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Check the calendar for story times
and special events! All Children's events are in
red.
Children are invited to drop by the Children's
Room this week and create a flower for Mother's Day .
SPECIAL EVENTS
SUMMER
READING
STORYTIMES
Drop-In Storytime,
Thursday, May 15, 10AM
Drop-In Storytime Flicks,
Friday, May 30, 10AM
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wingmasters,
"Birds of Prey," Monday, June 9, 7PM. Sponsored by the
Friends. Free, but tickets
required. Children must be 6 and older. Friends' members have priority.
2008 SUMMER READING
PROGRAM
Wild Reads at Your Library --
Keep watch for information about the 2008
summer
reading program, "Wild Reads at Your Library,"
where children will be exploring the world of animals.
Special Programs Include:
An Ice Cream Social
Kick-off, Tuesday, June 24,
6-7:30PM
Tony Toldeo and
Unseen Borders, Friday, June 27
at 10:30AM.This
program is supported in part by a grant from the North
Reading Cultural Council, a local agency which is
supported by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Animal
World Experience, Tuesday, July 8, 10AM;
The Penguin
Lady, Friday, July, 18, 11AM; the Mountain Mushers
and their sled dogs from Montana, Friday, August 15; the
Museum of Science, Tuesday, August 26,
and more!
Wild Reads at Your Library is sponsored by Flint
Memorial Library and Mass. Regional Library Systems.
Thank you, Comcast, North Reading Cultural Council, and
the Friends for additional support.
MUSIC WITH
DARA
 With her keyboard, finger plays and
songs, Dara VanRemoortel has become a popular visitor to
our library. Get in on the preschool fun!Her Next
Visit is Friday, May 9, 10AM.
No registration is required. Her visits aresponsored by the
Teradyne Corporation and the
Friends of the
Library.
LINKS FOR
KIDS
LINKS FOR PARENTS
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Emily Elizabeth,
the daughter
of Norman Bridwell, the creator of
Clifford the Big Red Dog, visited the library last May.
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Join our Regular Reader's Club!
Congratulations to our May winner,
Davis Raymon! Ask for a Regular Reader's card
in the Children's Room. Each time you
check out items there, your card will be punched. Once
your card is full it will be entered in a raffle, for a
chance to win a $5.00 gift certificate from Sugar N'
Spice, 134 Park Street, North Reading.
Sponsored by the Friends.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Children and their parents had fun walking in
the Ives Memorial Forest, Saturday, April 26, as part of
North Reading Reads 2008.
Children learned "Living Lessons from Crawling Creatures
during a workshop presented by Bugworks,
as part of North Reading Reads
2008. Thank you to the Reading Co-operative Bank for
sponsoring the program.
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Jon and Lauren Goode visited the library in April to
read from their book,
Pitching with the Papelbons.
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Dads and kids attended the last Dads & Donuts of the
year, despite the snow!
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At the "Back to the Islands Picnic," during February vacation, children
got tattoos, tried the limbo, and listened to stories.
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The snow did not keep families away from the Winter Bird Craft Time during
February vacation.
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VISIT THE CHILDREN'S ROOM
We offer:
- Books
- Audio books
- Book & CD/cassette sets
- Children's Videos & DVDs
- Board Books
- Children's magazines
- Children's Reference Area
- Parents' Shelf
MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD
The 2007-2008 list of nominees for the MA Children's
Book Award has been released.
Click here for the
full list linked directly to our catalog. Or,
go to the
Salem State College website for more information.
Photographs from "Catch the Beat
at Your Library"
Children and parents had fun making
tambourines and "Parrot Rattles" on August 7.
Animal Planet visited the library on August 3. 
Comcast arranged to have Animal Planet visit the library, bringing several animals including
the Swift fox pictured above, a lemur, a wallaby, and a
vulture.
Each child took home a stuffed animal after the Animal
Planet program.
Storyteller Jane Gossard brought drums of all shapes and
sizes to the library on July 31.
Children were invited to
perform
experiments when the Museum of Science presented "Fog,
Flowers, and Fireworks" on Tuesday, July 24.
Children enjoyed the drop-in craft, "Let Freedom Ring,"
on Tuesday, July 3.
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