Library kids to spell out “READ” at magical Mark Daniel event

If the purpose of the purpose of the Randolph County Public Library's "Be Creative @ Your Library" Summer Reading Program is not clear, the kids will spell it out – literally – following the appearance of Magical Storyteller Mark Daniel at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, at Asheboro Friends Meeting, 230 E. Kivett St.

Children who attend the program will gather afterwards and stand in prearranged positions to spell the word READ in the church parking lot. Library staff will make photographs from the upper-floor windows of the church and provide them online to participants (in the accompanying photo, they're practicing).

The media also is invited to photograph and/or film the event. In case of rain, the spelling will take place in an auditorium at the church.

Daniel is a veteran storyteller whose performance, “Mission: Creative,” will use magic, puppets and stories to motivate children to read and inspire a love of books. It’s free and the public is invited.

Daniel is appearing at all seven libraries this summer, and will finish up at Liberty, 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 28; Seagrove, 2 p.m. July 28; and Ramseur, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 30 (at the Ramseur Municipal Building).

The Summer Reading Program is supported by the Friends of the Library and by a Grassroots Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council via the Randolph Arts Guild. For more information, contact Myra Long at 318-6804 or go here.