First Chance to sign up for Summer Reading Club!
Friday, June 6th at the Lackawanna County Children’s Library
5:00-8:00pm
With guitarist, Dave Brown and Juggler Rob Smith!
Baked goods and children’s books will be able for sale.
for children and their families
Lackawanna County Children’s Library
520 Vine Street, Scranton, PA 18509
No Registration Required
(570) 348-3000, ext. 3015.
www.albright.org/childrens
Sign-up for our Summer reading program will begin on June 9th. Keep tuned for further details!
Create your own work of art at the Children’s Library. Come between 10 and 4 . Miss Liz has lots of new chalk!
Stop by and visit the Lackawanna County Children’s Library and the Bookmobile staff at RiverFest this Saturday, May 31st from noon to 4 pm! We’ll have crafts, a storywalk and fun!
More information about RiverFest!
The Lackawanna River Corridor Association (LRCA) will host RiverFest 2014 on Saturday May 31, 2014. This Regional Rite of Spring is an event that celebrates the Lackawanna River and the communities in its Watershed. A full day of river activities: the Canoe-A-Thon, the Duck-A-Thon and the River Regatta; music: regional bands provide the entertainment; educational and environmental displays; food and fun activities for all ages! Experienced canoeists, kayakers and casual paddlers, will be out on the Lackawanna River at 10:00AM arriving at the RiverFest Finish Line—West Olive Street near Scranton High School. Live music starts at noon. Resident and businesses are encouraged to be part of the River Regatta. This fun event involves creativity, imagination, lunacy and zaniness!!! Good food and fun for the whole family will be available all day. Admission is free for Finish Line activities located at the Scranton Riverwalk off Olive Street. For more information to participate in the paddle or the River Regatta, please call the LRCA at 570-347-6311.
Summer Reading Clubs aren’t just for kids. Lackawanna County libraries have Summer Reading Programs for everyone, from newborns to adults. You can join one at any Lackawanna County Library System library – where everything is free! Sign-up begins Monday, June 9th
Abington Community Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online
Albright Memorial Library: For teens! Sign up online
Carbondale Public Library:For kids and teens! Sign up online
Dalton Community Library: stop by the library to sign up!
Lackawanna County Children’s Library: For kids birth through age 12! Read Sign up online
Library Express: For kids and teens! Sign up online
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online
North Pocono Community Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online
Taylor Community Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online
Valley Community Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online
Guess who is coming to the Nancy Kay Holmes Library?
That’s right – it’s Clifford the Big Red Dog!
Clifford will be making a special trip to the Nancy Kay Holmes Library to spend some time with his young library fans.
During this program, we will read Clifford stories, make a craft, and meet Clifford!
Stop by to get your picture taken with Clifford!
Join us (and Clifford) for story time on Friday, May 23rd at 11:30AM!
See you then.
Bring your Teddy Bear or favorite “lovie” to the Children’s Library for the Teddy Bear’s Picnic! We will listen to stories, sing songs, have “beary” good treats to eat AND a teddy Bear Parade!
For children ages 2-7 years old. Call 570-348-3000 ext. 3015 for more information and to register.
Today we opened two bins of new non-fiction books. Dinosaurs, trucks, sharks, farm animals and yes, goats! We have them on display with NEW stickers on them. Stop and check them out!
Throughout the month of May, children at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library are taking part in a unique gardening project. Miss Susan, our garden expert, met with us and taught us how to build a garden in our back yard. Since it’s still a little chilly outside, we started out by planting some vegetables that enjoy cold temperatures such as carrots, lettuce and radishes. We are working very hard to grow many delicious foods!
In a few weeks when it gets warmer, Miss Susan will return to help us plant some warm weather vegetables, but for right now, we are working on watering our garden each and every day. Stop by and check out all of our hard work!
Thank you to Miss Susan for helping us with this project.
Miss Amber is looking for a few good readers in grades 4-12 to join the Battle of the Books Team at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library this summer.
What is Jr. Battle of the Books?
Jr. Battle of the Books is a fun and competitive reading contest for readers in 4th-6th grade. Library teams will be quizzed on the 5 selected books at the end of the summer in a countywide contest on Thursday, August 7th at 5:30 PM at Marywood University’s Lynett Multimedia Room. Teams consist of 3-5 members and participants are quizzed on their knowledge of the selected books. There will be weekly team meetings throughout the summer. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team! Represent your library in this county-wide contest! Call 570-207-0764 to register for this competition!
This year, we will be reading and discussing the following books:
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
What is The Battle of the Books?
The Battle of the Books is a fun and competitive reading contest for students in grades 7-12. This contest is divided into two levels: 7th-9th grade and 10th-12th grade. Library teams will be quizzed on the 5 selected books at the end of the summer in a countywide contest on Thursday, August 14th at 5:30 PM at Marywood University’s Lynett Multimedia Room. Teams consist of 3-5 members and participants are quizzed on their knowledge of the selected books. There will be weekly team meetings throughout the summer. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team! Represent your library in this county-wide contest! Call 570-207-0764 to register for this competition!
7th-9th Grade Titles:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
10th-12th Grade Titles:
1984 by George Orwell
Shelter by Harlan Coben
Jump by Elisa Carbone
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Elinor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Sign up Deadline is Monday, July 7th
Join the team!
Miss Amber