Newsletter                                  June/July 2014
Kids and Teens: Sign Up Now for Summer Reading

 

 

Stop in to your favorite Stark County District Library location or register online at www.starklibrary.org/summerreading for Fizz! Boom! READ!, the 2014 Summer Reading Challenge. Spend 40 days between June 9 and August 2 reading and earn prizes! Read for 10 more days for a total of 50 days and earn a bonus prize.  Those who read all summer will be invited to participate in fun, special events!

     

Please register.

Parenting Tip: Bridging the Gap
 
Did you know that 76% of incoming kindergartners have no knowledge of books and 53% can't write their name?  The Stark County District Library can help bridge the gap by preparing children for kindergarten and then ensuring that they read at the appropriate grade level. Success in third grade has been proven to determine success as an adult. Early literacy sets a child on a course for a positive educational future. The SCDL provides children with materials, educational hands-on programs, and digital access. Best of all, it is all free!
  

http://www.starklibrary.org/kids
Lake Branch Library & Quail Hollow Camera Club Partner for Photo Contest

     

Taking your camera with you as you are out and about this summer? Share your best photos, up to 5, in the Lake Community Branch Library 9th Annual Photo Contest. Held in conjunction with the Quail Hollow State Park Camera Club, the contest is open to amateur photographers ages 8 through adult. Photo contest submission guidelines, entry form, and waiver may be found by clicking here. Submission deadline for entry is August 2. Prize ribbons will be awarded in each division.

Closed Independence Day

  

All Stark County District Library locations will be closed on July 4 in observance of Independence Day. 

 

  

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In This Issue
Summer Reading
Winemaking
Parenting Reading Tips
Lake Branch Photo Contest
Independence Day Closing





 

Recommendations:

Summer Camp

 

  

 Like Bug Juice on a Burger by Julie Sternberg; illustrated by Matthew Cordell

As the days go on, nine-year-old Eleanor realizes that maybe being at summer camp isn't so bad after all, and is actually full of special surprises.

 

Summer Camp Queen by Marci Peschke; illustrated by Tuesday Mourning

School is over and Kylie Jean and her cousin Lucy are going to summer camp for a week of fun. But a girl named Miley seems determined to spoil the experience for everyone, and Kylie decides to discover why.

 

 

Summer State of Mind by Jen Calonita

Spoiled, yet lovable fifteen-year-old Harper McCallister is sent to sleep-away camp where she is an outcast at first, but eventually finds a way to make her mark and gain new perspective on life in general.

 

 

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents become, and in the shapes their lives take.

 

 

 

 

 

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