Summer Reading
Club Kick-Off
Saturday, June
20, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Kids entering
Grades 1 - 5
Our Summer Reading
Program kicks off as singer and storyteller Ken Galipeau gets creative
with music and tales. Register for the summer reading program before or
after the performance and pick up your goody bag. Your reading log will
be inside and you can get started earning prizes.
Summer Reading Club - How does it work?
Lego Competition
Tuesday, June
30, 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Kids entering
Grades 1 - 5
Bring your Lego
skills and we’ll supply the Legos. Participate in a team race to build
the highest skyscraper. Try to build the most creative animal. Build a
vehicle with the best engineering. Prizes will be given!
Recycled Art
Tuesday, July 7,
6:45 – 7:45 pm
Kids entering
Grades 1 – 5
Save the Earth and
be creative at the same time! Teachers from “So You Sewing and Design
Studio” will have a project for us to make with recycled items.
Jewelry Making
Tuesday, July
14, 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Kids entering
Grades 4 & 5 only
“So You Sewing and
Design Studio” will return to lead 4th and 5th graders in making a cool
piece of jewelry. We’ll supply the know-how. You bring the creativity!
Fun
Felt
Tuesday, July
21, 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Kids entering
Grades 1 – 4
“So You Sewing and
Design Studio” will lead children in 1st through 4th grades in making a
craft with felt.
Game Night
Tuesday, July
28, 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Kids entering
Grades 1 – 5
Hear some stories,
hang out with your friends and play some board games. We’ll play
Pictureka together, and PRIZES will be awarded. (5th graders have the
option of attending the teen drama workshop instead.)
Special Invitation for 5th Graders!
Tuesday, July 21 & 28, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Drama Workshop
Fifth graders are
invited to join in with the teen summer reading program’s drama
workshop. The workshop, presented by local resident and actress Leanne
Weiss, will be taught over the course of two Tuesday evenings.
Summer Reading Club Finale
Saturday, August 8, 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Kids entering Grades 1 - 8
Talent Show and Ice Cream Party
Show off your
talent! In honor of this year’s summer reading theme, “Be Creative,”
we’re wrapping up the summer reading program with a talent show. Can
you play an instrument? Sing a song? Do a dance? Do you have a
hilarious joke to tell? This is your chance to show off! Registration
for the talent show begins at the Summer Reading Kick-off on June
20th and
continues through July 31st. (Talent Show performers do not have to be
registered for the Summer Reading Club.)
Puppy Pals Reading
Club
2nd Tuesday of
each month continuing through December
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Dogs certified by St.
Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center will be on hand at the library to
“listen” to children read. Bring your beginning reader, reluctant
reader, or dog-lover for a session with a friendly listener. Children
can read privately to a dog and/or participate in a group session. For
children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Registration is required.
Fourth
and Fifth Graders, we need YOU!
We’re
looking for 4th and 5th graders to read
to younger children during our summer Puppy
Pals sessions. Call now to register.
For more
information, call the library at (973) 835-5044, or stop by and visit!
Summer Children's
Programs