The Bandera County Public Library is pleased to announce the arrival of a new learning resource available to library patrons. Thanks to a generous grant from the Alkek Foundation, the library has created 13 children’s backpacks dedicated to different science topics. Library officials are calling them STEM Packs. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Each backpack will contain various education materials and books related to the topic. Themes include agriculture, health, computer coding, space, math, dinosaurs and more. Children can check out the backpack just like any other book and keep them for 14 days. In addition to the learning materials in ...