“Dream Big: Read!” during the Randolph County Public
Library’s nighttime-themed Summer Reading Program, which kicks off June 11 with
over 130 storytimes, performances, movies, special events and more at all
libraries through early August.
The aim of the annual program is to keep kids reading
while school is out, but teens can get in on the act with the return of
LegoMania and other events, while adults can hear a lineup of authors and join
in book discussions. All ages are eligible to register for reading rewards and
prizes.
“Library summer programs are exciting, entertaining and
educational. They’re close to home and they’re all free,” says Children’s
Librarian Myra Long.
The summer starts of with a bang – a Big Bang Boom, to be
exact, as the children’s rock ‘n’ rollers from Greensboro bring their
high-energy, parent-friendly power pop to each library during the week of June
11 in a show that’s guaranteed to get kids moving and cheering. There will be
magic, too, as Fish the Magish visits the Asheboro library in early July and
the ever-popular Magical Storyteller Mark Daniel appears at all libraries in
late July.
Kids: Dream
Big!
Each library will host one or more weekly events for
children. At the Asheboro library, weekly storytimes include All Ages
Storytime, 3:15 p.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 a.m. Thursdays; Family Storytime, 7
p.m. Tuesdays, Spanish/English Storytime, 6 p.m. every other Wednesday
beginning June 13; and Toddler Time, 10:10 a.m. Thursdays.
The Asheboro library also invites kids in grades K-5 to
school-age programs at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Special guests will
include steel drummer Tracy Thornton, Ronald McDonald, Loretta Brady the
Butterfly Lady and poet Pat Riviere-Seel.
Over the summer, the Archdale library will present
“Nocturnal Animals: Cold Blooded Encounters”; Liberty will host Carolina Tiger
Rescue; Ramseur will bring in bluegrass musicians Just N Time; and Liberty and
Randleman will “Dare to Dream” with Steve Somers, The Amazing Teacher – among
many other exciting events. For details and schedules for all libraries, go to
www.randolphlibrary.org/summerreadingkids.html,
visit your local library or call 318-6804.
Teens: Own the
Night
The library also is lining up big events for teens,
including the 4th Annual Lego Mania on Thursday, August 2, at the
Asheboro library; survival skills; making zombie masks; monster cartooning with
Rich Powell, screen printing with Derek Toomes and more. A public mural project
also may be in the offing for Asheboro teens.
Archdale will host Carolina Supernatural Investigations
and Dr. Phil Senter, the Dinosaur Guy, and Randleman will offer weekly “Mad
Science” programs at 4 p.m. Wednesdays beginning June 20.
Adults: Between
the Covers
Adults can bolster their summer reading with book
discussions and author appearances. Our State Editor Elizabeth House
will visit the Randleman library, and Ghosts of the Triad authors Michael
Renegar and Amy Spease will haunt the Asheboro library.
Poets Pat Riviere-Seel and Bill Griffin will read their
work and share the floor with local poets as part of the Poetry of Conservation
project, and “Ebooks on the Go” workshops will provide guidance on ebooks and
e-readers. Find full schedules and details at
www.randolphlibrary.org/summerreadingadults.html.
The Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the Friends of
the Library supported in part by a North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Grant
via the Randolph Arts Guild. Local sponsors are Kiwanis International, Weston’s
Feed and Seed, Something Different Restaurant and Advisors Financial Center.
Prizes, reading awards, programs or program materials are provided as of this
writing by Chick-fil-A, Hardees, First Bank of Archdale, Lowes
Foods, North Carolina Aviation Museum, McDonalds, North Carolina
Zoological Park, Walmart and Wendy’s.
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