Summer Reading : The Finale

Tuesday was the last day of Summer Reading and we celebrated with a water party!

We had a total of 692 kids attend Summer Reading and together they read 7426 books!

Our top readers were:

4-6 years old:      Trinity Woods with 280 books read
7-9 years old:      Samantha Edge with 485 books read
10-12 years old:  Sawyer Burns with 392 books read

Winners received a Kindle Fire and an Amazon gift card, courtesy of the Friends of the Library!

Summer Reading : Chalk Day

Chalk day is always fun and this year Mrs. August added to it by drawing this cool weight-lifting bar on the wall.  The kids have had a ball posing with it!  

If you happen to be passing by today, don't worry about the drawings on the side of the building!  It's not graffiti, just chalk!

Poet's Perch : In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead.  Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie,

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

John McCrae

Photo credit: http://7-themes.com/6930916-poppies-flowers.html

ABCmouse.com

We recently found out that ABCmouse.com - a popular early learning website - is free for libraries.  Setting it up was extremely easy so we now offer access to ABCmouse on all of our in house computers and tablets, and through our wifi.  Just look for the icon below on all our computers for instant access.

ABCmouse is for kids ages preschool through about 7 years old.  The activities are fun and geared towards basic reading and math skills.  It is the perfect activity to keep your little one occupied while you use the library.