What are your children doing this summer?

School is (finally) out and summer is upon us. Looking for something fun and educational to do with your children this summer? Pet lovers of all kinds are invited to join “Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales” or “Creature Feature” at the Pinckney Community Public Library. The 2006 Summer Reading Program is open to children of all abilities.

This year the themes for summer reading are Paws, Claws, Scales & Tales for children ages 0-9 years, and Creature Feature for ages 10-17 years. If you are older then 17 check our Adult Summer Reading Program. So be on the look out for fur, scales, feathers, tails, beaks, and fins for all kinds of animal fun at the library!

How does summer reading work? New this year is no registration for any ages! Come by and pick up a reading log or reading raffle tickets to track your reading starting Monday June 26 at 10:00 a.m. Just read and complete the forms to get your prizes! It’s that simple. Of course if you want to do something more there is always more to do at the library including attending performances and craft programs on Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. throughout the month of July for all ages. A listing of all events will be available at the library and at our web site. Our first program of the summer is a Pet Craft Event on Tuesday June 27 from 11:00-1:00. We will be deocrating bowls for our pets, making fish from recycled cds, decorating cat masks, decorating paper cats and dogs, creating pet pouch necklaces, and if you are really lucky Sara will demonstrate her newest acquired skill, making dogs out of balloons! We will be outside (weather permitting) for the craft event so please come dressed appropriatly (we have very little shade). So it will be hot, it will be messy, it will be free, it will be summer crafts at the Pinckney Library!

If you don’t have time to get all of the reading done that you would like (so that you can get all the prizes you would like) then we can be bribed. Buy a bag or can of cat or dog food and donate it to the library to count toward your reading goal. All of the food donations will be donated to the Humane Society of Livingston County so our dog and cat friends can benefit.

So wash the dog, clean out the litter box and put your hamster in the exercise ball so you can get into the library for some fun summer adventure.

For more information call the library at 734-878-3888, or visit our web site at www.pinckneylibrary.org, or stop by and pick up a flyer listing all of our summer events.