Summer Reading week 3 celebrates the ZOO

It's the third week of Summer Reading at Conshohocken Free Library!  Have you signed up for Beanstack yet, to track your reading?  Our Friends group has some fantastic prizes for readers of all ages, including gift cards to local merchants and restaurants, prize packs for kids, a brand new Kindle, an American Girl Doll, a $100 gift card to Barnes & Noble, tickets to Longwood Gardens and Morris Arboretum--the list goes on and on!

This week, we have a Grab & Go craft to help you celebrate the zoo.  These are available at the library while supplies last.

For special events this week, we are part of the MontCo One Book One Author celebration featuring artist/graphic novelist Jarrett Krosoczka.  Jarrett will talk to middle graders tonight and teens tomorrow night.  There is still room in both programs--get more information HERE.  We still have some copies of Jarrett's books to give away if you stop by our library.

Teen comics fans would also enjoy the program we are joining in on for this Thursday and Friday!  On July 1 and July 2 at 3 PM, take a deep dive into the common tropes seen in Anime and its historical link to Japan’s culture with local artist, Keville Bowen.  Get more information about that program HERE.  

Finally, Harry did this week's read-alouds.  Enjoy them here, or visit our YouTube Channel to see all our read-alouds.

Summer Reading - week 2 is WILD

Hello, all!  We are in our second week of Summer Reading at Conshohocken Free Library.  We hope that you have signed up to treack your reading on our Beanstack platform at mcnpl.beanstack.org.  We have some great prizes this year, so make sure you sign up, and check off every day that you do at least 15 minutes of reading.  Readers of all ages are welcome to join us; summer reading is not just for kids!

Programs and events: every week, we are focusing on a theme.  Starting each Monday, we will post read-alouds that you can watch anytime during the week, and we will have a "grab and go" craft available for pickup at the library.  We have some special programs on Wednesdays and Thursdays as well.  We also have Baby Story time on the lawn on Tuesday mornings (weather permitting, and with limited attendance).

This week's theme is WILD.  Check out the videos below of the stories that Sydney read for this week.  We have two programs planned for this week as well, and we hope you will join us:

• Art Workshop with Amy Grebe - Where the Wild Things Are
  Wednesday, June 23 at 7PM.  For kids in grades K-5.
  We'll roll a rumpus! A roll of the dice will help direct this paper cutting collage as we create our own Wild Things Book--reading included, of course! Register in advance and pick up a craft kit at the library the week before the program.  Register HERE.
• Virtual Trivia - MUSIC
  Thursday, June 24 at 7PM.  Appropriate for all ages, families welcome!
  
  How well do you know MUSIC? Angela from Perkiomen Valley Library at Schwenksville and Sydney from Conshohocken Free Library are going to try to stump you with questions on a variety of topics dealing with music. See if your family team can win!  If you are not already signed up for trivia on Perkiomen Valley Library's email list, you can register HERE  or you can email PVL

Happy Reading!

Summer Reading starts Saturday!

Who's ready for Summer Reading?  We are! 

Starting Saturday, you can track your reading at mcnpl.beanstack.org.  We have some great prizes this year, so make sure you sign up, and check off every day that you do at least 15 minutes of reading.  Readers of all ages are welcome to join us!

Programs and events: every week, we are focusing on a theme.  Starting each Monday, we will post read-alouds that you can watch anytime during the week, and we will have a "grab and go" craft available for pickup at the library.  We have some special programs on Wednesdays and Thursdays as well.  We also have Baby Story time on the lawn on Tuesday mornings (weather permitting, and with limited attendance).

For our first week, our theme is BIRDS.  Check out these stories that Sydney recorded, and plan to join us for a Beginner Birdwatching for Kids program on Thursday, June 17 at 2PM.  Sydney will be joined by Rebecca Blacketter from Norristown Farm Park, who will have a lot to tell us about getting started with birdwatching.  The registration link is HERE.