The Children's Department of the Massillon Public Library begins its Summer Reading
Program on Monday, June 2. This year's theme, "Catch the Reading Bug," will involve
children from preschool through 6th grade in a variety of activities about bugs of
all kinds.
Schedules for the June and July events are available
now in the Children's Department, and also from the Bookmobile, the Pam S. Belloni
Branch in Brewster and the Barry Askren Branch in Navarre. The Bookmobile and branch
libraries will also be offering events and special activities.
On Monday, June 2nd, the Massillon Public Library invites children of ALL AGES to the
Opening Day Kick-Off of "Catch the Reading Bug." All day long, from 9:00 a.m.
to 9:00 p.m., children will be able to join the Reading Program and receive their
official book bag, Reading Record and more. Join us for crafts, games and science
observation stations all with a "buggy" theme. Summer Reading Program runs for six
weeks. Children may join any time June 2nd or after.
Those children who join as either an independent Reader or as a Read-To-Me will receive
specially decorated plastic book bags, filled with a set of instructions about the club,
Reading Records, activity sheets, bookmarks, stickers and temporary tattoos. Each week,
a special reward will be given to those children who have met a predetermined goal of
time spent reading or listening to stories read to them by someone else. There will
be weekly drawings for prizes for those playing the "Guess How Many Game," and the
"Find Arnold the Ant Game."
Those businesses and organizations that generously provided cash or other prizes to make
Summer Reading more fun for the children of Massillon, Brewster and Navarre include:
Bob Evans, Brewster Dairy, Brewster Federal Credit Union, bww Buffalo Wild Wings,
Fraternal Order of Eagles #190, Friendly Restaurants, Kiwanis Club of Massillon, Kraus'
Pizza Navarre, Massillon Cable TV, Inc., Massillon Parks and Recreation Department,
McDonald's (Cicchini Enterprises), Mid's Homestyle Pasta Sauces, Moose Lodge 481,
Panera Bread (Covelli Enterprises), Shearer's Foods, Sons of American Legion
Squadron 221, and VFW No. 3124.
Fourteen different programs will be offered during the six weeks of Summer
Reading Program, including the Bugs in our Backyard Closing Celebration on the
library lawn, Saturday, July 12. For more information, please call the Children's
Department at the Massillon Public Library at 330-832-5037 or log onto
our
website.
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release date: May 23, 2008
