Epping Library News - 11/25
November 25, 2008
This week’s installment of gratitude from the Epping Library harkens back to warmer weather, when the Summer Reading Program brought Australia to New England.
For 6 weeks each summer the staff of the Epping Elementary School Library relocates to Main Street and helps to provide kids with the motivation to read while school is out. Summer 2008 saw the transformation of the children’s room into a piece of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, thanks to the creativity of EES Librarian Barbara Young and her Assistant, MaryAnne Nicosia. As the town library worked through changes in leadership and staffing challenges, Ms. Young and Mrs. Nicosia piloted another successful reading program, where kids added one sea creature to the “reef” for every 2 and a half hours they spent reading. Over 200 children participated, reading nearly 2000 hours and creating hundreds of amazing sea creatures for Epping’s reef. This year’s student assistants, Shannon Nollet and Hannah Kimball were equally amazing, helping Barbara and MaryAnne at every turn. The Epping library staff is deeply grateful for the ingenuity and dedication of all four ladies that made the summer reading program work. Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you!
The Friends of the Library Silent Auction is under way. Donated items from generous Epping businesses, residents and neighbors are on display both upstairs and downstairs and bids will be taken until December 5th. Patrons use their library card numbers to bid.
This month’s Toy Play Day on Saturday, November 22nd has a construction theme! Kids are invited to bring hard hats, blocks and work trucks of all kinds to the library to play with and share with friends from 11 to 1. Theme related stories and crafts round out this monthly program. December’s Play Day will be the annual Holiday Tea Party on Saturday, December 27th, when children can dress up for a special Tea with real china teacups and holiday goodies of all kinds!
The library will be closed on Nov. 27th for Thanksgiving, but will be open the rest of this week with regular hours.
Mark your calendars for the 6th annual Magic of Christmas Pajama Night on Friday, December 12th at 6:30. Plan to come celebrate the season with stories, crafts, friends, food and fun!
For more information on these or any library programs, feel free to call 679-5944.
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