Special Summer Reading Issue
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COUNTY WIDE SUMMER READING KICKOFF PARTY SATURDAY, JUNE 23: 11 AM - 3 PM FREE! Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre, Bouncy Houses, Therapy Dogs & Horse, Face Painting, Food, Carnival Games, and more! NEW WOODY WILLIAMS ARMORY 201 ARTILLERY DRIVE, FAIRMONT, WV 26554 THANK YOU To Our Sponsors! The Marion County Public Library System would like to thank all the individuals, organizations and businesses that have helped make our 2018 summer reading programming and prizes possible! Friends of the Marion County Public Library Fairmont State Fine Arts Taco Bell Friends of the Fairview Public Library Department Unicare Friends of the Mannington Public Library Heavenly Hoagies Washington Wild Things Madison Whiting West Virginia National Applebees Marion County BOE Guard Artistry House Dance Studio May Brothers Company Our family and friends who Chipotle MCPARC have dedicated time, Chyna Brown Mountaineer Therapy Dogs energy, and patience to Dairy Creme Corner On Eagles’ Wings making this dream a reality! Deborah Delaney Therapeutic Horsemanship Movies in the Park End of Summer Pool Party Movie in the Park: Jumanji: Sat l July 21 l 6 - 8 pm Welcome to the Jungle East Marion Park Wave Pool Sat l August 25 l 8 pm Swimming, food, and Grand Prize Drawings! Palatine Park Participants do not have to be present to win. In conjunction with MCPARC Movie in the Park: Coco Movie in the Park: A Dog’s Purpose Sat l July 21 l 8 pm Sat l September 22 l 8 pm Palatine Park Palatine Park In conjunction with MCPARC In conjunction with MCPARC LIBRARY NIGHT WEBSITE With the Washington Visit summer.mcpls.org for events, Wild Things: prize information, and more! It has all Saturday, August 4 of the up-to-date summer reading information that you need, at the click of a button! All readers who reach their summer reading goal by turning You can also check out our Facebook page in a reading log will receive a for event reminders! FREE ticket to the August 4th game against the River City Rascals! Visit summer.mcpls.org or bit.ly/2I2JUzT for more information! The first 500 www.facebook.com/marioncolibs attendees will receive a free giveaway item! GRAND PRIZES Entry tickets will be awarded by number of books checked out! 1 ticket = 5 board books/ picture books or 1 JF/YA/Fiction/Adult Non-Fiction book All of the tickets, county wide, will be compiled by age group for the grand prize drawings! Winners will be announced at our end of summer reading party on July 21st. Only one prize per participant, participants do not have to be present in order to win. All toddler participants will receive a prize! Note: Not all prizes are shown here! PRE-K - 2nd Grade KIDS (Grades 3-5) Teens (Grades 6-12) ADULTS Events for Toddlers & PRE-K Kick Off Party Movie Matinee Sat l June 23 l 11 am - 3pm Tues l June 26 l 2 pm Fairmont Armory Marion County Public Library Featuring: Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre, Bouncy Showing Rock Dog (PG). Refreshments provided! Houses & Velcro Wall, Food, Carnival Style Games, and “When a radio falls from the sky, a young Tibetan Mastiff is more! Sponsored by the Friends of the Marion County inspired to leave his village in the mountains and move Public Library, the Friends of the Mannington Public into the big city to become a rock musician. “ -Amazon Library, and the Friends of the Fairview Public Library Feeling Music with Jennifer Music in Nature Lawrence Mon l June 25 l 10 am (Toddlers) Mon l July 2 l 10 am (Toddlers) Mon l June 25 l 1 pm (Pre-K) Mon l July 2 l 1 pm (Pre-K) Marion County Public Library Marion County Public Library Animals use sounds to communicate! Listen to different Join Jennifer Lawrence of Artistry House as she teaches us to animal sounds and make a snake rattle craft. 'feel music' through movement! Granny Rock! Featuring Elvis Acoustic LIVE with Eric Lewis & the Cornstalk (All Ages) Tues l July 3 l 10:30 am Mon l June 25 l 11 am Fairview Public Library Fairview Public Library Tues l July 3 l 12:30 pm Mon l June 25 l 5:30 pm Mannington Public Library Mannington Public Library Tues l July 3 l 3:30 pm Fri l June 29 l 3 pm Marion County Public Library Marion County Public Library Eric Lewis is a musician from Morgantown WV. He plays Journey through Rock and Roll History with Granny Rock! solo acoustic guitar performances as well as being leader Granny Rock may get a few things confused along the way of the band ‘Eighties Enough’. He has four CDs available but only adds to the hilarity of the stories she has to share with his original works. Eric has played many venues through music. Granny Rock and her Rock and Roll throughout West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and History book highlight several delightful songs with the many other locations. You can follow his schedule of featured story ‘Elvis and the Cornstalk’. Join Granny as events at www.ericlewismusic.com she takes you on a rock and roll ride! CD Scratch Art Reading Rocks Workshop Mon l July 6 l 10 am (Pre-K) Tues l June 26 l 9:30 am (Pre-K) Marion County Public Library Thurs l June 28 l 9:30 am (Pre-K) Fairview Public Library Mon l July 16 l 10 am (Toddlers) Marion County Public Library Rock painting featuring your favorite literary character or book cover from your favorite book, Musical memory You may think you only hear sound. We will explore seeing match game, There Was a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a sound by vibrations, create a visual representation of different Cello, and Microphone cupcake snacks feelings, and create a fun CD work of art! Events for Toddlers & PRE-K Rocking Our Hills! End of Summer Pool Party Mon l July 9 l 10 am (Toddlers) Sat l July 21 l 6 - 8 pm Mon l July 9 l 1 pm (Pre-K) East Marion Park Wave Pool Marion County Public Library Join us at East Marion Park for our end of summer blow Rocking our Hills looks at making music by singing, play out party! We’ll be swimming, eating great food, and giving parties, dances, interactive stories and puppet play with away prizes! JoAnn Dadisman. Movie in the Park: Coco Chick-Chick-Chicken Dance Sat l July 21 l 8 pm Tues l July 10 l 9:30 am (Pre-K) Palatine Park Thurs l July 12 l 9:30 am (Pre-K) Fairview Public Library In conjunction with MCPARC. “Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters Featuring Wooden spoon chicken craft, Chicken Dance game, the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a a fun story, and more! legendary singer.“ -IMDB Rock Your City with Ozobots Mon l July 16 l 1 pm (Pre-K) Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2wF7txX Marion County Public Library Tues l July 17 l 9:30 am (Pre-K) Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2IB6ALT Fairview Public Library Thurs l July 19 l 9:30 am (Pre-K) Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2K0qNvh Fairview Public Library Create and color a street maze and use an Ozobot robot to code your way though the city! Meet the Orchestra Fri l July 20 l 2 pm Marion County Public Library Come learn about the various part of the orchestra. Talented musicians from Fairmont State University will showcase an instrument from one of the orchestra families. Woodwinds, brass and strings will all be demonstrated and how they function as part of the orchestra. Find out what instruments are in each family. Join Fairmont State professors John Morrison on violin, Evan Klein on English Horn and recent Fairmont State graduate Chyna Brown on euphonium. A fun filled educational and entertaining musical delight. Books for Toddlers & PRE-K MUSIC INSPIRED BOARD BOOKS Wee Sing & Learn Bugs by Pamela Conn Beall Children can read and sing along with lovable hosts, such as the Ladybug and Inchworm, as they lead the way through a musical adventure that teaches about all kinds of bugs as it entertains. (Fairview, BB BEA) I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! By Karen Beaumont When told not to paint the walls, this spirited, creative child paints himself instead! A perfect story for the oversized board book format, to the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More." (Fairmont, BB BEA) Musical Instruments by Christophe Boncens An interactive way to discover the different sounds of five musical instruments! (Mannington, BB BON) Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton Penguin wants nothing more than to be Hippo's friend. (Bookmobile, BB BOY) The Ants Go Marching by Priscilla Burris A group of ants marches while taking food away from a rained-out picnic in an illustrated version of the classic song. (Fairview, BB BUR) The Chicks in the Barn by Aly Fronis Presents a farm-themed twist on the classic children's song "The Wheels on the Bus" that is filled with noisy animals. (Fairview, BB FRO) Duck and Goose, Let’s Dance! by Tad Hills Want to learn the Duck & Goose song and dance? Join Duck & Goose at their dance party With easy-to-follow moves, like first jump forward and then jump back, "Duck & Goose, Let's Dance " is sure to get little bodies wiggling. Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to "walk like a duck, honk like a goose, and flap your fuzzy goose feathers, too." (Fairmont, BB HIL) The Eensy-Weensy Spider by Mary Ann Hoberman This singsong poem extends Eensy-Weensy's story beyond the drain pipe and through a spring day of adventures.