Children's Programs
Escape to Book Island!
There are three
levels to our Summer Reading Club.
See the Teen Page for Teen Summer Reading Program.
Read-to-Me Level
For children ages 2 through 7 years who do not read independently.
20 books will be the goal for this level.
Middle Reader Level
For independent readers through grade 5.
Children on this level will have 1000 pages as their reading
goal.
Second graders on this level can still submit titles that have
been read to them.
Young Adult Level
For readers entering
6th, 7th and 8th grades.
Participants in this club will have 1000 pages as their reading
goal.
All young adult participants who finish the program will receive
a raffle ticket for a special drawing to be held at the close of the Summer
Reading Club.
All participants will receive a prize upon checking in at the children’s desk after they have completed a book. Upon completion of the program, each child can choose a paperback book for their final prize. Visit the Children’s Department for further details.
Children’s Department will be closing at
3:00pm on Friday, June 11th
to prepare for the Summer Reading Club.
Monday Maddening Mysteries
Begin
Monday, June 14. Earn yourself a different button every week. Collect
all 6 buttons! Solve a new mystery every Monday for the first 6 weeks
of Summer Reading Club. Buttons will be available all week, while
supplies last.
Contest #2
July 5 through July 16. Have fun completing our beach-themed word search. A
prize will be awarded to the one entrant with the most correct answers. If
there is more than one entry with all correct answers, a random drawing will
be held from amongst those entries.
Preschool Storytime
6 consecutive Tuesdays starting June 15th. Registration is required.
2 year olds 11:15
-- 11:35 For 1 child and 1 adult
3-5 year olds 10:30 -- 11:00 For
children W/out adult
Special Programs
Treasures for Our Troops
Children can bring in small, non-perishable items
to put in our “treasure chest.” All items will be shippped to our men and women
fighting in Afganistan. Items the troops find helpful are:
- SPF Chapstick
- Sunscreen
- Playing Cards
- Small handheld games
- Hard Candy—not chocolate
- Individual Crystal Light Packets
- Beef Jerky
Let’s fill up our “treasure chest,” for the troops!
A Penny a Book for Postage
Each child in the Summer Reading
Program will receive one penny for each book recorded to go
towards postage to mail our “treasure chest” to the troops. We
will have a special receptacle at the children’s desk in which
we will be collecting our contributions.
Colin
O'Brien
Join us Saturday, July 24 at 11:00
as Colin O’Brien tunes up his banjo for a rousing interactive
musical show for the whole family.
Last day to
check in for the Summer Reading Club is
Saturday, July 31!
Movies and Popcorn on an August
Afternoon
Children can join us for a
relaxing afternoon of movies and popcorn Children under
7 must be accompanied by a caregiver.
Thursday, August 5 at 2:00pm
Thursday, August 12 at 2:00pm
Film titles will be announced.
