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Library’s summer reading challenge heats up
Published 10:01am Tuesday, June 30, 2009Albert L. Scott Public Library had its share of special visitors in June as part of the Be Creative At Your Library summer reading challenge.
Children enjoyed interacting with Rupert the Cat during “Rupert’s Wild Rock Symphony” presented by the Children’s Educational Theatre on June 25. The musical comedy combined large stick puppets and actors.
Children also created “book buddies” during an Arts & Crafts Express session. Children made clothes, hair and faces for 36-inch long paper dolls and incorporated book covers in their designs.
On June 23, the McWane Science Center in Birmingham presented “Three Ring Science.” Led by Lawrence Cooper, McWane outreach director, children explored the wonders of liquid nitrogen and chemical reactions.
On June 22, the Skin and Bones Comedy Circus came to town featuring Granny the Clown and her pig, Petunia. Children also received a lesson in cow milking from Lucille the Jersey Cow and mobile dairy classroom instructor Amanda Griffith.
On June 19, Stellar Story Teller Lisa Kicks led children in “Drawing and Art Story Time.”
For more information about the summer reading challenge, call Frances Smith, youth services librarian, at 664-6822.
