mylibrary Summer Reading Program Activity Guide 2021

June 1-July 31 FOR ALL AGES! ADULTS | TEENS & TWEENS | LITTLES & CHILDREN

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my library SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 1 ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM PROGRAMA DE VERANO DE LECTURA PARA ADULTOS

Register for the program between June 1 and July 31. Inscríbase para el programa que dura del 1 de junio al 31 de julio.

Online: Online: ¡ Register! https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org Inscríbase! https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org

In Person: En Persona: Fill out the registration form and drop it off Llene el formulario de inscripción y entréguelo en cualquier at any Tulsa City-County Library location. sucursal de la Biblioteca del Condado y la Ciudad de Tulsa.

Read! Read or listen to 4 books by July 31 to complete the program. ¡Lea! Lea o escuche 4 libros hasta el 31 de julio para completar el programa.

•Register for the program by July 3 •Inscríbase para el programa hasta el Read or listen to 4 books by ¡Premios! Lea o escuche 4 libros hasta el 31 Prizes! and be entered into a drawing to July 31 and earn coupons for 3 de julio y será incluido en un sorteo de julio y obtendrá cupones para win one of 15 $50 Amazon gift cards, free entertainment and food: para ganar una de 15 tarjetas de entretenimientos y comida gratis: courtesy of the Tulsa Library Trust. regalo de Amazon de $50, obsequio • Admisión al Tulsa State Fair • Admission to the Tulsa State Fair del Fondo para la Biblioteca de Tulsa. • Breakfast roll from Merritt’s Bakery • Pan de desayuno de Merritt’s Bakery • Read or listen to 4 books by July 31 and • Cheese dippers from • Mini pizzas (cheese dippers) de be entered into a drawing to win one • Lea o escuche 4 libros hasta el 31 Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Mazzio’s Italian Eatery of three Amazon Kindle Fire devices, de julio y será incluido en un sorteo • Una libra de carne de cerdo • One pound of pulled pork and para ganar uno de tres dispositivos desmenuzada y salsa barbacoa courtesy of the Tulsa Library Trust. BBQ sauce from NSP Proteins Amazon Kindle Fire, obsequio del de NSP Proteins • Honey butter chicken biscuit • Galleta con pollo y miel (honey butter Fondo para la Biblioteca de Tulsa. from Whataburger chicken biscuit) de Whataburger

2 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 3 REGISTRATION FORM FORMULARIO DE INSCRIPCIÓN ADULT Summer Reading Program Programa de lectura de verano para adultos

For ages 16 and older Para mayores de 16 años

Register online at https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org. Register for the program by July 3 Regístrese para participar en un sorteo para ganar una de las 15 tarjetas de regalo and be entered into a drawing to win one of 15 $50 Amazon gift cards. Take this completed de Amazon de $50. form to any TCCL location. Regístrese en línea en https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org o lleve este formulario completo a cualquier ubicación de TCCL.

Name Nombre

Home Library Phone Biblioteca Teléfono

Email Age (check one)[ ] 16 [ ] 17 [ ] 18+ Correo electrónico

Edad (marque uno) [ ] 16 [ ] 17 [ ] 18+

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READING LOG REGISTRO DE LECTURA Programa de lectura de verano para adultos ADULT Summer Reading Program

Complete su registro de lectura en línea en https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org o presente este registro Complete your reading log online at https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org or present de lectura completado en cualquier ubicación de TCCL antes del 31 de julio para recibir cupones de this completed reading log at any TCCL location by July 31 to receive coupons for free entretenimiento y comida gratis y participa en un sorteo para ganar uno de los tres dispositivos de entertainment and food, and to be entered into a drawing to win one of three Amazon Amazon Kindle Fire. Kindle Fire devices. Nombre

Name Biblioteca Teléfono

Home Library Phone Correo electrónico

Email Age (check one)[ ] 16 [ ] 17 [ ] 18+ Edad (marque uno) [ ] 16 [ ] 17 [ ] 18+

I read the following books this summer: Leí los siguientes libros este verano: 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4.

Yes, audiobooks, e-books and graphic novels count! ¡Sí, los audiolibros, libros electrónicos y las novelas gráficas cuentan! TULSA CITY-COUNTY LIBRARY’S 2021 SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR ADULTS • JUNE 1 - JULY 31 LIBRARY BINGO! fiction titles for adults Email a photo of your completed bingo sheet to [email protected] by July 31 to be entered into a prize drawing for one of three local gift sets. (Or turn in this completed sheet to any Search the library’s catalog at www.TulsaLibrary.org to request these titles. library.) To complete, cross off five activities in a row either vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

Read a book Download Read an Read a Follow us by an an e-book or uplifting fantasy or on Twitter. Indigenous e-audiobook. book. sci-fi novel. author.

Attend one Read a The Elephant The Love Story of Sharks in the Brood Devoted Read a Read a book Read a of the book with of Belfast Missy Carmichael Time of Saviors By Jackie Polzin By Dean Koontz graphic novel that’s also memoir or library’s an animal By S. Kirk Walsh By Beth Morrey By Kawai Strong Our nameless narrator Woody Bookman or web comic. a movie. biography. virtual Chronicles a seven- The world has hasn’t spoken a protagonist. Washburn stubbornly tries to book clubs. month period of time changed around A groundbreaking keep her small brood of word in his 11 years when the Germans 79-year-old librarian debut novel that chickens alive over the of life. Not when his unexpectedly Millicent Carmichael, folds the legends course of one savage father died in a freak bombed Belfast, aka Missy. The last of Hawaiian gods winter in Minnesota. accident. Not when Read a book Attend our Read a book Northern Ireland. thing Missy expects is into an engrossing Woefully unprepared his mother, Megan, Read a book published the virtual yoga FREE translated Through the lens two perfect strangers family saga; a story for the task, she battles tells him she loves recommended year you class on SPACE from another of the Bellevue and one spirited of exile and the relentless predators, him. For Megan, by a librarian. were born. Facebook. language. Zoo and one of its dog named Bob pursuit of salvation. severe weather and keeping her boy safe zookeepers, 20-year- to break through unforeseen bad luck and happy is what old Hettie Quin, the her prickly exterior – all while grieving a matters. But Woody novel animates how and show Missy just recent miscarriage, believes a monstrous the war irrevocably how much love she evil was behind his Register for Check out and coming to terms Read a impacted – and still has to give. with her infertility and father’s death and Read a the Adult seeds to Listen young shaped the lives of the accompanying now threatens him book set in Summer plant from to an adult Belfast’s citizens. uncertainty. and his mother. Oklahoma. Reading our Seed audiobook. book. Program. Library. Stories and Songs From Native Culture Arts: Learn the History of the American Indian Flute Plains-Style Moccasins the Cheyenne Indians Read a book Tuesday, June 1 • 9-9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 1 • 9:30-10 a.m. Tuesday, June 1 • 10-10:30 a.m. Read a book Read an Follow Follow by an author Join Choogie Kingfisher, 2019 Cherokee Join Jr. Pratt and learn how to make an Join Dr. Henrietta Mann for an with a anthology authentic Plains-style pair of moccasins. us on us on who has National Treasure recipient, as he shares enlightening overview of traditional LGBTQ+ edited by a stories and tells about the history Participants will learn how to properly and modern Cheyenne culture. Join us Instagram. Facebook. spoken at protagonist. BIPOC. of the American Indian flute. Join us measure, cut out and sew moccasins with here: www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. TCCL. here: www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. a hard sole. Join us here: www.youtube. The presentation will be available on The video will be available on TCCL’s com/TulsaLibrary. The presentation will TCCL’s YouTube channel through June YouTube channel through June 30. be available on TCCL’s YouTube channel 30. Presented by the American Indian Presented by the American Indian through June 30. Presented by the Resource Center. For ages 10 to adult. Resource Center. For ages 10 to adult. American Indian Resource Center. For ages 10 to adult. NAME: H O M E L I B R A R Y :

EMAIL AND/OR PHONE NUMBER: my library ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 7 Indians once used to communicate Yuchi Language Class a 10-year-old Gerald Durrell pursued his and tell stories. Watch on TCCL’s Mondays, June 7, 14, 21, 28 interest in natural history and explored Read popular YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ 6:30-7:30 p.m. the island’s fauna. Uproarious tales of TulsaLibrary, through June 20. Learn the beautiful language of the the island’s animals and Durrell’s fond Presented by the American Indian Yuchi people via Zoom. Register online reflections on his family bring this magazines Resource Center. For all ages. at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive delightful memoir to life. Email br@ Zoom link. Registration closes 24 hours tulsalibrary.org for details to join the American Indian Dances ahead of class. For all ages. meeting. For adults. and Storytelling with Libby app Take-and-Make Kit: Felt Pet Craft Monday, June 7 • 10-10:30 a.m. Full Cup Book Club The Dancing Eagles, Mike and Heaven Wednesday, June 9 • 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, June 15 Pahsetopah, will perform spectacular Read Emily St. John Mandel’s Make your own tiny felt pet with our from OverDrive Native American dances and traditional “Station Eleven” and join us for a easy-to-follow instructions! We provide storytelling. This entertaining, lively discussion. Copies of the book precut felt pieces and cotton stuffing. educational performance will include are available for checkout at Martin All you need is some string and a With the Libby app from OverDrive and your library card, specialty, traditional and social dances. Regional Library or to download at sewing needle. Pick up your kit at the you can browse, borrow and enjoy favorite magazines Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, www.tulsalibrary.org. Register online at Jenks Library while supplies last. For like Us Weekly, The New Yorker, HGTV Magazine, Cook’s www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary, www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive adults. Illustrated, Vogue, ELLE, Condé Nast Traveler and many more! through June 20. Presented by the Zoom invite. For adults. Audiobooks, e-books, as well as children’s and young adult American Indian Resource Center. For Beyond the Book titles, are available to borrow as well. all ages. Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club Thursday, June 17 •10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 9 • 6-7 p.m. Join us for a lively Zoom discussion www.tulsalibrary.org/emagazines Music Sandwiched In: Join fellow sci-fi and fantasy enthusiasts about “American Duchess” by Karen Pianist Don Ryan on Zoom to discuss “War Girls” by Tochi Harper. Reserved copies are available Monday, June 7 • noon-12:50 p.m. Onyebuchi. The year is 2172. Climate by request at the South Broken Join us via Zoom as we welcome Don change and nuclear disasters have Arrow Library. Email kelli.mcdowell@ rendered much of earth unlivable. Only tulsalibrary.org for details to join the Join us here: www.facebook.com/ you may enjoy. Email Becky.Leedy@ Ryan, one of Tulsa’s most popular Native Culture Arts: Native Patchwork the lucky ones have escaped to space event. For adults. tulsalibrary. For all ages. tulsalibrary.org for Zoom link to join the musicians. Best known as a jazz pianist, Tuesday, June 1 • 10:30-11 a.m. colonies in the sky. Contact rebecca. Learn the basics for sewing Native discussion. For adults. Ryan actually started out in classical [email protected] for the Between the Covers stickball patchwork design with Mike music and was an award winner in Cover to Cover Book Club Zoom link. For ages 16 and up. Thursday, June 17 • 6-7 p.m. Deo. Join us here: www.youtube.com/ Presented by Broken Arrow Library Book Talk Thursday The Chopin Competition in Poland. For several years he was the pianist Calling all romance lovers! Join us as TulsaLibrary. This presentation will be Tuesday, June 1 • 6:30-7:15 p.m. Thursdays, June 3, 17 • noon-12:15 p.m. Take 5: Tails and Tales we discuss a delightful romance novel. available on TCCL’s YouTube channel Read “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel and Tune in to Tulsa City-County Library’s with the Tulsa Philharmonic. He also Thursday, June 10 • 7-8 p.m. Register online at www.tulsalibrary. through June 30. Presented by the then join us for a lively discussion. Email Facebook page to hear about five or performed at the Oklahoma Music Hall Expand your reading horizons! Join five org/events with your email address for American Indian Resource Center. For [email protected] for a more themed books to add to your TBR of Fame, The Performing Arts Center, local readers from diverse backgrounds an invite to the Zoom meeting. Email ages 10 to adult. Zoom invite. For adults. list! 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Have you ever considered fostering cats Craft Club: DIY Pet Toys This is the perfect opportunity to add to Join us for discussions of great books. the people known as the Chatik si Write a comment telling us what you and kittens, but weren’t sure where to Monday, June 7 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Come by Central Library to pick up a your TBR shelf! For adults. This month we’ll discuss “American Chatik, the Men of Men. Join us here: last read and liked, a favorite author start? Nikki Martinez (@myfosterkittens War” by Omar El Akkad. Email jenks. www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. The or three words describing what you’d on Instagram) is here to help! This free DIY pet toy kit (one per household) Brookside Book Discussion [email protected] for Zoom link. presentation will be available on TCCL’s like to read, and then let us know online workshop will provide practical while supplies last. Then join us on Monday, June 14 • 1:30-2:30 p.m. For adults. 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10 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 11 Yuchi Language Class [email protected] for details to join by Lisa Wingate. Reserved copies Foundation International Competition Mondays, July 5, 12, 19, 26 the meeting. For adults. are available by request. Email kelli. for Excellence in the Performance of 6:30-7:30 p.m. [email protected] for details to American Music, has written for The Learn the beautiful language of the Start the conversation Craft Club: Paper Quilling Animals join the event. For adults. Piano Quarterly and Piano & Keyboard, Yuchi people via Zoom. Register online Monday, July 12 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. and made a number of recordings for at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to Come by Central Library to pick up Between the Covers The Piano Quarterly. Register online at receive Zoom link. 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Friday, July 30 • noon-1 p.m. Read “142 Ostriches” by April Dávila Wednesday, July 7 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. most impactful science texts ever Join fellow sci-fi and fantasy [email protected]. For adults. Join us for this Zoom webinar for an and then join us for a lively discussion Join fellow book enthusiasts to written. Famed naturalist Sir David enthusiasts on Zoom to discuss “Saga: overview of digital library resources you on Zoom. When Tallulah Jones was discuss “Kindred” by Octavia Butler Attenborough has said the scientific Volume 1” by Brian K. Vaughan. When Music Sandwiched In: can access from home. Explore cooking 13, her grandmother plucked her from and discover similar authors and titles impact of it was rivaled by only one two soldiers from opposite sides of Pianists Maribeth and Bradford Gowen from around the world with AtoZ World the dank Oakland apartment she you may enjoy. Email Becky.Leedy@ other book – Charles Darwin’s “Origin a never-ending galactic war fall in Monday, July 19 • noon-12:50 p.m. Food. Learn how you can research hot shared with her unreliable mom and tulsalibrary.org for Zoom link to join the of Species.” Using Carson’s seminal love, they risk everything to bring a Join us via Zoom as we welcome topics with Issues and Controversies. brought her to the family ostrich ranch discussion. For adults. work, three panelists will examine fragile new life into a dangerous old classical pianists Maribeth and Bradford We’ll look at databases, digital books, topics like the current climate crisis, in the Mojave Desert. After 11 years universe. Contact rebecca.mcwilliams@ Gowen. Maribeth is faculty at the online learning options and more! caring for the curious, graceful birds, Lit Talk: environmentalism and the future of tulsalibrary.org for the Zoom link. For Washington Conservatory of Music and Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ Tallulah accepts a job in Montana and “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson conservation. Register online at ages 16 and up. has performed across the world from event for Zoom login info. Registrants prepares to leave home. But when Thursday, July 8 • 7-8 p.m. www.tulsalibrary.org/events or email the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to the will need to provide an email address. Grandma Helen dies under strange Join us via Zoom as we discuss real- [email protected] for Zoom meeting Beyond the Book German, Austrian, Australian, French, The Zoom login information will be circumstances, Tallulah inherits world matters through the lens of invite. For adults. Thursday, July 15 • 10:30-11:30 a.m. Finnish and Turkish embassies. Bradford emailed out an hour prior to the everything – just days before the birds literature. The cultural and societal Join us for a lively Zoom discussion is faculty at the University of Maryland program. A recording of the talk will be inexplicably stop laying eggs. Email importance of Rachel Carson’s “Silent about “The Book of Lost Friends” School of Music. He has won first prize uploaded to YouTube. For adults. in the 1978 Kennedy Center/Rockefeller

12 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 13 TEEN & TWEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM PROGRAMA DE VERANO DE LECTURA PARA ADOLESCENTES Y PREADOLESCENTES

You must have completed fifth grade to participate. Register for the program Debes haber finalizado el quinto grado para participar. Inscríbete para el programa que dura del 1 between June 1 and July 31 and enroll in the teen & tween reading challenge. de junio al 31 de julio y participa en el desafío de lectura para adolescentes y preadolescentes.

Online: ¡ Online: Register! https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org Inscríbete! https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org

In Person: En Persona: Fill out the registration form and drop it off Llena el formulario de inscripción y entrégalo en cualquier at any Tulsa City-County Library location. sucursal de la Biblioteca del Condado y la Ciudad de Tulsa.

Read! Read or listen to 6 books by July 31 to complete the program. ¡Lee! Lee o escucha 6 libros hasta el 31 de julio para completar el programa.

Inscríbete hasta el 3 de julio para ser incluido en un sorteo para Register by July 3 to be entered into a prize drawing for ¡Premios! Prizes! an iPad, courtesy of the Tulsa Library Trust. un iPad, obsequio del Fondo para la Biblioteca de Tulsa.

Read or listen to 6 books by July 31 and receive Read or listen to 6 books by July 31 and enter Lee o escucha 6 libros hasta el 31 de julio y obtendrás Lee o escucha 6 libros hasta el 31 de julio y serás incluido en sorteos coupons for free entertainment and food: a drawing for cool prizes, courtesy of the Tulsa cupones para entretenimientos y comida gratis: para premios excelentes, obsequio del Fondo para la Biblioteca de Library Trust, unless otherwise noted: Tulsa, a menos que se indique lo contrario: • Admission to the Tulsa State Fair • Admisión al Tulsa State Fair • (2) iPad • (2) iPad • Admission to a Tulsa Drillers Game • Admisión a un juego de los Tulsa Drillers • (2) Nintendo Switch console • (2) Consolas Nintendo Switch • Admission to a FC Tulsa game • Admisión a un juego de los FC Tulsa • (2) Laptop • (2) Laptop • 2-hour bus pass on Tulsa Transit • Pase de 2 horas de autobús en Tulsa Transit • (2) $100 Target gift card • (2) Tarjetas de regalo de Target de $100 • Cinnamon sticks from Mazzio’s Italian Eatery • Pancitos de canela de Mazzio’s Italian Eatery • (2) $100 Barnes & Noble gift card • (2) Tarjetas de regalo de Barnes & Noble de $100 • Decorated cookie from Merritt’s Bakery • Galleta decorada de Merritt’s Bakery • (2) Beats wireless headphones • (2) Auriculares inalámbricos Beats • Admission to Safari Joe’s H2O • Admisión a Safari Joe’s H2O • (3) Gift basket of swag from Whataburger • (3) Canastos de regalo con productos de Whataburger • Whataburger Jr. from Whataburger • Un Whataburger Jr. de Whataburger ( ) denotes how many will be awarded. ( ) indica la cantidad de premios.

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Para sexto al doceavo grado For sixth to 12th grade Regístrese antes del 3 de julio para participar en un sorteo para ganar un iPad. Register by July 3 to be entered into a prize drawing to win an iPad. Regístrese en línea en https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org o lleve este formulario completo Register online at https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org or take this completed form to any a cualquier ubicación de TCCL. TCCL location.

Name Home Library Nombre Biblioteca

Grade last completed Age Phone Ultimo grado completado Edad Teléfono

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READING LOG REGISTRO DE LECTURA TEEN & TWEEN Summer Reading Program Programa de lectura de verano para jóvenes y preadolescentes

Complete your reading log online at https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org or present this Complete su registro de lectura en línea en https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org o presente este completed reading log at any TCCL location by July 31 to receive coupons for free registro de lectura completado en cualquier ubicación de TCCL antes del 31 de julio para recibir entertainment and food, and to be entered into the grand prize drawing. cupones de entretenimiento y comida gratis y para participar en el gran sorteo. Leí los siguientes libros este verano: I read the following books this summer: 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6. ¡Sí, los audiolibros, libros electrónicos y las novelas gráficas cuentan! Audiobooks, e-books and comic books count, too!   COMPLETION FORM FORMULARIO DE FINALIZACIÓN TEEN & TWEEN Summer Reading Program Programa de lectura de verano para jóvenes y preadolescentes

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Email Correo electrónico Stories and Songs From Chatik, the Men of Men. Join us here: Teens: Virtual Gaming the American Indian Flute www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. The Wednesday, June 9 • 3-4 p.m. Tuesday, June 1 • 9-9:30 a.m. presentation will be available on TCCL’s Join us on Zoom as we play party Join Choogie Kingfisher, 2019 Cherokee YouTube channel through June 30. games, trivia and more! Registration National Treasure recipient, as he shares Presented by the American Indian is required. Register online at www. fiction/nonfiction stories and tells about the history Resource Center. For all ages. tulsalibrary.org/events to receive a Zoom of the American Indian flute. Join us link to join on the day of the program. here: www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. Stories and Plains Indian Sign For ages 10-18. titles for teens & tweens The presentation will be available on Language With Mike Pahsetopah TCCL’s YouTube channel through June Monday, June 7 • 9-9:30 a.m. Baby Yoda Piñata Kit for Teens Search the library’s catalog at www.TulsaLibrary.org to request these titles. 30. Presented by the American Indian Learn the sign language Plains Indians Tuesday, June 22 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Resource Center. For ages 10 to adult. once used to communicate and tell Stop by the Kendall-Whittier Library and stories. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube pick up a take-home kit to make your Native Culture Arts: channel, www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary, own Baby Yoda piñata, while supplies Plains-Style Moccasins through June 20. Presented by the last. For ages 10-18. Tuesday, June 1 • 9:30-10 a.m. American Indian Resource Center. For Join Jr. Pratt and learn how to make all ages. Tiny Fandoms: Polymer Clay an authentic Plains-style pair of Wednesday, June 23 moccasins. Participants will learn how American Indian Dances Join artist Sarah Bowen to make tiny to properly measure, cut out and sew and Storytelling clay creations based on your favorite moccasins with a hard sole. Join us Monday, June 7 • 10-10:30 a.m. books. We will make a little something here: www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. The Dancing Eagles, Mike and Heaven from Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland The presentation will be available on Pahsetopah, will perform spectacular and much more. Join in with polymer or TCCL’s YouTube channel through June Native American dances and traditional air dry clay. Clay can be colored or you Beyond Words Grace and Glory Giraffe Extinction Sister of the Outrageous Animal 30. Presented by the American Indian storytelling. This entertaining, can paint it later. Check us out on By Carl Safina By Jennifer L. By Tanya Anderson Bollywood Bride Adaptations Resource Center. For ages 10 to adult. educational performance will include www.youtube.com/Tulsalibrary. Follow researcher Carl Armentrout The survival of giraffes By Nandini Bajpai By Michael Rosen specialty, traditional and social dances. For ages 10-18. Safina as he treks with Trinity Marrow has in the wild is threatened. Seventeen-year- A fish that walks Learn the History of Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, a herd of elephants lost the battle and Between 1985 and 2015, old Mini plans a on land, a frog the Cheyenne Indians www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary, through Summer Movie Club: across the Kenyan her beloved Protector. the overall population magnificent Indian that makes its Tuesday, June 1 • 10-10:30 a.m. June 20. Presented by the American “Jurassic Park” (Rated PG-13) landscape, then travel Even with demons of giraffes in the wild wedding – from their own sunscreen, Join Dr. Henrietta Mann for an Indian Resource Center. For all ages. Thursday, June 24 • 6-7 p.m. with him to the Pacific and Wardens on her has plummeted by deceased mother’s an insect that can enlightening overview of traditional Join us for a discussion of the classic Northwest to track side, Trin may not win 40 percent. Anderson jewelry to a white become invisible… and modern Cheyenne culture. Join us How Do You Draw a ...? movie “Jurassic Park.” Watch the film and monitor whales the war against the shows how climate wedding horse – for These are just a few here: www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. Mondays, June 7, 14, 21, 28 • 1-2 p.m. before the meeting and then join us in their ocean home. Harbinger. Danger, change, illegal hunting, her older sister Vinnie, examples of how The presentation will be available on Join us for our weekly sketchbook prompt on Zoom to share your thoughts and Along the way, find betrayal and enticing wars, habitat loss and a medical resident, but Earth’s creatures TCCL’s YouTube channel through June hosted on Zoom as we learn to draw memories of seeing the film for the first out more about the forbidden love clash in habitat fragmentation a hurricane threatens have evolved 30. Presented by the American Indian different types of animals. Submit your time. Email carissa.kellerby@tulsalibrary. interior lives of these book three of No. 1 New are the main threats to destroy it all. some outrageous Resource Center. For ages 10 to adult. favorite sketch of the week to be included org to receive Zoom link. For teens giants of land and sea York Times bestselling to their survival, features and tricks in an online art exhibit in July! We will and adults. – how they play, how author Jennifer and suggests ways to ensure survival. Native Culture Arts: Native Patchwork draw mammals, amphibians, reptiles and they fight, and how L. Armentrout’s readers can alert their Tuesday, June 1 • 10:30-11 a.m. community to the more in a variety of styles. Join us to learn Out-Lit: YA Book Club they communicate Harbinger trilogy! Learn the basics for sewing Native new drawing techniques! Register online Friday, June 25 • 4:30-5:30 p.m. with one another. dangers facing Earth’s stickball patchwork design with Mike at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive Join us as we do fun activities and chat tallest creature. Deo. Join us here: www.youtube.com/ Zoom link. For ages 10-18. about “Catfishing on CatNet” by Naomi TulsaLibrary. The presentation will be Kritzer. How much does the internet available on TCCL’s YouTube channel Yuchi Language Class know about YOU? Because her mom is discovered by outsiders, it’s up to Steph Magazine Beads With Artist Fantasy Craft Time: DIY Fantasy Egg through June 30. Presented by the Mondays, June 7, 14, 21, 28 always on the move, Steph hasn’t lived and her friends, both online and IRL, to Sarah Bowen: Get Creative! Friday, July 2 American Indian Resource Center. For 6:30-7:30 p.m. anyplace longer than six months. Her save her. E-book, e-audio and physical Wednesday, June 30 Join us on Pratt Library’s Facebook ages 10 to adult. Learn the beautiful language of the only constant is an online community copies are available for request at Find new uses for old magazines and page, www.facebook.com/ Yuchi people via Zoom. Register online called CatNet – a social media site www.tulsalibrary.org. Register online at junk mail. For this class with artist Sarah tcclprattlibrary, as we create fantasy- Pawnee Culture Comes Alive! at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive where users upload cat pictures – a www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive Bowen, you will need magazines, Elmer’s inspired dragon, phoenix and Occamy Tuesday, June 1 • 11-11:30 a.m. Zoom link. Registration closes 24 hours place she knows she is welcome. What the Zoom link. For ages 12-18. glue, scissors and a straw. We will learn eggs inspired by the fantastic beasts Experience the culture of the Pawnee ahead of class. For all ages. Steph doesn’t know is that the admin two different kinds of beads (one very of the wizarding world. Pick up a Indians through stories, songs and of the site, CheshireCat, is a sentient A.I. easy and one a bit more difficult). Check take-home kit at the Pratt Library. dance. Come and catch a glimpse of When a threat from Steph’s past catches us out at www.youtube.com/Tulsalibrary. 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20 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library TEEN/TWEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 21 TCCL’S 2021 SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR TEENS/TWEENS • JUNE 1 - JULY 31 LIBRARY BINGO! Email a photo of your completed bingo sheet to [email protected] by July 31 to be entered Storytime into a prize drawing for a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card. (Or turn in this completed sheet to any library.) To be entered for the prize drawing, complete and cross off five activities in a row either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. E-books, audiobooks and comic books count, too! in the Park Thursdays, June 3, 10, 17 • 10-11 a.m. Read a book Draw a Follow us on Watch a Read a from the 2022 picture of RiverParks 41st Street Plaza • 41st and Riverside Instagram movie based book of Sequoyah a made-up @tccl_teens. on a book. poetry. Masterlists. animal. Join Tulsa City-County Library’s Imagination Station for stories and songs in the park. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair; cool off in the splash pad.

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Read a Write a June 3 • Bubbles! Presented by Dustin Reudelhuber of Tulsa Balloons book with Reread Read a Read an poem about It’s the craziest, most creative bubble show around. Mixing comedy, music and fewer than an animal. a book. memoir. e-book. interactive bubble magic, Dustin engages and delights audiences of all ages. Come 200 pages. and dance in bubbles and let artists paint your face into magic.

June 10 • Balloons and Bubbles Dance Party With Dustin Reudelhuber Recommend Make a Review a a book to playlist of Read an Read a Voted children’s entertainer of the year by TulsaKids magazine, Dustin Reudelhuber book on the a friend your favorite anti-racism book set in invites you to join him for music, games and an awesome balloons and bubbles dance library’s or family songs of book. Oklahoma. party at the splash pad! website. member. Summer 2021. June 17 • Hot Toast Music Company Band Hot Toast Music Company is the product of dad, educator and musician Symon Hajjar who writes irresistible kids music, all with purpose. Come and rock out at the splash pad! NAME: H O M E L I B R A R Y :

EMAIL AND/OR PHONE NUMBER: LITTLES AND CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM PROGRAMA DE VERANO DE LECTURA PARA NIÑOS Y PEQUEÑOS

Register for the Littles program (birth to pre-K) and Children’s program Inscríbete para el programa de pequeños (de recién nacidos a pre-jardín) (kindergarten-fifth grade) between June 1 and July 31. y niños (jardín a quinto grado) que dura del 1 junio al 31 de julio.

Online: Online: ¡ Register! https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org Inscríbete! https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org

In Person: En Persona: Fill out the registration form and drop it off Llena el formulario de inscripción y entrégalo en cualquier at any Tulsa City-County Library location. sucursal de la Biblioteca del Condado y la Ciudad de Tulsa.

Read! Read 8 books or have 8 books read to you by July 31 to complete ¡Lee! Lee o haz que te lean 8 libros hasta el 31 de julio para completar the program. Read 12 more books for special bonus prize drawing. el programa. Lee 12 libros más para un sorteo especial con premios.

Prizes! All littles and children who read 8 books or have 8 books read to them ¡Premios! Todos los pequeños y niños que lean o hagan que les lean 8 libros y and turn in the completion form will get a commemorative medal. llenen el formulario de finalización obtendrán una medalla conmemorativa.

Littles: Medal winners will be entered into a prize drawing to win one of 10 $50 gift cards Pequeños: Los ganadores de medallas serán incluidos en un sorteo para una de 10 tarjetas de regalo de $50 to Kiddlestix Toy Store, courtesy of the Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries. de la tienda de juguetes Kiddlestix, obsequio de los Amigos de las Bibliotecas del Condado y la Ciudad de Tulsa.

Children: Medal winners will be entered into a prize drawing to win one Niños: Los ganadores de medallas serán incluidos en un sorteo para una de 20 tarjetas de regalo of 20 $50 gift cards to Target, courtesy of the Tulsa Library Trust. de $50 de la tienda de juguetes Target, obsequio del Fondo para la Biblioteca de Tulsa.

Bonus for Littles and Children: Read 12 more books (for a total of 20 books) and be Premios adicionales para pequeños y niños: Lee 12 libros más (en total 20 libros) y serás incluido en entered into a drawing for special bonus prizes. un sorteo para premios especiales adicionales.

All littles and children who read 8 books or have All children who complete the program by July 31 Todos los pequeños y niños que lean o hagan que les Todos los niños que finalicen el programa a más tardar el 31 de 8 books read to them by July 31 will receive will be entered into a drawing to win exciting prizes: lean 8 libros hasta el 31 de julio recibirán cupones julio serán incluidos en un sorteo para ganar premios excitantes: coupons for free entertainment and food: para entretenimientos y comida gratis: • (1) Hornsby Birthday Party Experience, courtesy of the Tulsa Drillers • (1) Experiencia Hornsby de fiesta de cumpleaños, obsequio • Admission to the Tulsa State Fair • (1) Sea Turtle Experience for six, courtesy of Oklahoma Aquarium • Admisión al Tulsa State Fair de los Tulsa Drillers • Admission to a Tulsa Drillers Game • Admisión a un juego de los Tulsa Drillers • (5) Birthday Party package for 12 to the 2022 Season, • (1) Experiencia Sea Turtle para seis personas, obsequio del • Admission to a FC Tulsa game • Admisión a un juego de los FC Tulsa Oklahoma Aquarium courtesy of Safari Joe’s H2O • Admission to Tulsa Botanic Garden • Admisión al Jardín Botánico de Tulsa • (5) paquetes de fiesta de cumpleaños para 12 personasdurante • (25 pairs) Tulsa State Fair one-day ride wristband • 2-hour bus pass on Tulsa Transit • Pase de 2 horas de autobús en Tulsa Transit la temporada 2022, obsequio de Safari Joe’s H2O • (2) Family membership to Discovery Lab • Cinnamon sticks from Mazzio’s Italian Eatery • Pancitos de canela de Mazzio’s Italian Eatery • (25 pares) pulseras para juegos durante un día en el Tulsa State Fair • (1) Autographed soccer ball, courtesy of FC Tulsa • Decorated cookie from Merritt’s Bakery • Galleta decorada de Merritt’s Bakery • (2) Membresías para familias para el Discovery Lab • Admission to Safari Joe’s H2O • (12) Large 1-topping pizza, courtesy of Mazzio’s Italian Eatery • Admisión a Safari Joe’s H2O • (1) Pelota de fútbol autografiada, obsequio de FC Tulsa • Justaburger Kid’s Meal from Whataburger • Una comida para niños Justaburger de Whataburger ( ) denotes how many will be awarded. • Bomb pop or cookie from Smitty’s Garage • Bomb pop o galleta de Smitty’s Garage • (12) Pizzas grandes con 1 ingrediente, obsequio de Mazzio’s Italian Eatery ( ) indica la cantidad de premios.

24 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 25 REGISTRATION FORM LITTLES Summer Reading Program FORMULARIO DE INSCRIPCIÓN Programa de lectura de verano para Pequeños For birth to pre-K De nacimiento a pre-K Register online at https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org or take this completed form to any TCCL location. Regístrese en línea en https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org o lleve este formulario completo a cualquier ubicación de TCCL. I registered for the Littles Summer Reading Program! ¡Yo me inscribí en el programa de lectura de verano de PEQUEÑOS! Name Home Library Nombre Biblioteca Age Phone Email Edad Teléfono Correo electrónico   READING LOG LITTLES Summer Reading Program REGISTRO DE LECTURA Programa de lectura de verano para Pequeños ¡Libros que me leyeron este verano! Books I had read to me this summer: 1. 11. 1. 11. 2. 12. 2. 12. 3. 13. 3. 13. 4. 14. 4. 14. 5. 15. 5. 15. 6. 16. 6. 16. 7. 17. 7. 17. 8. 18. 8. 18. 9. 19. 9. 19. 10. 20. 10. 20.   COMPLETION FORM BONUS READING COMPROBANTE DE FORMULARIO DE Summer Reading Program COMPLETION FORM FINALIZACIÓN LECTURA ADICIONAL LITTLES Programa de lectura de verano para Pequeños Programa de lectura de verano para Pequeños Have 8 books read to you and present this LITTLES Summer Reading Program Presenta este comprobante de fi nalizacion en Lee 12 libros más (en total 20 libros) y presente completion slip to any TCCL location by July 31 to Have 12 more books read to you and present this cualquier ubicación de TCCL antes del 31 de este comprobante de fi nalización en cualquier receive a medal and coupons for free entertainment completion slip to any TCCL location by July 31 to julio para recibir una medalla y cupones para ubicación de TCCL antes del 31 de julio serás and food, and to be entered into a drawing for be entered into a drawing for special bonus prizes. entretenimiento y comida gratis, y para participar incluido en un sorteo para premios especiales one of 10 $50 gift cards to Kiddlestix Toy Store. en el sorteo de una de las 10 tarjetas de regalo de adicionales. I completed the Summer Reading Program! I completed the bonus reading! $50 para Kiddlestix Toy Store.

Name Name Nombre Nombre Home Library Home Library Biblioteca Biblioteca Age Phone Age Phone Edad Teléfono Edad Teléfono Email Email Correo electrónico Correo electrónico   REGISTRATION FORM CHILDREN’S Summer Reading Program FORMULARIO DE INSCRIPCIÓN Programa de lectura de verano para Niños For kindergarten to fi fth grade Desde kinder hasta quinto grado Regístrese en línea en o lleve este formulario Register online at https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org or take this completed form to any TCCL location. https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org completo a cualquier ubicación de TCCL. I registered for the Children’s Summer Reading Program! ¡Yo me inscribí en el programa de lectura de verano de NIÑOS! Name Home Library Nombre Biblioteca Grade last completed Age Phone Ultimo grado completado Edad Teléfono Email Correo electrónico   READING LOG CHILDREN’S Summer Reading Program REGISTRO DE LECTURA Programa de lectura de verano para Niños ¡Libros que leí este verano! Books I read this summer: 1. 11. 1. 11. 2. 12. 2. 12. 3. 13. 3. 13. 4. 14. 4. 14. 5. 15. 5. 15. 6. 16. 6. 16. 7. 17. 7. 17. 8. 18. 8. 18. 9. 19. 9. 19. 10. 20. 10. 20.   COMPLETION FORM BONUS READING COMPROBANTE DE FORMULARIO DE CHILDREN’S Summer Reading Program COMPLETION FORM FINALIZACIÓN LECTURA ADICIONAL Programa de lectura de verano para Niños Programa de lectura de verano para Niños CHILDREN’S Summer Reading Program Read 8 books and present this completion slip to any Presenta este comprobante de fi nalizacion en Lee 12 libros más (en total 20 libros) y presente TCCL location by July 31 to receive a medal and coupons Read 12 more books and present this completion cualquier ubicación de TCCL antes del 31 de julio para este comprobante de fi nalización en cualquier for free entertainment and food, and to be entered slip to any TCCL location by July 31 to be entered recibir una medalla y cupones para entretenimiento y ubicación de TCCL antes del 31 de julio serás into a drawing for one of 20 $50 gift cards to Target. into a drawing for special bonus prizes. comida gratis, y para participar en el sorteo de una de incluido en un sorteo para premios especiales las 20 tarjetas de regalo de $50 para Target. adicionales. I completed the Summer Reading Program! I completed the bonus reading!

Name Name Nombre Nombre Home Library Home Library Biblioteca Biblioteca Grade last completed Age Grade last completed Age Ultimo grado completado Edad Ultimo grado completado Edad Phone Phone Teléfono Teléfono Email Email Correo electrónico Correo electrónico   Complete as many of these reading activities as you can! Try to get a LIBRARY BINGO by doing 5 activities up, down or across the card. Or you can for even attempt a BLACKOUT BINGO BINGO Children by doing all 24 activities listed!

Read a story Read a pirate Read about from Chinese, Read a story Read a joke story or a book and tell how to make Norse or about Robin book about your family your something, Roman Hood. pirates. favorite joke! like a kite or mythology. a puppet.

Read a book Read a book Read a where the with a main Read a book cookbook. Is Read a character lives character who with talking there a recipe graphic in another state is different animals. you would novel. or country. from you. like to try?

Read a book Read about Read a book Read a with a main planets, stars with a fairy or fairy tale. character who is very much or space. monster as a like you. main character.

Read a book Read a book Read a book Reread a about how to that has won that one of Read book you draw something the Sequoyah your parents about the loved when and try to draw Award in loved as ocean. you were that something! recent years. a child. younger.

Read a Read a Read a book Read Read book about book about that has the about a a book mythological word “happy” about a kid tigers, lions terrifying creatures or or “elephant” who is also or bears. monsters. in the title. animal. a hero.

If you completed one of these acticities, you are eligible to receive a FREE animal sticker. Ask for one at your favorite library branch. I'm An Animal! You're An Animal! ! We're All Animals! Swim, Leap, Crawl, fly, Run

6 Basic Animal Groups The Many Ways Animals Move Depending on how their bodies are made, animals move in different ways. Let’s look The Animal Kingdom includes many different living organisms, including YOU! Animals are either at a wide range of animals, their unique bodies and the different ways they move! INVERTEBRATES, which means they don’t have backbones, or VERTEBRATES, which means they do. Take a look at the 6 basic animal groups and take note: WHERE ARE HUMANS?

Marmoset Flamingo Green iguana These “mini-monkeys” are about 8 inches long – not including You can spot beautiful flamingos from far away because This fascinating reptile, found everywhere from their tails! – and weigh less than a soccer ball. Like other of their bright pink color, but if you look more closely, Mexico to Caribbean islands, has a smooth body that monkeys, they scamper from tree to tree using their legs and you’ll see their skinny legs, long and flexible necks, makes it really fast as it runs as well as strong back front paws. They also have sharp claws which help them grab and large curved beak. These necks and beaks allow legs that help it scamper up tree trunks faster than you onto branches! Their long striped tails cannot grab onto tree flamingos to scoop up water easily to find something to can say “iguana”! limbs, but they do act as balancing weights as marmosets leap eat – usually small insects swimming in the water! and scurry in the rainforests of Brazil. Can you move like a green iguana? How fast can you Can you move like a flamingo? Fill a bowl of water with run on all fours from one end of the room to another? Can you move like a marmoset? Leap from couch to carpet carrot sticks and use your arm like a beak to scoop these to chair (with your parents’ permission!) and see if your delicious treats into your mouth! fingernails can act like claws to grab onto pillows.

Tortoise Octopus Tiger Tortoises…move…very…slowly… They also sleep up to 16 These sea creatures have eight flexible arms that help Tigers are built for hunting and killing: sharp claws, hours a day! They use long front claws to pull themselves them crawl along the ocean floor. They also swim by “jet enormous teeth and strong back legs made of mostly YOU ARE HERE! along the ground. Because their slow movements make propulsion” – they collect water in a tube in their bodies muscle to leap and pounce! Their soft paws help them them easier targets for predators, tortoises also have and then squeeze into explosive blasts that shoot them slink and slither so gracefully and quietly that their prey thick shells that they tuck their bodies into for protection. through the water! may never hear them. Can you move like an octopus? The next time you take a Can you move like a tiger? Put an apple in the middle Can you move like a tortoise? Set a timer for one minute bath, use your arms to propel you from the front of the of the floor and creep up quietly on it, springing and and see who can crawl the SLOWEST. bathtub to the back! leaping at the last minute to gain your fruit prize!

32 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 33 Meet Thomas Shahan, Bug Photographer! Thomas Shahan is a Tulsa artist and photographer who is famous for his intricate, up-close pictures of insects from around the world. Not too long ago, he was a Tulsa kid just like you! You can see more of his bug photography at www.thomasshahan.com. Names of bugs: male jumping spider or Habronattus americanus (the one with all of the eyes); red-bordered stinkbug or Edessa rufomarginata (the blue one); leaf-mimicking katydid or Mimetica.

Question: Why bugs? You are Question: What would you tell In this Q&A interview, LEARN MORE! also an artist who does non- a kid who wants to learn more Question: You were once a kid Question: What’s your favorite Thomas tells us more about bug drawings and paintings. about insects – or photography? who used the Tulsa City-County bug or bug photograph? Do you want to learn more about insects, spiders and bugs? Check how he got involved in this But what is it about taking Library. What is your best out books in the 595 Dewey Decimal photographs of insects up close Answer: Just go outside and go memory about the library? Answer: Not a “bug” I guess, but number of the Juvenile Nonfiction interesting line of work, shelves at the library! that inspires you as an artist? slow - watch the ground, flowers, jumping spiders are definitely Like this: his favorite bug and his trees - there are beautiful bugs Answer: At some point in high- my favorite. Aside from being The Book of Brilliant Bugs experience with the Answer: Because arthropods are everywhere! You don’t necessarily school, I remember wanting to supercute, they’re completely by Jess French Tulsa City-County Library! an unfortunately misunderstood need to go anywhere either look through Charles Griswold’s harmless and beneficial animals. group of animals - and even - I find a lot of the subjects I “A Revision of the Jumping They’re the largest (in terms of worse, they’re often feared. They photograph in my own backyard Spider Genus Habronattus” and species) family of spider, found Learn more about why need some good PR - spiders here in Tulsa! And use whatever was able to get it on loan though all over the world, and often BUGS ARE BEAUTIFUL at are the good guys ecologically camera you have - cellphones the library. Even though I didn’t have fancy markings and striking www.tulsalibrary.org/kids- speaking! And they’re an endless take great pictures now and understand all the scientific colors. Given how attractive and read-curious-world. source of inspiration for an artist - there are lots of cheap clip-on lingo at the time, I loved looking personable they are, I’ve found there’s just so much diversity and lenses to get in closer. (Also, get through the illustrations and it even arachnophobic-leaning folks beauty out there. I could spend an iNaturalist account at www. got me excited about how much admitting they’re cute. They’re a my whole life chasing bugs just in inaturalist.org so you can upload jumping spider diversity the great “gateway” spider to help Oklahoma and never see them all! your observations and help US has. people appreciate spiders. others get an idea of what bugs are in our area!)

34 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 35 The fox & the Grapes Animal Scramble

A Classic Fable by Aesop Can you unscramble these groups of words into sentences that make sense? Read “Swim, Leap, Crawl, Fly, Run!” first to give you the background information Have you heard the expression “that’s just A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine you need to do this. HINT: The first word of the sentence is capitalized and in sour grapes” before? It’s normally used when trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with bold and underlined. someone wants something, realizes they can’t juice, and the Fox’s mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them. get it, and then walks away as if they didn’t The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it. The first want it after all. “Sonny didn’t make it on the time he jumped he missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short distance basketball team, but he says he doesn’t want and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. Again and again he 1. long have Flamingos and necks flexible to now because the basketball uniforms are tried, but in vain. ugly anyway. Sounds like sour grapes to me!” Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in disgust. ______Read this classic Aesop’s Fable which is the origin of the “sour grapes” expression. You “What a fool I am,” he said. “Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of can read more of Aesop’s Fables in books at sour grapes that are not worth gaping for.” 2. help iguanas trunks green Strong back up run tree quickly legs the library or online at the Library of Congress: LEARN MORE! http://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html. And off he walked very, very scornfully. ______Do you want to learn more about Moral of the story: There are many who pretend to despise these animals? Check out the 590s Dewey Decimal number of the and belittle that is which beyond their reach. Juvenile Nonfiction section at your library. You’ll find lots of books about 3. tortoise place from a long It takes time place to for a move to interesting animals, including this one:

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trunks quickly. 3. It takes a long time for a tortoise to move from place to place. 4. Beetles have have Beetles 4. place. to place from move to tortoise a for time long a takes It 3. quickly. trunks 1. Flamingos have long and flexible necks. 2. Strong back legs help green iguanas run up tree tree up run iguanas green help legs back Strong 2. necks. flexible and long have Flamingos 1.

36 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 37 123 Andrés Presents: Un Elefante se Album. Billboard Magazine called him Build A Reader Storytime: Preschool Balanceaba (Spanish Presentation) “a rock star for little language learners.” Tuesdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22 • 10:30-11 a.m. ! June 1-30 Watch this performance on TCCL’s The best in children’s literature, songs, Make a Curious Creatures Book Andrés Salguero (aka 123 Andrés) brings YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ games, finger plays, rhymes and other joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism TulsaLibrary. Ideal for ages 3-7. reading-related activities are shared and a high-energy love of music that with your preschooler. Join us here: gets kids singing and dancing. This 123 Andrés Presents: www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary. program is in Spanish and builds on the Round and Round/Dando Vueltas con What are your favorite animals? What animals song “Un elefante se balanceaba,” a 123 Andrés (Bilingual Presentation) Pawnee Culture Comes Alive! would you like to learn more about? This traditional counting song in Spanish with June 1-30 Tuesday, June 1 • 11-11:30 a.m. many elephants bouncing and balancing Andrés Salguero (aka 123 Andrés) brings Experience the culture of the Pawnee summer, create a book of “Curious Creatures” on a spiderweb. We will explore other joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism Indians through stories, songs and like this young writer and artist! After reading songs about counting numbers and and a high-energy love of music dance. Come and catch a glimpse of several books about animals (which she found share different types of balancing, that gets kids singing and dancing. the people known as the Chatik si such as symmetry in art and nature, During this family show we’ll explore Chatik, the Men of Men. Join us here: at the library!), she decided to draw pictures balancing weights on a scale and in shapes ... especially circles! Yo veo un www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. The and write sentences about peacocks, hamsters, engineering (early STEM), and breathing círculo, tú ves un círculo ... circles are presentation will be available on TCCL’s cats, flamingos, sloths and parrots. to find balance in our emotions. Watch everywhere! Andrés and Christina bring YouTube channel through June 30. this performance on TCCL’s YouTube songs and activities to move, sing and Presented by the American Indian channel, www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. dance in Spanish and English. Watch Resource Center. For all ages. Here are some fun and curious creatures you Ideal for ages 3-7. their performance on TCCL’s YouTube could write about and draw! Camel – Raccoon – channel, www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. Build A Reader Storytime: Family 123 Andrés Presents: Ideal for ages 3-7. Wednesdays, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Jellyfish – Toucan – Sloth – Scorpion – Praying Around the Americas Series 10:30-11 a.m. mantis – Ostrich – Zebra – Kangaroo – Snow (Bilingual Presentation) 123 Andrés Presents: ¡Actívate! Thursdays, June 3, 10, 17, 24 leopard - Hippo June 1-30 (Spanish Presentation) 10:30-11 a.m. Andrés Salguero (aka 123 Andrés) brings June 1-30 Tune in for this 0-5 storytime and joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism Actívate means “get active” in Spanish, grow that love of reading! Enjoy simple and a high-energy love of music that and that’s what this program is all about! songs and books for little ones and gets kids singing and dancing. “Around It brings together outdoor challenges, more interactive stories and activities Visit Kids Read Curious World at www.tulsalibrary.org/kids and find a variety the Americas” features four 15-minute do-it-yourself obstacle courses and for older children. Join us here: www. episodes in Spanish and English. A songs with silly dance routines to get facebook.com/tulsalibrary. Can’t make of fun activities, reading lists, videos and more related to your favorite topics! native of Bogotá, Colombia, Andrés won moving. Andrés Salguero (aka 123 it live? We’ll save all storytime videos the 2016 Latin Grammy Award for Best Andrés) brings joyful sounds, passion on Facebook and TCCL’s YouTube Children’s Album. Billboard Magazine for bilingualism and a high-energy love channel for your children to enjoy later! called him “a rock star for little language of music that gets kids singing and Find them here: www.youtube.com/ learners.” Watch on TCCL’s YouTube dancing. Program is in Spanish. Watch TulsaLibrary/playlists. channel, www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. on TCCL’s YouTube channel, Ideal for ages 3-7. www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. PAWS for Reading: Ideal for ages 7-10. Read to a Dog Over Zoom 123 Andrés Presents: Una Semilla/A Presented by the Nathan Hale Library Seed (Bilingual Presentation) Family Craft Time: Wednesday, June 2 • 4-6 p.m. June 1-30 Wolf Masks and Fun Facts Registered therapy dogs are excellent Did you know seeds can grow into Tuesday, June 1 listeners. Elementary-aged kids are plants? Seeds can be used to create Did you know that gray wolves are the invited to read their favorite books to percussion instruments, and can be largest living wild canine species? Join a furry, four-pawed friend. Join PAWS used as food for people and animals. us on Pratt Library’s Facebook page, dogs from Nathan Hale Library. Register This program will inspire kids to explore www.facebook.com/tcclprattlibrary, to online at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to and observe, doodle, sing and move – in learn about wolves and how to make receive Zoom link. Spanish and English! Andrés Salguero your own gray wolf mask. Pick up a (aka 123 Andrés) brings joyful sounds, take-home kit with a mask pattern at passion for bilingualism and a high- the Pratt Library. Video instructions for energy love of music that gets kids mask are available here: singing and dancing. A native of Bogotá, www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary. Colombia, Andrés won the 2016 Latin For all ages. Previous and upcoming topics include: topics upcoming and Previous Grammy Award for Best Children’s

38 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 39 as he sings about land animals. Songs include “Amanda the Dancing Panda,” “Hip-Hop Bunny Hop” and “Why Am I Not a Monkey?” During fiction/nonfiction Will’s whimsical, interactive show, he plays guitar and harmonica, and sings songs that open us up to the world TIPS FOR PARENTS! of imagination while simultaneously titles for children validating the human experience. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, Search the library’s catalog at www.TulsaLibrary.org to request these titles. www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. Ideal for ages 1-8.

Tommy Terrific’s Wild About Magic Monday, June 7 Tommy presents magical tales and tails with exciting magic tricks. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, www. youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. Ideal for ages 0-7.

Hot Toast Music Company: Sleepy Songs and Stories The Only Tiger Time The Ice Monster Wild Vet Adventures Shadows on the Mondays, June 7, 14, 21, 28 By Katherine By Kama Einhorn By David Walliams By Gabby Wild Mountain Join Mr. Symon of Hot Toast Music Applegate Go inside Wild When Elsie, an Dr. Gabby travels the By Erin Hunter Company for a bedtime story and A trilogy conclusion Animal Sanctuary orphan on the world to care for wild For generations, the lullaby! Hajjar, or Mr. Symon as his finds Byx and her in Colorado, where streets of Victorian animals. As a wildlife Silverback troop students call him, draws inspiration Reading for pleasure offers children a chance to experience new friends discovering you will meet a London, hears about veterinarian, she’s has lived in peaceful from the way children often find magic adventures and spark their imagination. We encourage parents to: that the same tiger named Kamal, the mysterious Ice called in to help when seclusion high above in the mundane parts of life that are extinction facing the one of 500 animals Monster, a wooly animals are injured, the plains, but when a hidden in plain sight. Watch on TCCL’s dairnes is threatening who has been mammoth discovered sick or just in need of a new evil descends on YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ • Allow your child to check out books based on his all living species, rescued and now at the North Pole, wellness checkup. Join their home, one young TulsaLibrary. For all ages. prompting the team lives in safety. she’s determined her in an around-the- gorilla must venture or her interest. When children choose what to read, to recruit creatures to discover more. world tour of amazing into the unknown Stories and Plains Indian the desire to read is stronger. throughout the world animals, places and to prevent darkness Sign Language for Kids! into their revolution. wild vet stories. from taking hold in Monday, June 7 • 9:30-10 a.m. • Encourage your child to read to you – and read to all they hold dear. Join Mike Pahsetopah as he teaches your child! Even school-aged children enjoy the simple sign language for kids from the hand talk Indians once used care and attention of adults during read-alouds. on the plains. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, www.youtube. Drawing With Artist Sarah Bowen: instruments and scarves ready so you • Provide your child with a comfortable, quiet Take-Home Activity Kit: com/TulsaLibrary, through June 20. Monster Emotions can follow along while you soak up place to read. Grasslands Around the Globe Presented by the American Indian Thursday, June 3 the sunshine found in children’s music. Thursday, June 3 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Resource Center. For preschoolers and Draw some emotional monsters. We will Stop by Kendall-Whittier Library to pick Warning, you may feel more inspired to elementary-aged children. • Virtually attend fun events and programs for talk about how they feel and what these up an environment activity kit featuring hug someone after class. Join us here: monsters can do to feel better! This art grasslands around the globe and its www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary. For children on the library’s Facebook pages and project features basic drawing and color animals. For ages 5-12. preschoolers. YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary. theory as well as emotional learning. Requires only paper and any pencil, pen, Music With Will Parker: Land Bounce’n Beethovens Presented by • Find more fun activities to do with your child chalk, marker, paint you prefer. Join us Midtown School of Performing Arts June 6-12 here: www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary. For Thursdays, June 3, 10, 17, 24 Children’s songwriter and teaching in this activity guide or online at ages 12 and younger. In this 20-minute virtual music/ artist Will Parker makes music for https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org. movement class, Ms. Katherine will “kids ages 1-100.” In this program, he sprinkle your family with love and takes the audience on a journey across kindness. Have your homemade forests, jungles, deserts and grasslands

40 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 41 American Indian Dances and Storytelling Monday, June 7 • 10-10:30 a.m. The Dancing Eagles, Mike and Heaven Pahsetopah, will perform spectacular fiction/nonfiction Native American dances and traditional TIPS FOR PARENTS! storytelling. This entertaining, educational performance will include titles for littles specialty, traditional and social dances. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, Search the library’s catalog at www.TulsaLibrary.org to request these titles. www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary, through June 20. Presented by the American Indian Resource Center. For all ages.

Build A Reader Storytime: Bilingual  Cuentos Bilingües Mondays, June 7, 14 • 10:30-10:50 a.m. Enjoy stories, songs and activities in English and Spanish. Join us here: www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary.  Cuentos, canciones y actividades en Can We Be Friends? inglés y español. What If You Could Spy Like a Narwhal!? By Erica Sirotich I’m a Gluten-Sniffing A Garden to By Sandra Markle This book tells Yuchi Language Class Service Dog Save the Birds Little Polar Bear What if you woke about five unlikely Mondays, June 7, 14, 21, 28 By Michal Babay By Wendy McClure Finds a Friend up one morning and animal friendships in 6:30-7:30 p.m. Chewie’s nose always After a bird flies By Hans de Beer you suddenly had sanctuaries and zoos Learn the beautiful language of the knows. That’s why into their window, While looking for a the superpower of from around the world: Yuchi people via Zoom. Register online he’s training to be two children and friend, a little polar an unusual animal? Kenya’s Owen the at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to a gluten-detection their mother study bear is caught in If you could fly like hippo and Mzee the FOR LITTLES receive Zoom link. Registration closes 24 service dog for Alice. how to keep birds a trap and takes a a colugo, taking out tortoise; South Africa’s hours ahead of class. For all ages. His job will be to keep safe, and soon their long journey before the trash would be a Themba the elephant Alice from getting whole neighborhood finally finding his breeze. If you could and Albert the sheep; • Babies and young children are not yet able to Mr. Stinky Feet Presents: sick. But Chewie gets is helping in way back home. shock like an electric California’s Koko the Dinosaur Tales & Tails distracted by bugs different ways. read on their own. However, research shows that eel, you’d never worry gorilla and her kittens; Tuesday, June 8 in the air and pizza about the power going Virginia’s Kumbali the TALKING, SINGING, READING, WRITING and PLAYING Join Mr. Stinky Feet (Jim Cosgrove) for on the sidewalk. He out during a storm! cheetah and Kago every day will help them get ready for reading. a tail-wagging dance party with lots of must find a way to And if you could spy the dog; Ireland’s Ben movement and laughter featuring his focus and complete like a narwhal, you’d the dog and Duggie book “Bop Bop Dinosaur.” Watch on his training – because never lose a game the wild dolphin. • Virtually attend Build A Reader storytimes on the TCCL’s YouTube channel, www.youtube. Alice needs him. of hide-and-seek. library’s Facebook pages and YouTube channel, com/TulsaLibrary. For all ages. www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary, for a fun time Live Outdoor Music Performance: Hot Toast Music Company for your children but also to learn more about Hot Toast Music Company: shoot Hot Toast Music Co. a msg! Maybe Tuesday, June 8 • 10:30-11:30 a.m. Dreamy Doodles: Artist Sarah Bowen Song of the Week! your idea will turn into next week’s song! what you can do at home to support your child’s LOCATION: Redbud Festival Park, Draws With Basic Shapes Wednesdays, June 9, 16, 23 Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, literacy growth. across the street from Owasso Library Wednesday, June 9 www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. Come and join Mr. Symon and the Hot Turn your basic shapes into anything you Saturday, June 12 It’s time for the song of the week! For all ages. Toast Music Band for a morning of singing can imagine with artist Sarah Bowen. In Join Mr. Symon from Hot Toast Music • Find more fun activities to do with your and dancing to groovy tunes that will this class we will practice breathing and Company as he shares a new song he’s even have the grown-ups on their feet! self-awareness while we get creative little one in this activity guide or online been working on lately. The ideas for This is an outdoor event that will take with simple shapes and patterns. You these songs come from kids all over at https://tulsalibrary.beanstack.org. place at the Redbud Festival Park across will need paper (index cards are great Oklahoma so make sure to leave your the street from the library. For all ages. too) and a colored pencil or crayon. Join us here: www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary. idea in the comments of the video or For toddlers to elementary students.

42 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 43 Take-Home Kit: Family Craft Time: Family Craft Time: Father’s Day Crafts Curly Bird Paper Activity Summer Solstice Constellation Crafts Friday, June 18 Build A Reader Storytime: Thursday, June 10 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, June 15 Join us on Pratt Library’s Facebook Babies & Toddlers Pick up a take-home kit at the Kendall- The Summer Solstice is June 20. Join us page, www.facebook.com/ Mondays, June 21, 28 • 10:30-10:50 a.m. Whittier Library to make a cute curly on Pratt Library’s Facebook page, www. tcclprattlibrary, as we share our love of Ready, set, READ! This beginning bird using scissors, glue and paper. For facebook.com/tcclprattlibrary, as we the men who help raise us with book storytime focuses on helping your baby Lbrary all ages. celebrate summer and the night sky by suggestions and crafts. For preschoolers or toddler develop important literacy creating a constellations viewfinder, pipe and elementary-aged kids. skills while emphasizing the fun of Take-Home Kit: Triangular Box cleaner constellations and other STEM reading. Join us here: www.facebook. Thursday, June 10 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. activities. Pick up a take-home activity Live Outdoor Music Performance: com/tulsalibrary. Summer Pick up a take-home kit from the kit at the Pratt Library. For ages 4-12. Hot Toast Music Company Kendall-Whittier Library and use three Friday, June 18 • 10:30-11:30 a.m. Rocking the Library squares of paper to make an unusually Mr. Stinky Feet Returns: LOCATION: Helmerich Library With Mr. Stinky Feet shaped box that’s great for storing Let’s Stick Together Storytime Join Mr. Symon and the Hot Toast Music Tuesday, June 22 Readng whatever you like. For all ages. Tuesday, June 15 Band for a morning of singing and Mr. Stinky Feet will get the whole Mr. Stinky Feet (Jim Cosgrove) will read dancing to groovy tunes that will even family rocking! With a healthy dose of Music With Will Parker: Air his book “Sullen Sally” and sing songs have the grown-ups on their feet! Hot clever fun and a whole lot of heart, Jim June 13-18 about feelings and friendship. Watch on Toast Music Company is the product Cosgrove’s music inspires the childlike Nght Get ready to soar! In this program, Will TCCL’s YouTube channel, www.youtube. of dad, educator and musician Symon nature of kids and adults. Watch on Parker brings audiences on a musical com/TulsaLibrary. For all ages. Hajjar who writes irresistible kids’ music, TCCL’s YouTube channel, www.youtube. FC Tulsa @ ONEOK Field adventure through the air with all all with purpose. This is an outdoor com/TulsaLibrary. For all ages. Saturday, July 17 • 7 p.m. kinds of flying animals. Songs include Drawing With Dots and Sarah Bowen: event that will take place on the lawn OKC Energy vs. FC Tulsa “Ow Ow Owl.” During Will’s whimsical, Colorful Animals behind the library. For all ages. Music With Will Parker: Fantasy interactive show, he plays guitar and Wednesday, June 16 June 23-29 Tulsa Drillers @ ONEOK Field harmonica, and sings songs that open Follow along as artist Sarah Bowen Music With Will Parker: Sea Will invites you to use imagination Saturday, July 31 • 7:05 p.m. us up to the world of imagination while makes some colorful animals through June 20-25 through a magical adventure with Midland Rockhounds simultaneously validating the human the art of stippling. Learn fun animal Take a deep dive into music as Will fantastical animals of every sort. Songs vs. Tulsa Drillers experience. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube facts and sign language while you Parker sings about all sorts of animals include “The Fairy Lobster Anthem,” channel, www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. create from dots. You will need paper, that thrive in the water. Songs include “Unicorn on a Unicycle” and “Wizard Ideal for ages 1-8. pencil and markers for your very own “My Pet Hippo,” “To Be a Narwhal” Pig.” During Will’s whimsical, interactive creations! Check us out at www.youtube. and “Otter in the Water.” During show, he plays guitar and harmonica, and Tommy Terrific’s Black com/Tulsalibrary. For elementary Will’s whimsical, interactive show, he sings songs that open us up to the world Cowboys of the Old West students. plays guitar and harmonica, and sings of imagination while simultaneously Monday, June 14 songs that open us up to the world validating the human experience. Watch Tommy presents a magical history with PAWS for Reading: of imagination while simultaneously on TCCL’s YouTube channel, exciting stories of Black cowboys and Read to a Dog Over Zoom validating the human experience. www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. the Old West. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube Wednesday, June 16 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, Ideal for ages 1-8. channel, www.youtube.com/user/ Registered therapy dogs are excellent www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. TulsaLibrary. Ideal for ages 0-7. listeners even over Zoom. Elementary- Ideal for ages 1-8. aged kids are invited to read their Take-Home Kit: favorite books to a furry, four-pawed Tommy Terrific’s Magic of Science Summer Fun in the Water friend. Register online at www. Monday, June 21 Children and teens who complete the Summer Reading Program will earn a free ticket to each game! Monday, June 14 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. tulsalibrary.org/events for Zoom link. Check out Tommy’s mix of science and Pick up a take-home kit at the Kendall- magic! Family fun! Watch on TCCL’s Whittier Library and make your own fun Take-Home Kit: YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ Bubbles! Presented by Dustin Storytime Bite: water toy to share with your pet and How to Make a Fish Piñata TulsaLibrary. For elementary-aged kids. Reudelhuber of Tulsa Balloons Book Reading and Pets Craft friends. For all ages. Thursday, June 17 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, June 9 • 10:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 10 Pick up a take-home kit from the LOCATION: Charley Young Park, Join us on Pratt Library’s Facebook Take-Home Activity Kit: Kendall-Whittier Library and have fun 50 W. Dawes Ave., Bixby page, www.facebook.com/ Celebrating Juneteenth making a fish piñata with your family, fill Join us at Charley Young Park in tcclprattlibrary, as we celebrate books Tuesday, June 15 it with surprises and invite some friends downtown Bixby! It’s the craziest, most and how much we love our animals! We Stop by Rudisill Regional Library this for the fun. Kits are limited. creative bubble show around. Mixing will read a surprise book about our love week to pick up an activity kit, while For elementary students. comedy, music and interactive bubble of pets and share how to make your own supplies last, and prepare for your own magic, Dustin engages and delights pet using a toilet paper roll. Pick up a Juneteenth celebration at home! For audiences of all ages. take-home kit at the Pratt Library while toddlers to elementary-aged kids. supplies last. For ages 2-12.

44 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 45 Babies and young children can’t read, but doing these 5 activities - LIBRARY TALK, SING, READ, WRITE and PLAY - títulos de ficción will get their brains ready for for reading success later on! en español para niños BINGO Littles Visite www.tulsalibrary.org para solicitar estos títulos. TALK SING READ WRITE PLAY

Go on a walk Sing the Pick a letter Fill a cookie Crumple up some paper and talk about alphabet and look for sheet with salt together and or sand and balls and play all the sounds that letter clap your hands practice writing a toss game you hear. around the to the beat. room. your initials. into a basket.

Put beans or rice Tell your Reread a favorite Have an El día en que Hogar inside an oatmeal Make a child about a container and book. Leave out imaginary descubres quién eres La luna mango La casa de algún día Por Carson Ellis childhood pet tape shut. Shake some words to grocery list birthday party Por Jacqueline Por Diane de Anda Por Julia Durango Si quisqueya or one you your new shaker see if your child together. for a stuffed Woodson fuera un color to the beat of a can say them. animal. Por Sili Recio wanted to have. favorite song!

Storytelling With Will Hill: Mr. Stinky Feet: Cookie Time! such as symmetry in art and nature, Ocean Seas! Tuesday, June 29 balancing weights on a scale and in Let your child Play music and Read a book Draw a picture Pretend to be use a flashlight Wednesday, June 23 • 2-2:30 p.m. Who’s hungry? Join Mr. Stinky Feet (Jim engineering (early STEM), and breathing move to the beat. and talk about and give it a dinosaur and in the dark Occasionally the parts of the Join Will Hill for Wee Hut Kah American Cosgrove) for songs about cookies, to find balance in our emotions. Watch to someone stomp around and talk about stop the music book: cover, title Indian stories about the ocean seas. pizza, pickles and other yummy treats! this performance on TCCL’s YouTube and freeze. you love. the room. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, Mr. Stinky Feet will get the whole family channel, www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. what you see. page, back, etc. www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. rocking! With a healthy dose of clever Ideal for ages 3-7. Presented by the American Indian fun and a whole lot of heart, his music Resource Center. For all ages. inspires the childlike nature of kids. 123 Andrés Presents: Crumple up Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, www. Around the Americas Series Identify objects Sing a Read a book newspaper or Stack books Tommy Terrific’s Magic: youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. For all ages. (Bilingual Presentation) in your kitchen favorite that has lots pieces of paper or boxes Satchel Paige and the July 1-30 and talk about song from of pictures - that helps Negro Baseball League 123 Andrés Presents: Un Elefante se Andrés Salguero (aka 123 Andrés) brings what each your own as high as of babies. strengthen Monday, June 28 Balanceaba (Spanish Presentation) joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism one does. childhood. you can. Tommy Terrific weaves a story with July 1-30 and a high-energy love of music that little hands. America’s favorite pastime and Andrés Salguero (aka 123 Andrés) brings gets kids singing and dancing. “Around National Baseball Hall of Famer Satchel joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism the Americas” features four 15-minute Paige through the world of magic. and a high-energy love of music that episodes in Spanish and English. A Read a picture Play “Itsy Learn facts about the National Negro gets kids singing and dancing. This native of Bogotá, Colombia, Andrés won Is there a catchy Put on grown- book about Bitsy Spider” Baseball League. Watch on TCCL’s program is in Spanish and builds on the the 2016 Latin Grammy Award for Best Talk about commercial up shoes and an elephant, and crawl up YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ song “Un elefante se balanceaba,” a Children’s Album. Billboard Magazine tune you know? see if you can the weather. monkey or the fountain TulsaLibrary. For preschoolers and traditional counting song in Spanish with called him “a rock star for little language Sing it loud! other animal. spot with your walk around. elementary-aged kids. many elephants bouncing and balancing learners.” Watch on TCCL’s YouTube fingers. on a spiderweb. We will explore other channel, www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary. songs about counting numbers and Ideal for ages 3-7. share different types of balancing, If you completed one of these acticities, you are eligible to receive a FREE Build A Reader booklet with even more activity ideas. Ask for one at your favorite library branch. 46 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer 123 Andrés Presents: Una Semilla / Bounce’n Beethovens: Feelings A Seed (Bilingual Presentation) Presented by Midtown School of July 1-30 Performing Arts “Who Am I?” Did you know seeds can grow into Thursday, July 1 In this 20-minute virtual music/ Play a guessing game! Tell your child you are secretly choosing one of the pictures plants? Seeds can be used to create percussion instruments, and can be movement class with Ms. Katherine, below and then give hints about it. For example, “I am a great big animal with a very used as food for people and animals. we will explore the world of feelings long neck and spots. What am I?” This program will inspire kids to together. It is sure to be a rollercoaster explore and observe, doodle, sing and ride filled with laughter, lots of For older children, turn the game around and invite them to secretly choose an move – in Spanish and English! Andrés facial expressions and dramatic play opportunities set to music so make sure animal and give you hints! Talking is a key activity to build your young child’s literacy. Salguero (aka 123 Andrés) brings joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism and to have your homemade instruments, a high-energy love of music that gets scarves and stuffed animals ready to kids singing and dancing. A native of help you explore. Join us here: Fantasy Craft Time: Bogotá, Colombia, Andrés won the 2016 www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary. DIY Fantasy Egg Latin Grammy Award for Best Children’s For preschoolers. Friday, July 2 Album. Billboard Magazine called him Join us on Pratt Library’s Facebook “a rock star for little language learners.” Music With Will Parker: Fantasy page, www.facebook.com/ Cat Dog Elephant Giraffe Turtle Watch this performance on TCCL’s Thursday, July 1 tcclprattlibrary, as we create fantasy- YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ Friday, July 2 inspired dragon, phoenix and Occamy TulsaLibrary. Ideal for ages 3-7. Will invites you to use imagination eggs inspired by the fantastic beasts of through a magical adventure with the wizarding world. Pick up a take- 123 Andrés Presents: Round and fantastical animals of every sort. home kit at the Pratt Library. For all ages. Round/Dando Vueltas con 123 Andrés Songs include “The Fairy Lobster July 1-30 (Bilingual Presentation) Anthem,” “Unicorn on a Unicycle” and Build A Reader Storytime: Bilingual Penguin Rabbit Monkey Bear Fox Andrés Salguero (aka 123 Andrés) “Wizard Pig.” During Will’s whimsical,  Cuentos Bilingües brings joyful sounds, passion for interactive show, he plays guitar and Mondays, July 5, 12 • 10:30-10:50 a.m. bilingualism and a high-energy love harmonica, and sings songs that open Enjoy stories, songs and activities in of music that gets kids singing and us up to the world of imagination English and Spanish. Join us here: dancing. During this family show we’ll while simultaneously validating the www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary. explore shapes ... especially circles! Yo human experience. Watch on TCCL’s  Cuentos, canciones y actividades veo un círculo, tú ves un círculo ... circles YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ en inglés y español. are everywhere! Andrés and Christina TulsaLibrary. Ideal for ages 1-8. Bugging Out! bring songs and activities to move, Yuchi Language Class sing and dance in Spanish and English. Build A Reader Storytime: Family Mondays, July 5, 12, 19, 26 Helping young children recognize patterns of lines and dots is an important first Watch their performance on TCCL’s Thursdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 6:30-7:30 p.m. step to understanding written text. YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ 10:30-11 a.m. Learn the beautiful language of the TulsaLibrary. Ideal for ages 3-7. Wednesdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28 Yuchi people via Zoom. Register online 10:30-11 a.m. at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to In this activity, ask your child to draw patterns of lines and dots on the insects. 123 Andrés Presents: Tune in for this 0-5 storytime and grow receive Zoom link. Registration closes Make sure they go from left to right and top to bottom, as these are the directions ¡Actívate! (Spanish Presentation) that love of reading! Enjoy simple songs 24 hours ahead of class. Presented by our eyes take in the English language when reading text. July 1-30 and books for little ones and more the American Indian Resource Center. Actívate means “get active” in Spanish, interactive stories and activities for For all ages. and that’s what this program is all older children. Join us here: about! It brings together outdoor www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary. Build A Reader Storytime: Preschool challenges, do-it-yourself obstacle Can’t make it live? We’ll save all Tuesdays, July 6, 13, 20, 27 courses and songs with silly dance storytime videos on Facebook and 10:30-11 a.m. routines to get moving. Andrés TCCL’s YouTube channel for your The best in children’s literature, songs, Salguero (aka 123 Andrés) brings children to enjoy later! Find them games, finger plays, rhymes and other joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism here: www.youtube.com/TulsaLibrary/ reading-related activities are shared and a high-energy love of music playlists. with your preschooler. Join us here: that gets kids singing and dancing. www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary. Program is in Spanish. Watch on TCCL’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ Draw horizontal lines Draw vertical lines Draw dots on this bug! TulsaLibrary. Ideal for ages 7-10. on this bug! on this bug!

my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 49 Baby & Toddler Explore, Draw, Scavenger Hunts! Make, Learn! Go on an adventure with your baby, toddler or young child to find these items! Be sure to spend plenty of time TALKING about each one. That is how they will add Take-Home Kits for Kids & Teens to their vocabulary and knowledge as well as their sense of fun and togetherness! Find take-home activity kits at most Rainbow Scavenger Hunt library locations this summer! • Find something red. • Name a fruit that is red. • Find something yellow. • Name an animal that is yellow. Explore different topics and create beautiful • Find something orange. • Name a vegetable that is orange. crafts from these all-in-one packs. Check • Find something green. • Name a plant that is green. your branch library’s Facebook page, • Find something purple. • Name something you see outside that is blue. www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary or call 918-549-7323 to see what kits are available! Five Senses Scavenger Hunt • Find something that makes • Find something loud. a crunch sound. • Find something long. Jeanne B. Goodwin work to build a vivid imagination. See dogs from Nathan Hale. Register online • Find something that tastes sour. Storytelling Festival a tour of the Goodwin Storytime Room at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to • Find something soft. Tuesday, July 6 • 2-3 p.m. on our YouTube page at www.youtube. receive Zoom link. • Find something that smells good. • Find something white. Join Rudisill Regional Library and com/TulsaLibrary. • Find something that is smooth. performer Muriel Johnson for the Bounce’n Beethovens: • Find something quiet. annual storytelling festival and let your Read & Sing With Hot Toast The Great Outdoors • Find 3 of the same thing. • Find something rough. imagination run wild! From coast to Music Company Presented by Midtown • Find something that tastes sweet. coast, the always fun and interactive Wednesdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28 School of Performing Arts Muriel uses her performances to share Join Mr. Symon as he reads his favorite Thursday, July 8 stories, engaging her audience with books and sings original songs that In this 20-minute virtual music/ different voices, chants and movements. go with them. Watch on TCCL’s movement class with Ms. Katherine, Kids of all ages will be delighted by her YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ enjoy the inspiration of nature and the Backyard Scavenger Hunt contagious enthusiasm. Email TulsaLibrary. For elementary-aged kids. great outdoors. Have your homemade [email protected] for the Zoom invite. instruments and scarves ready so you • Find 3 kinds of leaves. • Point out something you see After the program date, you can also PAWS for Reading: can pretend to be outside while being view her performance on her website Read to a Dog Over Zoom inside on a hot summer day. Join us • Find something that is yellow. in the sky. at https://www.forherstories.com/tulsa. Presented by the Nathan Hale Library here: www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary. • Find a bug that is red. • Find something round. The annual storytelling festival is a Wednesday, July 7 • 4-6 p.m. For preschoolers. tribute to the late Jeanne B. Goodwin, Registered therapy dogs are excellent • Find 2 sticks. • Find something that grows a lifelong Oklahoma educator and listeners. Elementary-aged kids are • Find something that smells good. and is green. literacy champion who understood how invited to read their favorite books to • Find something purple. storytelling and the visual experience a furry, four-pawed friend. Join PAWS

my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 51 TCCL Express: In-Person Service Several TCCL locations are now open for in-person service. More locations are opening soon, so be sure to check www.TulsaLibrary.org regularly to find out which library locations are open for in-person express service near you.

IN-PERSON SERVICE

Services available: • Curbside service Services not available • Checking out/in materials • Pick up 3D printing at Central, at this time: • Browsing Martin Regional, Zarrow Regional, • Meeting room usage • Printing, copying Hardesty Regional and Rudisill • Extended stays and lounging Storytime Bite: Birds event that will take place at the Redbud at the Pratt Library while supplies last. • Faxing Regional libraries. Visit www. • Maker Space Thursday, July 8 Festival Park across the street from the For all ages. tulsalibrary.org/3d-printing to Join us on Pratt Library’s Facebook Owasso Library. • Computer usage for up • In-library programming page, www.facebook.com/ Build A Reader Storytime: to one hour send your files. tcclprattlibrary, as we read a book about PAWS for Reading: Babies & Toddlers birds and share a craft featuring our Read to a Dog Over Zoom Mondays, July 19, 26 • 10:30-10:50 a.m. feathered friends! Pick up a take-home Wednesday, July 14 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Ready, set, READ! This beginning kit at the Pratt Library. For ages 2-12. Registered therapy dogs are excellent storytime focuses on helping your baby listeners even over Zoom. Kids ages 6-11 or toddler develop important literacy CURBSIDE SERVICE KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE Outdoor Performance: Bubbles! are invited to read their favorite books skills while emphasizing the fun of Presented by Dustin Reudelhuber to a furry, four-pawed friend. Register reading. Join us here: www.facebook. All TCCL locations are offering curbside service. • Masks are required for ages 5 and up. of Tulsa Balloons online at www.tulsalibrary.org/events for com/tulsalibrary. To use curbside service, go to your neighborhood Tuesday, July 13 • 10-11 a.m. Zoom link. library and follow instructions on the signage in the • We are practicing social distancing. LOCATION: Redbud Festival Park, 20 Fantasy Craft Time: N. Main St., Owasso Oshibana Nature Art Knights’ Weapons Workshop parking lot. Materials will be brought out to you. • Food and drinks are not allowed in the Dustin takes bubbles to the max in Friday, July 16 Friday, July 30 libraries at this time. this comedy, educational bubble Join us on Pratt Library’s Facebook Join us on Pratt Library’s Facebook Use curbside service to: extravaganza. It’s the craziest, most page, www.facebook.com/ page, www.facebook.com/ • Surfaces are cleaned regularly. creative bubble show around. Mixing tcclprattlibrary, to learn about Oshibani, tcclprattlibrary, as we create a coat comedy, music and interactive bubble the ancient art of Japanese nature of arms, sword and shield inspired by • Pick up holds • Pick up print items: • Deep cleaning is done regularly at all locations. magic, Dustin engages and delights crafting. We will use pressed flowers the Narnia series. Pick up a take-home • Request copies Contact AskUs at audiences of all ages. Face painting and leaves to make bookmarks and activity kit at the Pratt Library while also will be available. This is an outdoor suncatchers. Pick up a take-home kit supplies last. For all ages. • Send and receive faxes 918-549-7323 for details.

52 | www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer my library LITTLES/CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM | 53 Tulsa City-County Library Locations All locations are open for curbside service.

Several TCCL locations are now open for in-person service. More locations are opening soon, so be sure to check www.TulsaLibrary.org regularly to find out which library locations are open for in-person express service near you.