This Week at the Library: Looking Forward to Ben's Block Party!

We’re starting Week 5 of the summer reading program already! It’s crazy to think of because there’s only three more weeks of programs (one week beyond that for kids to count books!) before we’ve put another Summer Reading Club in the books! Last week we had a couple of teen book discussions that were lots of fun. This week is a normal summer roundup of programs, with the exception of the library’s participation at Ben’s Block Party on Saturday, which will be at Memorial Park. Come together with the community and join us at the event for a good cause! Miss Erin will be doing storytimes at various times during the Block Party!

This week at the library:

Monday: Let’s Go Camping! 6:30pm; ages 3 and up with a grown up; signups required. Tonight we’ll be reading stories about a summer pastime: camping! We’ll do an activity and maybe a “campfire” treat! Come out as a family for a few books and then a craft!

Tuesday: Owls: weekly SRC program for kids entering kindergarden and first grade in Fall 2012. 10am. Advanced Registration required.

Bats: weekly SRC program for kids entering second and third grades in Fall 2012; 12pm. Advanced Registration required.

Wolves: weekly SRC program for kids entering grades 4-6 in Fall 2012. 2pm. Advanced Registration required.

Wednesday: Dreamtime Storytime, drop-by storytime for children who were 2 as of Sept. 12, 2011 through 6 years old. No signup required.

Music and Dance with Claude “Shep” Shappelle; 6pm. Put on your dancin’ shoes and local favorite “Shep” will get you in the mood with his music to get up and dance to the oldies! Contact the library for signup information.

Friday: Baby Lapsit, 9:30am, a “beginner storytime”/introduction to the library for children who were 11 months old or younger as of Sept. 12, 2011; advanced registration required.

Ones Storytime, 10:30am; a “beginner storytime”/introduction to the library for children who were between 12-23 months  as of Sept. 12, 2011; advanced registration required.

Saturday: Ben’s Block Party; 10am to 1pm; all ages. Join us at Ben’s Block Party at Memorial Park in Macungie to support a great cause—the Ben Yorgey Foundation! Miss Erin will be doing storytimes at 10:30am, 11:30am and 12:30pm, and around the library’s table the rest of the time. To find out more about the Ben Yorgey Foundation, check out their website. 

In a few non-event link “round-ups”… In case you missed it last week, we launched our new teen blog series, “Future Me”, with an interview of WFMZ/Channel 69 Sportscaster Jim Vaughn. So check out more details on the series on the blog. This week, we plan on getting out some of the Required Summer Reading posts for the second series we’re doing, “Summer Reading is Killing Me”. And we just posted a new 2012 Customer Satisfaction Survey on our website and Facebook pages. Please take a few minutes to tell us how you use the library and what you may be interested in us offering or expanding and you’ll be entered into a raffle for a great prize!

Just as a reminder, you can sign up for any of the three Reading Incentive Programs at any time through August 11, and please continue to update your logs If you have any questions on Summer Reading for the kids, please check the Parents tab of the Children’s Homepage or our online program calendar for more information and stay tuned through our Facebook page for up-to-the-moment announcements! We hope to see you in sometime soon at the library!