Summer Reading Safari Kickoff!

Summer Reading Kickoff: June 13 @ 11:00am -
Concert by Lucas Miller and Cake!
Stop by for this free family show and pick up a reading log!

READING CLUB

Registration and Rules:

1. Sign up at the desk in the Children's Library.

2. You will receive a reading log and a bookmark.

3. Keep track of the time you spend reading on your log.

4. Turn in your first log to the Children’s Library desk after you have completed 10 hours of reading. You will receive a Summer Reading Certificate, prizes from our sponsors, and a Wells Branch Summer Reading T-Shirt that you can decorate at the July 11th and August 15th programs!

5. Turn in additional logs after 25, 50, and 100 hours to receive prizes from our prize box and more prizes from our sponsors.

Keep reading until you reach the goal of 100 hours! Once you reach 100 hours, you are entered into our special Grand prize drawings.

Grand prizes include passes from Austin Park, Round Rock Express, Volente Beach Waterpark, Putt ‘n Fun, Austin Zoo, and IMAX!

If you need to print an extra log click here

All logs must be fully filled out and turned in before proceeding to the next log.

What Can I Read?: Books, Graphic Novels, Magazines, and Poetry.

FINAL LOGS MUST BE TURNED IN BY Friday, AUGUST 14th, 2009

DRAWINGS TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th at 1:00pm, AT THE FINALE PARTY WITH MAD SCIENCE.



Programs:

Weekly Storytimes

0-18 months – Baby Bookworms – Mondays and Fridays at 10am

12-24 months – Monkey in the Middle – Mondays at 10:45am

18-36 months – Toddler Story Time – Fridays at 10:45am

3-5 years – Preschool Story Time – Fridays at 11:30am



Summer Reading Weekly Programs

Wacky Science - Wednesdays at 5pm – Join us for fun and messy science experiments and demonstrations! Ages 7+.

Arts & Crafts - Wednesdays at 6pm – Arts and crafts for families including painting, crafting, creative art projects. All ages!

Go Wild! - Wednesdays at 4pm – Come explore the animal kingdom through stories, activities, and crafts. Ages 5+.

Teen Tuesdays – Tuesdays at 6pm – Alternating weeks of Books to Movie screenings and crafty workshops. Ages 13+.



Free Shows for the Family

- Lucas Miller the Singing Zoologist –
June 13th @ 11am

Let the Summer Reading Safari begin! Lucas Miller brings his blend of science-oriented songs and stories to the library on June 13 at 11:00 a.m. Recognized as an American Masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts, this “singing zoologist” presents multi-media events for nearly one hundred thousand children annually at schools, libraries and family concerts. Join us after the concert to learn about the summer reading program, pick up a reading log, and have some cake!

- Tim Cole Reptile Specialist – July 11th @ 1pm

Austin Reptile Service is an organization dedicated to the conservation of native Texas reptiles through education. Tim Cole has been keeping reptiles for over four decades and has professional experience working with zoos and scientific field studies. He will be bringing live reptiles to the library to educate the community about them. If you have read 10 hours or more

- Summer Reading Finale: MAD SCIENCE – August 15th @ 1pm

Come celebrate the end of the library’s summer reading program! Mad Science will conduct interactive, fun experiments that the whole family will enjoy! After the program, we will award the grand prize winners of the summer reading program!