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Grand Prizes PLUS Receive a Finisher Bag Filled with Prizes and Certificates for FREE Items A Universe of Stories Children’s Summer Reading Program Saturday, June 15 – Saturday, July 20 Get ready to blast off for an exciting exploration of space this summer! This space adventure begins on Saturday, June 15 with our spacetacular kickoff event and continues through Saturday, July 20. • Register at the library by Monday, July 1. It’s super easy! • Set your own reading goal (read between 20-35 days) and keep track on your reading log. • WIN fun prizes, play games, and attend awesome programs when you visit the library! • Turn in your finished reading log by Saturday, July 20 for a chance to WIN one of our grand prizes PLUS receive a finisher bag filled with prizes and certificates for FREE items. Launch into outer space with reading and fun this summer at the library! OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD GRAND PRIZES GRAND PRIZE – A TRIP TO ADLER PLANETARIUM IN CHICAGO ALL children and teens will have a chance to win this spacetastic grand prize, which includes tickets to the Planetarium for a family of four, a one-night stay at a nearby hotel, and a $50 gas card. If you win the grand prize, you will be ineligible to win one of the other prizes listed below. In addition to the grand prize, children will be able to choose one of the following prizes they hope to win: 1. Four tickets to ALLEGAN EVENT: Sky Trail Ropes Course with Sky Rail™ Zip Lines. (Height restrictions: 48” or 42” with adult; max 6’5”) 2. Four tickets to AIR ZOO (donated by Air Zoo) 3. LEGO PACKAGE - Creator Space Shuttle & Women of NASA 4. TELESCOPE PACKAGE – Telescope & Planetarium Book 5. DRONE & ROCKET PACKAGE – RC Drone & Water Rocket 6. SPACE MISSION SET - Rocket Ship & Rocket Book Scholastic Book Fair Friday, June 7 – Thursday, June 27 During Open Library Hours The Scholastic Book Fair is back! Let your children and grandchildren select some fun summer reading materials to celebrate their accomplishments in school this past year! Books also make great birthday gifts. Thanks to all of the wonderful community support, the Scholastic Book Fair raised over $1600 in FREE books for the library last summer! The library earns 50% of the profits to use toward FREE books. Children’s Summer Reading Program SPACE PROGRAMS FOR YOUNGER ASTRONAUTS NOTE: Some of the Interstellar Tuesday events are appropriate for our younger astronauts as well. TINY STARS Mondays June 17 - July 15 OUTDOOR For Ages 0 - 1 at 10 AM SPACE PLAY AREA For Ages 2 - 3 at 11 AM Open Memorial Day - Labor Day Our littlest stars will shine as they sing, Stop by during library hours to play read, and play with other space friends. in a rocket tent, build your own rocket, and discover space items in STARRY TIME STORIES & SONGS moon sand! June 19 - July 17 Wednesdays at 10 AM For Ages 0-5 Launch into outer space with space stories, songs, activities, and space crafts! EARLY LITERACY CENTER THEMES May Bugs June - July Space August-September School SPACE PROGRAMS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY SPACETACULAR SATURDAYS Fun for all ages! A UNIVERSE OF STORIES SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKOFF Saturday, June 15 from 10 AM - Noon The Launchpad is ready for lift off to launch into space at this fun kickoff event. Astronauts will be able to bounce around in the anti-gravity house, receive a space-themed twisted balloon from Stormy the Magician and Scoop the Balloonatic, play intergalactic games, make a space craft, and eat solar snacks. Felix the Astronaut and the space station staff will be ready to help you register for the SPACETACULAR SUMMER READING PROGRAM! STARLAB PLANETARIUM Saturday, June 22 from 10 AM - Noon Explore the wonders of the night sky from the comfort and security of an inflatable Starlab space dome. You will be able to gaze upon the Northern Hemisphere night sky, view the constellations, and so much more in this star-filled planetarium. Registration is required and space is limited to 30 astronauts per session. New sessions begin each half hour beginning at 10 AM. This Starlab Planetarium is brought to you by Dynamic School Assemblies. JEFF WAWRZASZEK OF A2 MAGIC Saturday, July 20 at 10 AM A supernatural, intergalactical, magical finale show! FUN is the final frontier as astronauts achieve “Jedi status” in the art of magic. All young Jedi’s will leave with their own magic trick! What a great way to land back on earth from our space voyage! Solar sundaes will be served to celebrate the end of the SPACETACULAR SUMMER READING PROGRAM! Children’s Summer Reading Program SPACE PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL AGE ASTRONAUTS INTERSTELLAR TUESDAYS Tuesdays June 18 - July 16 at 10 AM For Grades K-5th (Note: sometimes younger astronauts are welcome with parental supervision) Join us Tuesday mornings for a new way to explore space! AIR ZOO June 18 (younger astronauts are welcome) Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Investigate how gravity keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth and what it takes to escape Earth’s gravity to reach the Moon. Experience the creation of Moon craters and the challenges involved in landing safely. UFO PIZZAS WITH AUBREE'S PIZZERIA & GRILL June 25 (only for grades K - 5th) Learn about the science behind making pizza, listen to a fun pizza book, and build your own mini UFO pizza. Huge thanks to Aubree’s for sponsoring this event! SPACE JAM MOVIE July 2 (younger astronauts are welcome) A group of aliens arrive on earth to challenge the Looney Tunes gang to a battle. Can Bugs Bunny and his team beat the Nerdlucks from the planet Moron Mountain? Together, they just might save the world. Free popcorn and space juice will be served during the movie. STAR WARS JEDI TRAINING July 9 (only for grades K - 5th) Build your light saber, enjoy Jedi snacks, and prepare for Jedi training with Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, the Stormtroopers, and Darth Vader! You don’t want to miss this morning of Star Wars fun! Register by July 2 to attend this event. GEODES – NOT YOUR AVERAGE MOON ROCK July 16 (younger astronauts are welcome) What are geodes, how are they formed, and where are they found? Join geologist Steve Tchozeski for this geode presentation. Participants will be able to select a quartz geode to be broken open and take home with them! SPACE STEAM STATIONS Tuesdays June 18-July 16 at 2PM For Grades K - 5th Explore space concepts through Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. Each week different space stations will be set up to help astronauts learn about the solar system, gravity, constellations, moon rocks, and all things space related. SpaceCRAFTS DRONES – THE UFOs OF TODAY! Wednesdays at 2PM Thursday, June 27 at 2 PM June 19 - July 17 Presented by Jerry Robinson For Grades K - 5th For Grades K - 5th Put on your spacecraft suits and get ready Are Drones a fad or will they still be popular in the future? to create out-of-this-world projects! Jerry Robinson, of Geum Video Images, is known as the “drone guy” in the area. He will talk about different drone uses, safety requirements ROCKET LAUNCHERS and future use.... then he will do some demonstrations outside. Thursdays at 10AM June 20 & 27 and July 11 & 18 ATTENTION For Grades K - 5th 4TH & 5TH GRADERS: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF! You are welcome to attend the program,“Cooking Each week astronauts in training will create Up a Comet” on Thursday, June 20 at 4 PM. a rocket out of different materials that they Check out the tween/teen page can actually launch. To infinity and beyond!!! for more information. Teen & Tween Summer Reading Program A Universe of stories Teen & Tween Summer Reading Program Saturday, June 15 – Saturday, July 2O This summer is going to be out of this world! We have packed this program with intergalactic themed crafts, games, events, prizes, READING, and so much more! Blast off into the galaxy on Saturday, June 15 at our kickoff event that continues through Saturday, July 20. For the second year, the Otsego District Library will be offering grand prizes specifically for the teens and tweens! Each book read will earn you a prize from the Galaxy Prize Box! Be sure to have a library staff member initial your reading log when you earn your prize. Read at least 8 BOOKS during the Summer Reading Program to qualify for the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING! The Teen Room will feature a Weekly Trivia Question. Answer the questions for a chance to win awesome prizes. Attend Terrestrial Tuesday events and Outer Limit Thursday events. • Register at the library by Monday, July 1. It’s super easy! • Set a reading goal of how many books you will read (minimum 8). • Win fun PRIZES by playing weekly trivia games in the teen room. • Attend weekly events and receive EXTRA weekly prize drawing slips. • Turn in your finished reading log by Saturday, July 20 for a chance to win one of our grand prizes PLUS receive a finisher bag filled with prizes and certificates for FREE items. OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD GRAND PRIZES GRAND PRIZE – A TRIP TO ADLER PLANETARIUM IN CHICAGO! ALL children and teens will have a chance to win this spacetastic grand prize, which includes tickets to the Planetarium for a family of four, a one-night stay at a nearby hotel, and a $50 gas card. (If you win the grand prize, you will be ineligible to win one of the other prizes listed below).
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