SUMMER PROGRAMS
(We will add program information as it becomes available. Please check back)

•Summer Reading Kick-Off Party with musician RICK GOLDIN (All ages)
Monday, 30 June at 10:30 am
Parish Hall, Our Lady of Victory Church, 230 South Main Street, Centerville.
Call Centerville Library at 508-790-6220 for more information. This event is FREE and open to all children and families--residents, neighbors and visitors alike.

"Rick Goldin's lively, interactive and humorous children's songs have made him one of the most popular children's entertainers in New England. Children love his live performances because they get to sing, dance and jump along with Rick and his singing animal puppets, Henry the Horse, Quackleberry Duck and others. His latest recording, "I Like To Read," received a Parents' Choice Recommended Award and features songs about books, libraries and learning to read. Rick has worked as a full-time children's entertainer and recording artist since 1988. He now presents over 150 shows a year at schools, libraries, concerts and all sorts of community and family events."

•30 June: Reading Registrations
Tuesday, 24 June at Cotuit Library, 3:00 p.m.
Monday, 30 June at MMPL, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 1 July at Centerville Library, ALL DAY
Tuesday, 1 July at Whelden Library, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 1 July at Sturgis Library, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

•Story Hours (All ages)

•Drop In Story Time
Mondays from 30 June - 18 August at Centerville Library, 10:15 a.m.
•Preschool Story Time
Tuesdays from 24 June - 19 August at Cotuit Library, 10:30 a.m.
Wednesdays from 25 June - 20 August at Cotuit Library, 2:15 p.m.
•Pillows & PJs
Tuesdays from 1 July - 19 August at Centerville Library, 6:15 p.m.
•Pajama Story Hour
Tuesdays from 1 July - 19 August at MMPL, 6:30 p.m.

•Andes in Bolivia Cultural Program
Tuesday, 1 July at Cotuit Library, 3:30 p.m.

•Wild Pet Rocks
Wednesday, 2 July at Centerville Library, 2:00 p.m.
Monday, 7 July at Whelden Library, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, 25 July at MMPL, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, 1 August at Sturgis Library, 10:00 a.m.

•Fantastic Creatures Mask Workshop (Grades 4 +)
Mondays from 7 July - 28 July at Cotuit Library, 10:30 a.m.
Thursdays from 10 July - 31 July at Centerville Library, 2:00 p.m.
Tuesdays from 29 July - 19 August at Sturgis Library, 10:30 a.m.
Fridays from 1 - 22 August at MMPL, 10:30 a.m.
**Grades 4 and up. Registration required. Participants should plan to attend all four sessions.**

•Drama Workshop (Grades 3+)
Mondays from 7 July - 4 August at MMPL, 12:30 p.m.
Wednesdays from 23 July - 20 August at Sturgis Library, 1:00 p.m.
**Grades 3 and up. Registration required. Participants should plan to attend all five sessions.**

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•Wild Hats Workshop
Tuesday, 8 July at Cotuit Library, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9 July at MMPL, 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, 17 July at Sturgis Library, 1:00 p.m.
Monday, 21 July at Whelden Library, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, 1 August at Centerville Library, 2:00 p.m.

•Wild Woodland Couture
Tuesday, 8 July at Sturgis Library, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9 July at Centerville Library, 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 22 July at Cotuit Library, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, 7 August at Whelden Library, 10:00 a.m.
Monday, 11 August at MMPL, 11:00 a.m.

•Feeling Fishy
Wednesday, 9 July at Cotuit Library, 2:15 p.m.
Thursday, 10 July at MMPL, 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, 16 July at Centerville Library, 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, 17 July at Sturgis Library, 10:00 a.m.

•Bookmaking Workshop with Christine Anderson
Wednesday, 11 July at Cotuit Library, TIME TBA

•Scrapbooking Workshops at Cotuit Library
(part of the “One Book One Barnstable” series)
Tuesday, 15 July, 3:30 p.m. Grades 1 to 5.
Thursday, 7 August, 3:30 p.m. Ages 10 and up.

•Fairy Houses
Friday, 18 July at Centerville Library, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, 18 July at MMPL, 3:00 p.m.
Friday, 1 August at Whelden, 11:00 a.m.

•Wild Masks Craft
Wednesday, 23 July at Centerville Library, 2:00 p.m.

•Ladybug Release with Entomologist David Simser
Tuesday, 29 July at Cotuit Library, 3:30 p.m.

•Pitter Patter Puppets
Wednesday, 30 July at Sturgis Library, 10:00 a.m.

•Fiddle Player Denya LeVine (All ages)
Wednesday, 30 July at Centerville Library, 2:00 p.m.
Registration suggested.

•All Day Story Marathon
Tuesday, 5 August at MMPL, Centerville, Cotuit and Sturgis, opening - 7:00 pm

•Summer Reading Program Party & Prizes at Cotuit (Cotuit Registered Readers)
Tuesday, 5 August at Cotuit Library, 3:30 p.m.

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•Creature Teachers "If I Ran the Rainforest"
Friday, 8 August at Cotuit Library, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, 8 August at Whelden Library,1:00 p.m.

•Storyteller/Folksinger Adam Miller
Saturday, 9 August at Sturgis Library, 1:00 p.m.

•Bottle Rockets with Toby Dills
Tuesday, 12 August at Cotuit Library, 3:30 p.m.

•Wingmasters Birds of Prey
Wednesday, 13 August at Centerville Library, 1:00 p.m. Grades K and up--younger children will not be admitted.

•Gold Coin Store (Centerville Registered Readers)
Thursday, 14 August at Centerville Library, 2:00 p.m.

•Collaborative Summer Reading Program Wrap-up ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Friday, 15 August, Liberty Hall (next door to MMPL), 2:00 pm

•"The Monkey and the Crocodile" with Storyteller Alicia Quintano
Monday, 18 August at MMPL, 11:00 a.m. Kindergarten and up.
Monday, 18 August at Centerville Library, 1:30 p.m. Kindergarten and up.

Alicia Quintano will perform "The Monkey and the Crocodile and Other Wild and Wonderful Tales," a program of stories and songs for children and families on 11 August. Featured are an Indonesian story of Monkey's wild ride, a Coyote tle from the American southwest and original, humorous songs. An "itinerant storyteller par excellence" (Woodstock Times, NY), Alicia has traveled to 38 states, performing in libraries, elementary schools, universities, theatres, festivals and on the radio. Her original stories are "funny, touching and universal" (WBAI-FM, NYC), and her songs bring a smile to audiences of all ages.

•"Rumpelstiltskin" with puppeteer Jacek Zuzanski
Tuesday, 19 August at Cotuit Library, 3:30 p.m.

•Reading with Dogs
Saturday, 23 August at Sturgis Library, Time TBA

Events subject to change...stay tuned!

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Check out pics from last year's program:

Links to School Reading Lists and Collaborating Libraries

Barnstable Schools Summer Reading List

 

Support Acknowledgement

The Collaborative 2008 Summer Reading Program has been made possible by grants from the Andrew S. and Katherine Y. Keck Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation, the Marion Jordan Charitable Foundation and The Enoch Cobb Trust. Additional support comes from the Friends of the Whelden Memorial Library and the Opie Fund at Cotuit Library. We appreciate their continued commitment to the youth in our community very much.

"Wild Reads at Your Library" is the state-wide Summer Reading theme sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems. We are grateful for the support materials and ideas they provide to us.

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