CHILDREN'S EVENTS One World, Many Stories  Read every week and win Prizes Keep a log of what you are reading Show it to a member of the Library Staff once a weekto spin the WHEEL and win a PRIZE! If you are reading a book that takes more than one week to read, write the title and the pages you have finished in your log and SPIN THE SPINNER! Finish two books -- --win a ticket to a Mohegan Sun Basketball Game! Finish nine books---win a meal from AppleBees! Un Mundo, Muchas Historias Read, Learn and Win Prizes ! DAILY PROGRAMS TUESDAYS, 6/28 - 8/16 10:30 am Stories Circle Around the World Each session will feature a folk tale from a different culture and a related craft. WEDNESDAYS, 6/29 - 8/17 2 - 4 pm Craft Time A craft highlighting a different culture each week THURSDAYS, 6/30 - 8/5 One Earth - Many Biomes 2 - 4 pm Facts and a project featuring a different biome each week FRIDAY SPECIALS 
Robert Rivest MIME July 15 10:30 am Click here for Robert Rivest website Join Robert in this hilarious program, and we will travel the world with humor, laughter and our incredible imaginations! Together we will explore mime, movement, mythology, tall tales, and humorous stories from around the globe. 
Friday, July 22 10:30 am MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD Dennis Waring, Waring Music Dennis Waring from Waring Music will perform music from around the world. www.waringmusic.com Enjoy a one hour tour through the music of six different world cultures. Dr. Waring traveled around the world during the spring of 1999 and 2005 as shipboard ethnomusicologist with the University of Virginia's Semester at Sea program. He brought back many fascinating musical instruments and stories. Click here for Waring Music website: 
Friday, July 29 10:30 am IWAKU (Japanese fable) Jody Scalise Jody Scalise's interest in fables and lore, especially from Japan, began during his work in the ABC Emmy winning program "Catch a Rainbow." Come enjoy his improvisations. 
Friday, August 5 10:30 am ONE HEART, ONE WORLD Games, dances &songs from around the world "One Heart/One World" has been developed to present a multicultural tour de force that gives students a chance to participate in a variety of ways. Beginning with a Native American ceremony and ending with an African drum and dance celebration, this participatory event is engaging from start to finish. In between, children will experience Israeli folk dance, play or dance to Dominican Meringue and Hawaiian Hula rhythms and participate in Russian or Mayan musical storytelling.
Children learn about cultural diversity in a fun, creative situation in which they are contributing every step of the way. Throughout the program, children get to sing, dance and play African, Latin and Native American traditional songs and rhythms.
Click here for Playtivity website: Saturday, July 23 11 am - 5 pm FISH TALES, TUGS & SAILS Click here for Fish Tales website: This event is produced by New London Main Street, the Public Library of New London, New London Youth Affairs and Mitchell College. Fish Tales, Tugs & Sails is a nautically-themed free family festival celebrating literature and the environment. Meet nationally-renowned children's authors. Enjoy live performances, tons of hands on activities, big boats, sea critter touch tanks and much more! Welcome the authors and performers as they arrive by tugboat. Authors/Illustrators: Lynne Cherry Kiki Latimer Uri Shulevitz Sarah L. Thomson Michael Caduto | 
