It’s that time of year again. Time for school to end and the kids need something to do.
The Richmond Public Library will be having it’s summer reading program again this year. “Catch the Reading Bug” for younger kids & Metamorphosis for the older kids. We will also have something for the adults.
It will start on Wednesday, June 4th with our annual “Seed Spitting” contest @ 3:00 along with the reading program sign-up. The program will run from June 3rd till August 6th. Books will be read from June 3 – July 31 this will give us a week to finish up the paperwork before the big end of summer “Treasure Hunt’ . The Treasure Hunt will be @ 3:00 on Wednesday, August 6th starting here at the library. Below is a list of this summers activites.
June 4- @ 3:00 Seed Spitting & sign-up
June 4 @ 7:00 Gary Ross will be at the Richmond community building to talk about Entomology. His specialty is Bees.
12th – @2:00 We will be painted Stained Glass [plastic] bugs
18th – @ 3:00 Making “Hand Print” Dragonflies
23rd – @ 4:00 Painting [plaster] Bugs
July 3rd- @ 2:00 Plastic Flowers
Closed July 4th
Closed July 10th & 11th for the Richmond Fair
12th – Any kid who wants to ride the library float we need to be in line by 5:00 p.m.
16th – @ 7:00 Debbie Barker will be at the Richmond community building to talk about the Historical “grasshopper Plague”
23rd-@ 3:00 Making bug finger flyers
31st – @ 2:00 Toilet paper tube “Butterflies’
August 6th- @ 3:00 End of Summer Reading Party- Treasure Hunt, Snacks, Prizes
Remember
Reading can take you all the places you can’t afford to go!!