The library has been hopping this summer and it’s great to see so many people coming by. The summer reading program has been a big success and great fun so far. We have a record number of participants this year; 102 kids have signed up and nearly half of those have completed their reading and returned their reading logs for prizes. Participation in the activity programs has been up too. Last week we had a record number of people attend the “Scales and Tails” program by The Wildlife Center of Virginia. Sixty-five people were there to see a box turtle and two snakes up close. We still have a few programs to go:
Thursday, July 24th at 7:00 p.m. the storytellers Mack and Joan Swift will be here to tell Jack Tales, traditional Appalachian stories of the wit and wiles of Jack.
Friday, July 25th at 10:00 a.m. we’ll be showing the movie “Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker” (Rated PG). This movie is based on the young adult books written by Anthony Horowitz and features a 14 year-old British spy who works for MI5.
Thursday, July 31 at 10:00 a.m. we’ll be showing the movie “Game Plan” (Rated PG). This movie features Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a football player who discovers he has a young daughter and learns to appreciate family life over the glitzy life of a professional ball player.
The summer reading program ends on Saturday, August 2nd so all reading logs should be turned in by then. We’ll draw for the three big prizes on Monday morning, August 4th. Participants do not need to be present to win.
We’ve added many new books on compact disc in our children’s section. These are great for long distance travel for summer vacation. We have Andrew Clement’s “Frindle,” Deborah Howe’s “Bunnicula,” Franklin Dixon’s “Hardy Boys, the Tower Treasure,” Barbara Park’s “Junie B. Jones, Books 1-8,” Richard Peck’s “A Long Way from Chicago,” and C. S. Lewis’s series “The Chronicles of Narnia.”
We recently rearranged our DVD section and added color coding for easier browsing. DVDs are now separated into sections, which include adult, child, educational and documentary, exercise, and stage performances. Stage performances include concerts, comedians, dance and plays. We hope the color coding system will make it easier to find just what you have in mind.
There are plenty of great summer reads still being released. We have Nora Roberts’s “Tribute,” Ridley Pearson’s “Killer View,” James Lee Burke’s “Swan Peak,” Donna Andrews’s “Cockatiels at 7,” Lisa Gardner’s “Say Goodbye,” Luanne Rice’s “The Last Kiss,” Christopher Reich’s “The Rules of Deception,” Charles Martin’s “Where the River Ends,” J. A. Jance’s “Damage Control,” and David Wroblewski’s “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.” In non-fiction we have Ron Paul’s “The Revolution,” Mignon Fogarty’s “Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing,” and The College Board’s “Getting Financial Aid.”
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