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SRP Logo - Color Our World. Book pile on bottom, with open book on top. Coming out of the book are the words, as well as graphics - books, ink, flowers, sun, scissors, butterfly, paint brush, pencil, rainbow, hot air balloon, bird, etc.

You’re Invited to Color Our World with our Summer Reading Program!

Written by alamancelibraries on . Posted in Book Reviews.

SRP Logo - Color Our World. Book pile on bottom, with open book on top. Coming out of the book are the words, as well as graphics - books, ink, flowers, sun, scissors, butterfly, paint brush, pencil, rainbow, hot air balloon, bird, etc.

The theme this year’s Summer Reading Program is Color Our World, and there are many ways you can participate!

Summer Reading Kickoff

This year’s Summer Reading Program begins Saturday, June 7, with our Summer Reading Kickoff Celebration at Fairchild Community Center and Park from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. We’ll have outdoor games and a bouncy house obstacle course, face painting from Painted Grape, balloon creations from Patti Cake, ice cream from Culvers, and more fun inside Fairchild Gym. Everyone is invited to take part in our community art project as well! The event is free to the public.

Summer Reading Kickoff Saturday, June 7, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Fairchild Community Center and Park, Burlington

Log Your Reading

Read this summer and win prizes for every 90 minutes read! This year, you will track your minutes through Beanstack. Download the free app(recommended) or log in to the website, and use it to keep track of how much you’ve read. For everyone, your first prize after reading 90 minutes is a book! After that first 90 minutes, children can choose a prize from our prize box, and teens and adults will receive a (virtual) raffle ticket and can choose which basket they’d like to win. Baskets include Art, Baking, Bluey, Outdoor Fun, Tech and Treat Yourself.

Programming

Our existing children’s programming will continue throughout the summer, with additional special programs at each branch every month.

Highlights include:

June 13 – Gem Mining, Graham, grades K-5 (registration required)

June 19, July 17 and August 21 – Esports Champions, Graham, ages 13-18

June 19 – MAD Science, North Park, all ages (registration required)

July 5 and August 2 – AniMebane Senpai, Mebane, ages 13-19

July 8 – Paint Our World with Painted Grape, May Memorial, ages 7-14 (registration required)

July 15 – Afro-Columbian Dancing with Huepa!, May Memorial, grades K-5 (registration required)

July 31 – Big Bang Boom Children’s Concert, North Park, ages 3-10 (registration required)

August 4 – Pancake Art Party, Mebane, grades 6-12 (registration required)

In addition, our Mobile Library has two Pokemon Card Game programs each month. Kids of all ages – 7 to adult – are invited to learn to play Pokemon at Mackintosh On The Lake and Collington Farms.

For a full schedule of events, see our SRP calendar online or pick up a brochure at our branches.

For adults, we have a Summer Reading Craft Series. Each program will be offered at May Memorial, Mebane and Graham. In June, we’ll do rubber cement watercolor resist art, in July, we’ll offer Mason Jar Lid Suncatchers, and in August, we’ll make Button Bouquets. Our regular art programs will continue, including Experiment with Art at Graham and North Park’s Make and Take Tuesdays, plus we’ll add a monthly Loteria and Libros program at May Memorial, Cards and Coffee at May Memorial, digital literacy classes at Graham, and even more opportunities for adults to learn, play and thrive at the libraries this summer.

For more information on upcoming events, see our calendar of events.

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