Friday, June 26, 2009

Grandview School

Had a great visit at Grandview school this morning. They invited me to tell them about the Summer Reading Program. I got to speak to about 120 kids and they were a great audience!
Thanks for the invitation and thanks for adding to our paper chain!
See you at the library!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Trail Mix Today

2PM today! Barbara Roths, Butler County Extension agent and our own Miss Brianne will present a Trail Mix extravaganza. Stories, games, and mixing of trail mix.
If you have food allergies, let us know!
Trail mix ingredients:
Cheerios, whole grain Goldfish Crackers, Craisins, M&M's.
There is no heat wave at the library! Come to the library and be cool!
See you there!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Bongo Barry Show a Rousing Success!


Bongo Barry was so much fun! Many thanks go out to the El Dorado Evening Kiwanis for making the show possible. We had a capacity crowd, babies to grandparents. Bongo Barry worked his musical magic on the crowd at one point and turned them and himself into human kazoos, with nothing more than a piece of waxed paper! I am not kidding!
He is posting a recording of the event on his website. Select the "Download Summer Shows" link . Or go here. User name: summer 09. Password:bongob.
Bongo Barry said the crowd was fantastic. I hope you were there!
Tomorrow, Preschool Story Time at 10 and 11.
Next Tuesday, June 23, at 2PM, Trail Mix Adventures, for K- 5th grade.
There is plenty of time left to register for the Summer Reading Program and earn prizes.
See you there!
Still so much fun to be had at the library!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Donate to the Library!

We are now officially on Goodsearch.com. Put Bradford Memorial Library in as your charity, do your search from there and they will donate money to the library! If you shop from any of the businesses on the site, a portion of the purchase also goes to the library! So easy!

If you go to the Pizza Hut at 2423 West Central, in El Dorado, on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays after 4:00 PM, 20% of your purchases go towards the library! Stop by the library and pick up a coupon to take to the West Central Pizza Hut ONLY. Call Pizza Hut at 316-321-2340 for details. Thank you patrons! Thank you Pizza Hut!

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

WEEK TWO

We have two programs today. At 2:00 PM, the K-5th program. The theme today is music. The craft is musical instruments. Brianne is a little under the weather, so Kacee is filling in. Great stories, games and crafts await you!

Then, at 6:30 is the Mad Science program with Cosmic Chris! Mad kitchen science is the theme.
This program is for all ages, but is geared toward the K-5th crowd.

As usual, children under the age of seven must be accompanied by and actively supervised by an adult while in the library.

Enrollment in the Summer Reading Program is steadily growing, 271 have signed up and have read 891 books! Well Done!

Friday, June 05, 2009

PROGRESS-- WEEK ONE

The first four days have been a whirlwind of activity. The technical problems have been resolved and things are working like they should. 248 have signed up for the Summer Reading Program, and have already read 703 books! Art project is evolving and paper chain is growing!

We are showing the movie, "Bedtime Stories" tomorrow, June 6 at 2PM. in the Clymer room. It is rated PG.

Regular programming begins next week with the K-5th program at 2PM on Tuesday, June 9.
Thursday Preschool Story Time begins at 10 and 11 AM in the Clymer room. This is for 3-5 year-olds, but everyone is welcome.

Children under age 7 must be accompanied by an adult when in the library.

Tuesday evening at 6:30 Mad Science from Wichita will be here with creative kitchen science.
This is appropriate for elementary age kids, but everyone is welcome!

See you at the library!

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

DAY ONE IS DONE!

Thanks to everyone who got signed up for the Summer Reading Program, 154 on the first day! What a great start. We also had a really fun first program with "Meet the Instruments" 45 people turned out and we made lots of NOISE.
Thanks to all the musicians who donated their time and talent to make this event a success.

Thanks to Robin from the El Dorado Times for covering the event. We will be watching for the story in the paper. I hope there are lots of pictures. I forgot to bring my camera!

Up next is the movie "Bedtime Stories", rated PG, on Saturday at 2:00 pm., in the Clymer room. Everyone is invited!

Monday, June 01, 2009

READY...SET...GO!!

In spite of starting the day with technical problems, we are off and running . The reading program website can be accessed from the Library Kids webpage, "Technical Problems" post, or the "SUMMER 2009" tab at the top of the page.

We have been really busy today and lots of kids are already registered and have their accounts activated. As of right this minute, 125 have signed up! The art project is well on its way and the paper chain is growing.

We are getting ready for the first program tonight at 6:30, "Meet the Instruments".
Come on down to the Clymer room and make some NOISE!