Muhlenberg County Public Libraries is proud to announce Dawson Whitehouse as Kid Librarian for October 2026.
Kid Librarians are chosen monthly (September through May) to design a juvenile display at one of the library branches. Each Kid Librarian may choose a theme for their display, select library materials to highlight and decide how to organize and best show off the chosen titles. New Kid Librarians are typically selected each month for each library branch (Harbin Memorial and Central City).
Chosen Kid Librarians are acknowledged inside the library with a sign next to their display, as well as being recognized in the local newspapers and on the library’s website and social media accounts.
Dawson Whitehouse was chosen as Central City’s Kid Librarian for October.
Whitehouse, 9, is in fourth grade. He likes studying science in school because of all the fun experiments, but he also loves reading — he reads “day and night,” according to his younger brother! Whitehouse loves coming to the library to check out books, but if he can’t visit personally, he even sends a list with his mother so he won’t run out of reading material. He likes reading graphic novels and mysteries, he said, and his book display includes both. Whitehouse also particularly enjoys author Paul Hutchens’s work. Book #28 in Hutchens’s Sugar Creek Gang series, Locked in the Attic, is his favorite. Aside from reading, Whitehouse said he is also good at the computer games his teacher occasionally uses in class. When he grows up, Whitehouse plans to serve in the military.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Harbin Memorial did not have a new Kid Librarian for October.
Kid Librarian displays are available at their respective library branches each month. New Kid Librarians are chosen for each library branch early in the month so each child’s display is available for a few weeks before they must be removed to make space for the next child.
The Kid Librarian program is designed for children and teens in third through eighth grade, though applications are accepted from all kids and teens in a similar age range. Former Kid Librarians are invited to apply again after a year has passed. Applications are available at the front desk of each library branch.
For more information about the Kid Librarian program, contact Muhlenberg County Public Libraries at 270-338-4760 or stop by to fill out an application.
