Summer Reading Program: Thank You to our Presenters

A big thank you to all the folks and groups who helped make this year's Summer Reading Program a success. Thanks for your patience with weather-related issues, rescheduled vacations, and last minute decisions. You made everything work!!

The Joyful Noise Ukulele Band

The Squam Lakes Science Center

Gretchen Draper, Writer & Consultant

Jerry Schneider, the Butterfly Guy

Lindsay and Her Puppet Pals

Karel Hayes, Author & Illustrator

All our wonderful Touch-a-Truck Presenters (see last post)

The Maple Creamery 

The New Hampton School

Kings & Queens

 Someone else had a birthday this week. 

So at Storytime, we read three stories with kings and queens in them - one king who built a machine, one who was the queen of her neighborhood, and a one who was king of the jungle.

Then we made crowns, because everybody deserves to have one at some time or another. It was later told that one of us wore the crown all day long, and insisted on wearing it to bed. It was not me, but if I'd had the presence of mind to make one, I probably would have done the same thing. 

The Best Things About School-Vacation Storytimes

School-vacation Storytimes are often theme-less, and we read old and new favorites.

There are so many different levels of ability and creativity as "older" patrons work with "younger" ones. See this simple paper hand puppet? Everybody folded one and started with the same "base" puppet - but the differences in product came from age, ability, experience, personal preference. 

Sometimes others read their favorite books - and I get to watch the listeners!

And we always have lots of fun at School Vacation Storytimes!

Stuffed Animals Sleep Over

The Little Things

Thanks to seven year old Julia for drawing this wonderful horse for us! We put him with the horse books!