What fun we have been having here, and the summer is just getting started.
Yesterday we had two terrific visitors enchant children with their programs. At 2:30 we welcomed Mary Beers, from the Thornton Burgess Society in Sandwich, MA, who read a riveting story about Jimmy the Skunk to a group of 48 children and adults. Then, everyone got to learn about the animal world with the help of a live turtle, a rabbit, a snake and a tiny frog. We also learned how to respect animals when we encounter them in the wild. What a terrific program!
Then, in the evening we welcomed Jan Kibbe and Kathy Hutchison, Hampden residents and certified NASA instructors, who led an informal program at the library on outer space. Around 25 people stopped by to see real moonrocks and have their photos taken in front of a large photo of the moon! Those photos are currently being processed and will be available at the library in coming days.
Finally, this morning we had a fabulous time with our littlest patrons. Twelve children joined us with their parents and grandparents for our weekly Infant & Toddler Storytime at 11:00 am. We practiced quacking like a duck and mooing like a cow, then we listened to Tumble Me Tumbily by Karen Baicker as everyone bounced and hugged to the words. We finished things off with a rousing round of "The Hokey Pokey," in which mom Mary Luff, who originally hails from England, taught us a wonderful chorus to the song that apparently has not crossed the Atlantic. What fun!
Thank you to our presenters, and also to everyone who has attended our programs this week!
Next week: Be on the lookout for Sidewalk Art on Tuesday (July 8), another Infant & Toddler Storytime on Wednesday (July 9), a Storytime for Ages 3 - 8 on Thursday (July 10) and our Make a No-Sew Stuffed Bear Workshop on Thursday (July 10).
