FOR THE KIDS:​
It’s time for summer and we’d love if you celebrate a “Universe of Stories” with us. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing our theme this summer is all around space.
In light of that, some of our summer reading prizes for kids ages 0-12 are space themed: a telescope, a globe night light, as well tickets to the Rochester Museum and Science center. How do you possibly win these prizes you ask? ​
First you register for the summer reading program. When you register, you will receive your summer reading dog chain and all six of your raffle tickets. Then you read 20 minutes a day and read our topic of the week. Each week you come in bring in your chain and your raffle ticket. You can enter the raffle, you get a free book and you will receive a bead to go on your chain for each 20 minutes. If you read the topic of the week you get a special bead of the week. 
FOR THE TEENS:
Are you slightly older? If you are between the ages of 13-18 (or you are 10-12 and the prizes are too baby-ish) you can enter the teen summer reading program. Each time you read or come to the library, you can enter our weekly summer reading raffles.
​Plus we have something new this summer! We have stamp cards where every time you come to the library you get a stamp. After a certain amount of stamps you get a gift card! What could be better? Not much!
FOR THE ADULTS:
As always, its easy peasy for the adults! 
​All you need to do is read and enter for our weekly prizes!

Tonight from 6-7 pm, if you are between the ages 8-12 please join us for our reader's theater event, also known as "Cathy's Creativity Club". We're going to take some classic fairy tales and twist them up to make them our own. Then we'll act it out, either with puppets or with ourselves! Join me, its not too late!
If we actually get a video of it on the green screen I might have to put it up on the website. :)

Summer is almost here, and with summer comes school visits. WOW! So much energy! Its crazy! I am in awe of the teachers and how they can handle all the enthusiasm all day. WOW and DOUBLE WOW!
This morning we were at Chestnut Ridge and got to see the K-1 and the 3-4 grades in an auditorium setting. There were at least 50 kids if not more each time and they were so enthusiastic.
It was great because I was thrilled that they were so excited to hear all the things that we were doing, but I was also bummed because they probably didn't hear half of what we were saying. 
Luckily we made sure to have brochures that the kids could take home. Hopefully their enthusiasm continues throughout the day and until they get home so that they can tell you all the exciting things they learned.
Some of the exciting things to note:
They get raffle tickets that have blocks for them to fill in. They read 20 minutes a day and each twenty minutes they get a special bead to put on their necklace (that they get when they register). There is also a special bead that they can get for reading their special topic of the week.
Each week bring in their raffle ticket book and they get a bead for each 20 minutes read. Plus they get a special bead for reading the special topic. Then they put their raffle ticket in the box they want (we're giving away books, Rochester Museum and Science Center tickets, a telescope, gift cards and everyone's favorite BIKES!) and at the end of our six weeks, we draw the winners! Yippee!
​Any questions, just let me know!

Okay back to Open Hours. You can borrow one of our "green stickered" items and play with it in either the Make-A-Story Room or in the children's room. If you decide on something new, you can return it to the reference desk and get something new!
If you want to play with something a little more "serious" like our yellow or red stickered items, you can fill out a form that lets you know you are responsible if something breaks while you are playing with it. You can also get trained to use our 3d printer and cricut machine. With the 3d printer you have to pay for the wire we use and for the cricut machine you have to bring in your own supplies.
Any questions, just ask!