Pipestone County Star 05-28-2015
It’s that time of year again!! Kids and parents have
already started asking when the Summer Reading program will start and it kills
me we have to wait until June. This
year’s theme is Superheroes and we are so excited! We’ve got some great activities planned for
our activity days – see below!
If you are interested in being a volunteer for Summer
Reading (and we need a bunch!), please let us know – we need people for each
activity day from 1:30 until 3:30, which includes set up and clean up. Thanks for thinking about it!
June 2nd: Today is the kick-off party! Come in to sign up and we will have cupcakes
and juice to whet those super appetites.
Kids are welcome to dress up and will be making their superhero ID tags.
June 9th: Have you ever needed practice with
web-spinning? Perhaps throwing your super-powered trident? Today is the day to
practice. Rumor has it there will also
be bowling for villains and a ‘laser’ maze in the library – time to train your
super powers!
June 16th: Need a side kick? We are creating
paper heroes today – complete with awesome capes!
June 23rd: Paper shields and hero bead
bracelets are on the docket for today – great compliments to super costumes.
June 30th:
We will have a scavenger hunt in the library today and creating the
paper skyline of the city you are sworn to defend. Take the skyline home to decorate your lair.
July 7th:
Today is a day to make other heroes – we will have a melting bead hero
craft (really very cool!!) and we will show you how to create your own heroes
out of puzzle pieces. Just what you
might need if you were a villain – a way to create an army. Muahahahahaha!
July 14th:
Every hero needs a signal that can be given when they are needed and
today will be the day to create the signal we would use to call upon you in our
hour of need. And we’ll also have jet
races, because what self-respecting hero doesn’t like to race jets?
The activities end on July 14th, but the kids
can continue to read books and get prizes through the end of August. Middle Readers (Ages 5 -12) need to read 15
picture books or 100 pages of a chapter book to get a prize for a limit of
three prizes over the course of the summer.
We also have reading logs for younger kids and teens if they are
interested!
PAFL Update: Pipestone Area Friends of the Library is
looking for members – anyone who is a friend to Meinders Library is welcome to
join! The Friends group works hard to
promote the library, raise money for projects, and organize their yearly book
sale, in addition to the HUGE amount of support they provide throughout the
year. Call us for the date of the next
meeting!
If you have questions or have a book you’d like to
reserve or renew, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at (507)
825-6714. The summer hours for Meinders
Library are Monday through Thursday from 10 AM – 8 PM, and Friday from 10 AM –
5 PM, and Saturday from 10 AM – Noon.
Meinders Community Library is located at 1401 7th Street SW,
on the south side of the high school.
