“One World, Many Stories” is the theme for this year’s Children’s Summer Reading Program. This five-week reading adventure is for children ages 5-12 and will begin on Tuesday, July 5 and continue through Tuesday, August 9. The program is designed to encourage children to make reading an enjoyable part of their summer activities.
Sign-ups begin on Tuesday, July 5 and continue throughout the program for Dover Public Library cardholders (including non-resident borrowers). Children must come to the library in person to register and to receive their personal booklet or reading log and special pencil for recording books/minutes read, and a voucher for a free ticket to a Portland Seadogs baseball game! Children will then return with their booklets or reading logs (after recording books/minutes read) to earn stickers and prizes.
Besides reading, many exciting things will be happening during the five weeks of the program.
• Lindsay and her Puppet Pals will be at the library on Thursday, July 7 @ 10:30am to help “kick-off” our summer program with adapted folk tales from around the world.
• “Drop-in” story times will be conducted every Wednesday @ 10:30am.
• A “Make-it, Take-it” craft table will be here all day, every day with all the supplies needed to make crafts to take home.
The following special classes will be held for learning how to play games or make cultural crafts from other countries (registration required):
• Learn to play Mancala (Africa) on Tuesday, July 19 @ 2pm
• Learn to play Bocce (Italy) on Tuesday August 2 @ 2pm
• Create a “God’s Eye” (Mexico) and a “Mayan Weaving” on Thursday, July 28 @ 2pm.
Children are invited to explore “One World, Many Tails” during the program! They may sign up for a “Paws for Reading” session. Goldie, a Certified Therapy Dog, and her handler, Karen, will be in the Children’s Room on Saturday, July 9 from 10:30-11:30am, Tuesday, July 19 from 6:30-7:30pm, and Saturday, August 6 from 10:30-11:30am. Goldie loves a good story but needs someone to read it to her! If interested in helping Goldie and practicing reading aloud, sign up for a 15 minute reading session during one of these times (and don’t forget to cross off 15 minutes on your reading log or record the book you’ve read to Goldie in your reading folder!)
Also, all are welcome to join us in the Lecture Hall to meet Jane and her dog Sasha from the Cocheco Valley Humane Society. They will visit the library to talk about pets and pet care on Thursday, July 14 @ 10:30am. Pets as “purr-fect friends” and choosing the pet that’s right for you will be discussed. Come and discover the valuable work being done at CVHS and how this work serves the animals in our community.
In addition to the above programs, the library’s Monday Movie Madness will feature free movies in the Lecture Hall every Monday afternoon at 2pm beginning on July 11. Everyone is welcome! Feel free to bring your own refreshments!
Here is the line-up:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules, July 11, rated PG.
Gnomeo & Juliet, July 18, rated G.
Rango, July 25, rated PG.
Despicable Me, Aug. 1, rated PG.
Yogi Bear, Aug. 8, rated PG.
A party for all participants and their families will be held on the library lawn on
Wednesday, August 10 at 10:30am. After refreshments, Sammie Haynes will entertain us with her interactive musical show. Sammie is an award-winning children’s musician whose performances have enchanted national audiences for the past 15 years.
The Teen Summer Reading Program theme is “You Are Here” and also runs from July 5 to August 9. For every two hours of reading completed, participants will be given a raffle ticket—and will get to choose which prize to put in for. Lots of great prizes will be offered throughout the five-week program—including gift certificates to local business, fun-pack gift bags, and much more. The first 20 kids to sign-up get a free book!
You choose what to read—novels, magazines, graphic novels, comic books, nonfiction—whatever you might enjoy.
Middle school readers are eligible participate in both the Children’s Program and the Teen Program. Drop by the library’s reference desk to sign up for the “You Are Here” Teen Program, visit online at http://library.dover.nh.gov, or call 516-6082. Come in person to the Children’s Room to sign up for “One World, Many Stories” or call 516-6052. Don’t miss all the fun! Plus, it’s a proven fact: kids who keep reading over the summer do better in school in the fall!
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