Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are closed Thursday and Friday this week and will reopen at 10am on Saturday!

June 5th is just around the corner! We will do a sign-up day for the summer program between May 31 and June 4th, but after that initial day, you can still sign up…anytime before the end of the program.

If you’ve been on Facebook, you may have seen this sheet already:

For the final block of events for 4th grade and older, I’m looking at Fridays at 4pm. There are so many other summer activities in town happening between Monday and Thursday – I want to give as many kids as possible the chance to participate in library activities as well. Barring any major problem, Fridays will be the day. You will need to sign up ahead of time for those activities, so that I can make sure I have enough craft supplies and that the group size is manageable in the library. Those sign up sheets will be available during the sign up day, and then will be available at the front desk after that.

One question I’ve had about LEGO club is if there will be a limit on group size. As of right now, the answer is no. I think we can make it happen BUT if the first meetings are too full, I may split those into two. Remember that Tuesday’s LEGO club is only for children up to 1st grade age. I want to give the younger ages a chance to participate without getting lost in a sea of bigger kids! The other two days – Tuesday and Friday – will be open to any age, including the youngest group. Parents of littles – please use your best judgement about whether or not your child is old enough to play with LEGOs. The policy at the community center is that any person younger than 14 must have a responsible older caretaker accompany them. I need to follow the center’s rules but I can adjust to say you do not need to stay in the library during LEGO club (except on Tuesdays!) I need you to be in the building – this can include an older sibling or babysitter if it applies. Thanks for understanding.

One more thing: library activities are just that – IN THE LIBRARY. If your child leaves the library, they are part of the community center activities and all the rules must be adhered to. I would appreciate your help in talking to your kids about library activities…that they should remain with the group until they have finished their craft or the event time has expired. Thank you again.

I’ll post our sign up day by the end of this week – stay tuned!

The dates have been chosen and our summer reading program will run from June 5th until July 9th! 5 weeks of ocean fun…sounds great considering we’re looking at a lot of snow again this weekend. Bring me the beach!

Each week will have a designated theme and trivia question. As always, there will be prizes! Stay tuned for sign up time, which will be next month already!

Also, do you like our new logo? Just wondering what kind of feedback the patrons have on my newest design…

The summer reading program is just around the corner. We’ve been working hard to come up with some good ideas, activities and projects to highlight our program this year. The theme is “Oceans of Possibilities”…you can probably guess that means a watery type theme! I’m excited to share this with you all once we kick it off. Until then, wait expectantly!

The books have arrived and the plot summary has my interest piqued

Before I show you the book, if you’re new to this, the time commitment is minimal. Just read the book and we meet one time when everyone finishes to share opinions and discuss any areas of confusion. So don’t shy away from signing up because you think we meet all the time. I’d love to see all the books go out! There will be 9 spots available, and the sign up will be posted tomorrow. Watch for the link here or on Facebook!

Book #1 of the 2022 Book Club is…………

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This is my weak spot. I’ve known that many people don’t utilize Facebook and could benefit from the library’s website; however, I’ve been terrible about maintaining it and keeping it up to date. Spring can be the new season of revival for our website.

What’s been going on at the library, you ask? Lots and lots of story times with the preschoolers. Right now this is the only program that we kept up with but that was mainly because some of the other events in the community center made afternoon activities difficult. But they’re coming back, I promise!

During story time this year, we’ve explored stories of dogs, cats, mermaids, worms, a grumpy groundhog, Pete the Cat (I love that guy!), a rainbow fish, unicorns, catching leprechauns, and goldfish. One day the participants got to meet and love on a puppy! It’s so much fun to read to this group, and often they just start handing us books to read. We’re raising readers!

Craft time after the stories is always lots of fun, too. A special thanks to all the adults who have graciously offered their assistance to the littles…I couldn’t do it without you. Here are some of the crafts we’ve done this year:

And here’s a cute puppy face:

The writing tree is still up and it would like some spring flowers to put on its branches. You can write whatever you would like and ask the staff to hang it on the tree for you!

Thinking back a little, our Christmas break craft bags were a huge hit this year! I made a total of 100 bags, and 99 of them came to you! (I needed to keep one for myself so I could make the how-to videos!) Thank you for making it a success and we’ll do it again at the end of the year!

So what’s next? The library now has its own supply of LEGOs and I would love to bring back our LEGOs Club. It was very popular both last summer and during the Christmas party, so I know I need to split it into age groups. On one day I had 35 KIDDOS in the library trying to build with LEGOs and that is just too many for me to adequately control! Plus, we just don’t have the room available right now to have that many playing and building with LEGOs…not enough table space or standing space even! It’s coming back!

Our next book club will be starting soon…any adult 18 and up is welcome to join! Linda does a great job reading and leading our meeting after we’ve read. It’s always nice to get the perspective and opinions of others. I’ll post the new book and a sign up list as soon as the books arrive.

What else would you like to see? Let me know…you can leave a comment on this post or even shoot me an email or Facebook message.

Hey everyone! We have changed our hours just a bit from TODAY going forward. We are closing at 3pm on Thursdays. This is because of the farmer’s market / vendor market that will be taking place every Thursday starting with July 30th. It’s much easier for me to get the hours under control now 🙂

Also, we are going to be closed on Friday and Saturday next week…JULY 24th and 25th. Tioga High School has rented the community center for their prom, and they will be setting up all day Friday. We will reopen MONDAY JULY 27th at 10am. Thanks for understanding!