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Summer Reading for Everyone The Rotunda S UMM E R 2 0 1 7 E XPLOR E • D ISCOV E R • C ONN E CT SUMMER READING FOR EVERYONE ASTRONOMER BOB BERMAN SOLAR ECLIPSE DANCE PARTY! AUTHOR JEFF SHAARA FREE COMPUTER CLASSES Summer 2017 Vol. 17, Issue 4 Summer brings a different Contents rhythm of life to many of us. For some it means more work; for others it brings a relaxed Adult Programs General Information pace. But for many people, the 5 Summer Reading Adriance Memorial Library extra hours of warm summer 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 sunlight beckon us to a comfy 6 Bob Berman (845) 485-3445 chair with a book in hand. 7 Book Store Mon-Thurs: 9 am-9 pm Summer Whether it’s an escape from Fri & Sat: 9 am-5 pm Sun: 2-5 pm summer labor, a way to travel 8 Literature & the Arts Free parking and easy access off Noxon Street. to far-off lands, or a chance 9 Words of War GPS locator: 22 Noxon Street. to explore an unknown field, Bob Berman 6 Boardman Road Branch Library 11 La Plaza summer reading can be fun for 141 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Reading everyone! Return to your library 12 Public Computer Center (845) 485-3445 this summer and discover some Mon-Thurs: 9 am-9 pm 20 Friends hidden gems. Fri & Sat: 9 am-5 pm Sun: Closed for Everyone The Auditorium 105 Market Street, Poughkeepsie Inside this newsletter, you will find reading suggestions and summer opportunities for every age group. Location Key ADR - Adriance BRD - Boardman Road n Youth Services, the 2017 Summer Reading Program theme is Build a Better World, Irecognizing reading as a primary building block for making a difference in our own Friends' Book Store community. The summer reading program wraps up on the day of a rare celestial event - 141 Boardman Rd, at rear of Library 9 the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017! We have designed fun and exciting programs that (845) 485-3445 x 3423 Tues, Thur, Sat: 10 am-4 pm include construction, the natural world, culture, community, and the solar system, including safely viewing the eclipse on Monday, August 21. Donating See poklib.org > Giving Children can sign up for the Summer Reading Program at Adriance Memorial Library or On the Web poklib.org Boardman Road Branch Library beginning Thursday, June 22. Each registered participant will receive a reading log, a Build Email [email protected] a Better World passport, and a canvas tote bag (quantities limited). Upon completion of the program, participants will receive Facebook a certificate, gift (while supplies last), and chance at a drawing for a very special prize. Children can check in with our Youth Poughkeepsie Public Library District Services staff weekly to receive an extra ticket for the drawing. Each book read will earn a black sticker to help us eclipse our “sun”. Receive an extra ticket for the drawing when you complete activities in the passport. Library Director Tom Lawrence Trustees Kick-Off at Boardman Road Kick-Off at Adriance Dianne Blazek, Town Grace Calella, Town Thursday, June 22 Monday, June 26 4 14 Amy Haight, Town Lila Lynch, City 2-4:30 pm: Summer Reading Sign-up 3-5 pm: Summer Reading Sign-up Edna Lyons, City Sign up for the summer reading program, and then plant Sign up for the Summer Reading Program and then make Youth Programs Tom McGlinchey, Town, Treasurer some vegetables! Get a FREE PPLD tote bag for signing some “crazy instruments” that you’ll use during the interactive Mary E. Moore, Town, Vice President up and learn about the other prizes that you can receive for performance of Super Sonics! Get a FREE PPLD tote bag 3 Summer Reading Program 16 Familes & Children Joan Nicholls, City, Secretary participating. Pre-K and up. for signing up and learn about the other prizes that you can 4 Special Events 17 Early Learning Margaret Prescott, Town, President receive for participating. Pre-K and up. Fred Timm, City 2:50-4:30 pm: 14 Teen Connection 18 Children & Tweens Miriam Zimet-Aaron, Town Literacy in the Garden 4 pm: Super Sonics! Editorial Staff with Poughkeepsie Did you know that a whole Registration Editor: Gareth Davies Farm Project world of sound can be found Most adult programs do not require registration. When specified, please Assistant Editor: Jewel Ratzlaff Help plant our 2017 garden! in your family’s recycling Designer: Julie Hering register at poklib.org>Events>Calendar or (845) 485-3445 x 3702. Garden educators from bin? Join Matthew Cantello Vision Poughkeepsie Farm Project in discovering the magic of Some youth programs do require registration. When specified, please The Poughkeepsie Public Library District will lead families in planting tone, vibration and music register at poklib.org>Events>Calendar or (845) 485-3445 x 3320. will have vibrant libraries where people want vegetables in our raised-bed while making some “crazy to be. It will meet the needs of a diverse and instruments” to be used in the wildest music jam you’ve ever growing constituency by providing services garden. Learn about plant Cover Photo: The Douglas family of Poughkeepsie loves to read! and partnering with other community and human health through planting activities and read-alouds. heard! Along the way, we’ll also discover some of the scientific organizations. The Board of Trustees and the Please dress for the mess and weather. We will meet in the principles that make sound come alive – while having a load staff will work together to serve the public Lobby at 2:50 pm and head out to the garden at 3 pm. For of fun in the process! Feel free to bring anything out of your and to respond to the changing nature of families with children Pre-K and up. Registration required. recycling bin for use in the program! 2 library services. 3 Summer Reading: Children's Specials Summer Reading: Adults July 27, BRD: Summer Reading Challenge Animal Build a Better World The Great Embassy - Cool reads beyond the best-seller list, a genre outside your comfort zone, topical with Magic Jim Nature’s American Eclipse tomes, and quirky under-the-radar titles – all these and more are waiting for you Wednesday, July 12, at the library! Find out about the hot new books coming out this summer, enjoy 6 pm, BRD Architects The solar eclipse will Be amazed by some literary snacks, share your love of books, and make some new friends. New Join Magic Jim and his trusty take place on Monday, this summer - the Summer side-kick puppet Mortimer the talents of a August 21. Some diverse group of 'animals who build.' After examining the Reading Scavenger as they use books from parts of the United Challenge - for any adult the library to create an inspirational and humorous architectural feats of nest building, burrow making and web States will experience spinning, we’ll learn how we can help our wild neighbors and brave enough to take the performance. a total eclipse while most of the plunge. Come hear all even meet a live Animal Ambassador. country, including Poughkeepsie, will about it at the Kick-Off August 3, Auditorium: experience a partial eclipse. party! In August we’ll Thursday Specials Flow Circus A solar eclipse occurs when regroup with ice cream Performer Paul Miller captivates the Moon passes between the Earth sundaes and talk about the Select Thursdays, 10 am audiences with crazy antics and and the Sun, thereby totally or partly books we loved (and the obscuring the image of the Sun for a July 13, BRD: Sciencetellers – Building: dynamic storytelling about how he books we hated). All readers viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse Tall Ships & Pirate Tales! learned to set goals, find resources, are welcome. occurs when the Moon’s apparent Ahoy Matey! Set sail on an and practice in order to achieve diameter is larger than the Sun’s, Adult Summer Reading Kick-off Party action-packed adventure fantastic feats. Learn which book started him on a playful blocking all direct sunlight, turning Tuesday, June 27, 7-8:30 pm, BRD about a crew of quirky pirates journey filled with objects flying, spinning, and balancing. day into darkness. Registration encouraged. stranded on an island. August 10, Auditorium: Totality occurs in a narrow Throughout the story, kids End of Summer Reading Party Jester Jim path across Earth’s surface, with the from the audience will help Tuesday, August 22, 7-8:30 pm, BRD With nothing more than partial solar eclipse visible over a explore the incredible science Registration encouraged. a trunk full of props, Jester surrounding region thousands of behind clouds, combustion, air pressure, explosions and more. Jim will have you cracking Summer Reading Scavenger Challenge July 20, BRD: Growing up! This fast-paced show If you can, try to read a book a week, selecting one book from each category Rock - Storytelling is packed with fun and below. Pick up a Notebook at the Circulation Desk at Boardman or Adriance Concert with Robbi K excitement, and features and jot down your thoughts about the books to share at the End of Summer Join Parents’ Choice Award- juggling, balancing, and Party. Read a: beatboxing. 1) Political book winning storyteller Robbi K miles wide. The eclipse will begin for this interactive and musical in the northwestern United States 2) Fictional book retelling of a Southwest Native as the shadow of the moon falls on 3) Non-fiction book American folktale about good choices. ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road poklib.org Oregon and makes its way southeast 4) Poetry book across Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, 5) Book set in New York State Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, 6) Book published or set in the year of your birth Summer Reading Awards Parties Tennessee, Georgia and the Carolinas.
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