The Elementary School in Fairlee purchased eReaders for the school with a grant from the Vermont Rural Partnership.
As part of the after school program, the school Visions Director took students to the Fairlee Public Library with the school eReaders. Students met community mentors and the mentors and students used the eReaders to read stories together. Fairlee librarian Judy Russell pointed out that senior citizens are the fastest growing group to use eReaders.
Valentines for veterans
Heres the Poultney Public Library:
What do you love about your Library? February is Library Lover’s Month! Please stop by the circulation desk to fill out a valentine heart or post on our Facebook wall to tell us what YOU love about the Poultney Public Library. Share the love by recommending our Facebook page to your friends. Right now 182 people “like” the Poultney Public Library. Let’s see if we can get that number over 200 by the end of February!
Barnet hosted it’s second annual Trunk or Treat. There were over 20 vehicles decorated for Halloween, over 125 children trick or treated from car to car. The Library handed out books, stickers and candy. It is a great event, should any one want to think about it for next year.
Check out facebook page for photos
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Barnet-Public-Library/200749513689
Sherry Tolle, Library Director
Barnet Public Library
Barnet, VT 05821
802-633-4436
The Fletcher Free Library in Burlington is hosting a Harry Potter Read-A-Thon to celebrate the release of the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” movie.
Harry Potter Read-a-thon. Friday, July 15th, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Stop by the library any time during the day to hear a dramatic reading of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to celebrate the movie’s release. Wizarding attire encouraged! Free. All ages welcome, but recommended for ages 8 & up. No preregistration needed.
McCullough Free Library in North Bennington partnered with Bennington College to create “The Jubilee Library Series.” The series kicked off with an afternoon meeting that included recipe exchanges, stories, and professionals demonstrating food preparation. Needless to add, people came, brought their favorite foods to share, and ate well.
Some of the questions setting the theme included: Deconstruct your absolute favorite breakfast
Have you ever cooked on a date?
Describe the best birthday cake you’ve ever eaten
Chris Danzo, chef and owner of Marigold Kitchen, showed how to make pizza dough and Carol Adonolfi created multi-grain pancakes.
Two Bennington College students, Rachel Sherk and Faith Griffiths, worked with the Library to create the series, which totaled four events on Saturday afternoons.
The four themes for the events were Food, Reading, Listening, and Making. Sherk and Griffiths planned to document the events and compile responses into a bound book to be given to the McCullough Free Library at the end of the series.
Julia Fickes stands next to her Empire style dress created using catalog cards and Jane Austen check-out cards for the bodice.
Peacham Library completed the move from the card catalog to a new automated library system. With this transition came the need to dispose of thousands of 3 x 5 catalog cards. Rather than just throw them out, library Director Becky Jensen decided to offer a contest. The “Celebrate Automation with a Creation” program allowed library patrons to take as many catalog cards as they wanted in order to create a project. Projects could be artistic, literary, funky or just plain fun! Patrons took on the challenge and created jewelry, a poem, clothing, a bulletin board, masks, a game, 3D scenes, a fishing pole, and a cat puppet.
Sixteen entries were received from patrons ranging in age from 4 to 93. Awards were given for all entries, including: “Best Miniature Work” for an origami crane on a ring; “Best Use of Title Cards” for a cat that was created using cards with such titles as The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (the tail) and the Cat in the Hat (leg);and “Best Literary Piece” for an Ogden Nash-inspired poem. What won “Best in Show”? Library patrons selected a dress made with catalog cards by thirteen-year-old Julia Fickes. The dress was designed in a style popular in Jane Austin books, with Jane Austen check-out cards used for the bodice. All entries were on display at Peacham Library in November 2010.
(Article recycled from December 2010 edition of Vermont Department of Libraries Newsletter)
The Orwell Library offers storyhours with grandparents. Once a month, an Orwell grandparent reads a book of their choosing to the group. Bringing grandparents in has led to storytimes with therapy dogs and cookie parties. Guitar playing and angora bunnies are coming soon.
For more good ideas for storytimes from Vermont librarians, take a look at Vermont’s Early Literacy Initiative. Librarians in the ELI have posted plans that worked. Each storytime reveals the rationale and offers suggested activities. Woodbury Community Library has an easy plan to encourage print motivation and interest in reading. At one storyhour, each parent and child share their favorite book.
The Morristown Centennial Library recently held a Diary of a Wimpy Kid party, and it was a hit, drawing kids and families to the library on a Saturday morning. Rachel Funk, the Youth Services Librarian, found good ideas at:
htttp://www.wimpykid.com/Book4EventKitWeb.pdf.
The kit included on this site is for Dog Days, but can be applied to any Wimpy Kid party. They played two games listed in the kit, read the first “diary entry” of The Ugly Truth, and had cake. Rachel also created bookmark-shaped list of “If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, you might like…” and listed some of the books that are part of the library collection
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston held a firefighter themed storytime for children up to age 6.
Other Vermont libraries have invited the town bus (Rockingham), town trucks (Ludlow), or other interesting town services to come and visit. Kids love those vehicles! And towns enjoy local promotion.
Max visits with children at the Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier
Vermont children have enjoyed meeting Maisy, Amelia Bedelia, Curious George, and Rosemary Well’s Max in person. Costume Specialists lends character costumes for promotional use at schools, libraries, and bookstores. To use the costume, the library pays the shipping cost, usually $140. See http://www.costumespecialists.com/childrens_book_characters.html# for a complete list of available costumes and information on how to request a costume.
Both Bennington Free Library and the Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier have borrowed costumes from this company, and both have postitive feedback:
“We have been renting costumes for 10 years from Costume specialists. It’s a great deal. This week Frog and Toad visited our Library. 12 different classes came for an introduction to the library and to meet Frog and Toad. We also had a party for the public. Over 100 people attended. I recommend this kind of programing highly. A good deal for the buck.” -Chris Poggi Children’s Librarian Bennington Free Library
“Just wanted folks to know that we had Max from Costume Specialists here for the week and he was a huge hit. He cost us $140 which included shipping. Fed Ex dropped him off two days early, and arranged to pick him up at the end of the designated time. It was some of the best PR we’ve done. I’ve included a few pictures. It was well worth the money and effort.” - Jane Napier, Kellogg Hubbard Library
Max, outside the Kellogg Hubbard Library, Montpelier
