| During June & July Nancy
Zadravec of Brookline will exhibit her pastels upstairs. Come in and check
them out during library hours!
Summer Reading Program Treasure Hunt: Check Out Books
- Find the Golden Tickets!
Check out any children’s books from any category – Easy Picture,
Leveled Readers, Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction, Young Adult –
between June 21 and July 31 and you could win one of ten Golden Tickets!
Find out at check-out if you’re a winner! The more books you check
out to read the better your chances are to win. Golden ticket winners
can redeem them at the Summer Reading Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, August
10 for a special prize!
July News & Events
Ongoing Adult Programs & Meetings:
Knitting, Crocheting and Cross-Stitch Group:
Meets every Monday at 6 pm and is open to all crafty folks in the area.
Bring your current project and socialize with other creative individuals.
This group is informal; drop-ins always welcome!
Adult Reading Group:
Monday, July 19 at 7 pm. This month’s selection is The Help by Kathryn
Stockett. New members always welcome!
Trustees Meeting: No meetings for
July & August.
Friends Meeting: No meetings for July & August.
Children’s Programs
Baby and Me Lapsit/ Toddler Time with Miss Vicky:
July 12 at 10:30 am, July 26 at 10:30 am. Babies
Birth – 2 years. Stories, fingerplays, dance, and music from 10:30
– 11. Children can freeplay from 11-11:30 while parents/caregivers
chat and share. Light refreshments provided.
Author(s) of the Month:
Stan and Jan Berenstain! These prolific and beloved children’s authors
and illustrators have created more than 300 Berenstain Bear books since
their first, The Big Honey Hunt, in 1962. Over 200 are currently in print
and about 260 million copies in the series have been sold.
Terrific Tuesday Events!:
Registration is required for all of the following events, please
sign up in the Children’s Library or call (603)673.3330.
Mime Rob Rivest (at Upper Town Hall Stage): Tuesday,
July 13 at 1 pm – All ages!
Catch the Wave! is a series of mime and comic stories about swimming,
surfing, sailing, and all around summer fun. This hilarious show is full
of audience participation and laugh-out-loud interactive pieces. A perfect
way to “make a splash this summer” and promote reading! Program
will run approximately 45 minutes to an hour.
Scholastic Build-a-Book Family Craft: Tuesday, July
20 at 6 pm – All ages!
Presented by Scholastic Book Fairs, the Klutz Build-a-Book experience
is a totally tested, totally fun library event where children and their
families turn a blank Klutz book and some simple craft materials into
a priceless family treasure.
Wonders of Water Craft and Activity Night: Tuesday,
July 27 at 6 pm – All ages!
Come “Make a Splash!” and join us for a night of wet and colorful
crafts! Make a rainbow fish, a shark hat, experiment with blowing bubbles,
then enjoy some watermelon, followed by a seed-spitting contest (weather
allowing)!
August News & Events
Friends of the Brookline Public Library
Book Drop:
Saturday, August 28 from 9am – 12pm (at Stoney Ledge Self Storage)
Come donate your unwanted books, videos, games and other materials to
the Friends of the Brookline Library. These items will be put in the book
sale, the proceeds of which benefit the Brookline Public Library.
Knitting, Crocheting and Cross-Stitch Group:
Meets every Monday at 6 pm and is open to all crafty folks in the area.
Bring your current project and socialize with other creative individuals.
This group is informal; drop-ins always welcome!
Adult Reading Group:
Monday, August 16 at 7 pm
This month’s selection is Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s
Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore. New members always welcome! Copies
of the book are available at the Circulation Desk.
Children’s Programs
Author of the Month:
Rosemary Wells! Rosemary Wells’ career as an author and illustrator
spans more than 40 years and 120 books. Rosemary is the author of a number
of popular children's books, most notably the Max and Ruby series. For
more information and to check out her books, visit the Children’s
Library.
Baby and Me Lapsit with Miss Vicky (Ages
Birth – 2 Years):
Monday, August 2 at 10:30 am
Monday, August 9 at 10:30 am
Stories, fingerplays, dance, and music from 10:30 – 11. Children
can free play from 11-11:30 while parents/caregivers chat and share. Light
refreshments provided.
Welcome to Kindergarten Storytime (For
Children Entering Kindergarten):
Tuesday, August 31 at 10:30 am.
We’ll read books about kindergarten, review numbers, the alphabet
and patterns, play a special motion game and make a craft using scissors
and colors. Parent/caregiver attendance requested.
Summer Reading Program 2010
Return your reading log August 2 –
6 to receive your official Brookline Summer Reading Program Certificate!
The winner of each reading level (Easy Picture, Early Reader, Juvenile
and Young Adult) will receive a gift certificate from the Toadstool Book
Shop!
Registration is required for some of the following events.
Please sign up in the Children’s Library or call (603)673.3330.
Grand Finale with Magician Peter Boie!
(All Ages!):
Tuesday, August 3 at 4pm (at the Upper Town Hall Stage)
From a five-year-old getting into the show and doing magic, to the hard-
to please-teenager, to the parents and grandparents that visit the library,
Peter has something for everyone. Once the show starts this amazing magician
doesn’t let you go for a solid 45 minutes. The show runs the gamut
from audience members getting into the show and doing magic themselves,
to award winning mind blowing magic, to side splitting comedy. Don’t
miss it!
*Registration necessary.
Magic Workshop with Magician Peter Boie!
(Ages 7+):
Tuesday, August 3 at 5:15pm (at the Library)
Learn how to perform magic tricks by professional Magician for Non-Believers,
Peter Boie! Free!
*Registration necessary.
Family Ice Cream Social and Summer Reading
Program Prizes and Awards:
Tuesday, August 10 at 6 pm
Come reward yourself for all your hard work this summer and belly up to
our sundae bar. Reap your reading rewards and collect your reading certificate!
Winners of each reading category (Easy Picture, Beginning Reader, Juvenile
and Young Adult) will receive Toadstool gift certificates.
All attendees will receive a door prize and the lucky Golden Ticket winners
will collect their special prize!
*No registration necessary.
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