatly comforted in their final moments.
But this charge, she soon discovers, isn’t like the others.
The powerful K.J. Boone will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold, epic life, and the world is better for it.
Isn’t it?
Vigil transports us, careening, through the wild final evening of a complicated man. Visitors begin to arrive (worldly and otherworldly, alive and dead), clamoring for a reckoning.
Birds swarm the dying man’s room; a black calf grazes on the love seat; a man from a distant, drought-ravaged village materializes; two oil-business cronies from decades past show up with chilling plans for Boone’s post death future.
The library is located at 301 E. 10th St., across from Mutz Ballpark. Library staff may be reached at ferrislibrary@ferristexas.gov or (972) 544-2110, Option 9.
