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This will be a great summer
packed with fun events for our summer readers. Thursdays are fun days at the library and
we’ve got something planned for every Thursday in June and July. Our June highlights include a visit on June
6th by the Minnesota Zoomobile, followed by a visit on June 13th from James Pointer
from the Soudan Underground Mine with a
“Survivor: Underground!” program. This
will be followed on June 20th with a drawing workshop by Monkey with a Tool belt author/illustrator Chris Monroe. On June 27th
both the Friends of the Library and the Virginia Community Education Department will
welcome Twin Cities’ musician Paul
Spring for a fun family
music program.
Heading into July, we’ll host
our annual 4th of July week treasure hunt followed by the Great Lego
Dig. On July 18th the Minnesota Science
Museum will bring their “Digging up
Dinosaurs” program to the library and on July 25th magic will fill the
air when the Amazing Charles visits Virginia
once again.
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| Squirrel & Skunk Reading Together |
As much fun as all this
sounds, I have to say that these fun events aren’t the main reason why we are
working so hard to keep kids reading during the summer. Did you know that kids who participate in an
organized reading program at their local library are more likely to be reading
at or above grade level by the beginning of their next school year? In addition, kids who read during the summer
not only have fun reading, but also create a lifelong habit of
reading. That can only be a good thing for
our community!
The library has a great online
program that lets kids participate from wherever they have an internet
connection. This makes it easy and fun to
record summer reading as well as write book reviews. Last year our elementary students wrote more
than 5,000 reviews. Hmmmm, reading and
writing during the summer… No wonder library kids do so well in school.
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So, if you haven’t signed up
for our reading program yet, don’t wait.
Just go to www.virginia.lib.mn.us
and click on the Dig into Reading logo to get started. Or, see me in the Children’s Room. Our weekly events are posted in the library
and on the event calendar at our website.
Don’t miss out on all the fun
of reading (and writing)!
Dawn Heisel -- Children’s Librarian
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