Summer Reading Week 6

We have had some great attendance to our programs this summer, and we have had lots of children turning in their reading logs. Keep up the good reading. This is the last full week of keeping track of your minutes/titles! Next week is the final parties for both age groups. Ages 0-9 will celebrate their reading on Tuesday August 8 11:00-1:00 with cupcakes, a craft, games, and prizes for all of the readers this summer! Then the teens celebrate all of their reading with the final raffle ticket drawing on Thursday August 10 at 4:00. Prizes for all of the readers!

This weeks summer reading programs at the library include:

• Tuesday August 1 at 11:00 we will host Beth Dumas and her therapy dogs at the library. Beth will be teaching us about "Wise Dogs and Dog-Wise Kids". We are looking forward to having Beth and her dogs at the library! All ages are welcome.
• Story time with Tom & Joan Wednesday August 2 where we will be making dog puppets out of paper bags and listening to stories about dogs.
• Ages 9 and older can learn how to paint using the "one-stroke" technique on Thursday August 3 at 10:00 at the library. We do need you to register before you attend this program so if you are interested please call 734-878-3888. There will be a $5.00 materials charge. You will be bringing home with you a unique hand-crafted wind chime. Currently we only have one person registered for this program, if we do not get more registration by Wednesday August 2nd then we will cancel this program, so if you are interested please call soon!
• Friday August 4 at 2:00 please meet us at Screams Ice Cream in Hell, MI for stories followed by free ice-cream for the children who participate.

We hope to see you at the library this week! ~Sara

August Book Discussion

I am very excited to announce that the Readers of the Round Table book discussion group has decided to read the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld for our August discussion. Uglies is the first in a trilogy by Westerfeld. Uglies is set in a futuristic society where citizens are lead to believe that they are ugly until age 16 when they'll undergo an operation that will change them into pleasure-seeking "pretties". Of course, not everyone wants to become pretty, and that is when the action starts. This is a well written, innovative, and creative story line and I am very excited to share it with the Readers of the Round Table.

The Readers of the Round Table is a book discussion group for ages 9 and older. We meet at the library on the third Tuesday of each month to discussion the book of the month, play some trivia, eat some snacks, and share some fun! No registration is required and it is free. Please join us to discuss Uglies by Scott Westerfeld on Tuesday August 15 at 6:30 p.m. ~ Sara

Summer Reading Week 4

I hope all of you summer readers made it to at least one of our events at the library last week. We had a huge attendance at the Howell Nature Center's presentation of Mixed Animals! Thank you to everyone who did attend, and my apologies to those who arrived late and found seating for the program "difficult". We are a small library and we do the best we can to accommodate everyone who attends.

So as we start off week four of summer reading what kind of fun can you expect?

• Tuesday, July 18th the Mad Hatters will be sharing stories at the library at 11:00 a.m. They are an excellent local group of story tellers! And following the Mad Hatters the kids will head outside to do some custom cupcake decorating (and eating)!
• Tuesday, July 18th in the evening the Readers of the Roundtable (and 9 and older) will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. to discuss Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society by Adeline Yen Mah.
• We will have our regular story time with Tom & Joan on Wednesday July 19th at 1:00 where we will share dinosaur stories and a do a dino craft.
• Thursday July 20th ages 9-17 will do some basket weaving, everyone attending will take home their own basket. Registration is required due to limited supplies so please call the library at 734-878-3888 or scastle@tln.lib.mi.us

All of these events are free of cost! Hope to see you at the library! ~Sara

Summer Reading Week 3

Thank you to all of you who have already turned in your time logs, incentive games, and teen trivia. I have enjoyed all of your stories and pictures! Good job reading!

This week on Tuesday July 11 at 11:00 a.m. the Howell Nature Center will visit the library and they will bring with them birds and mammals native to Michigan. This presentation focuses on what a person should do if they find an injured or ill wild animal. All ages are welcome, however children under the age of 5 should be accompained by an adult.

On Thursday July 13 at 4:00 p.m. teens ages 9-17 are invited to the library to learn how to create furry flip-flops! Please call the library to register 734-878-3888 or scastle@tln.lib.mi.us. All you need to bring is your own flip-flops, the library will provide yarn and crochet hooks (you can bring them if you want). We will do our first raffle ticket drawing for teens at this event!

Also on Thursday July 13 at 7:00 is our monthly event, Bed Time Story Time. All ages are welcome. Wear your pj's and bring a stuffed animal to cuddle.

Please contact the library for more information on any of these or other events at 734-878-3888. ~Sara