The 2009 Richmond Public Library Summer Reading Program began on Wednesday, June 3rd and run till Thursday, August 12th. That is about a 9 week program.
How many signed-up?
36- 5th & under kids
25- Middle & High school age kids
21- Adults
There were 34 different events or crafts this summer.
2- Geography club meetings, Painting with Mary Hall, Remembering Music Bi-Folkal kit –for the Adults
Middle & High school – build-a-monster, Henna Tattoos, Duct Tape father’s day craft, Fortune telling, snap bracelets, sand-art pictures, decorating masks, making note books, painting wooden plaques and tie dye t-shirts.
5th grade & under- Seed spitting, painting pictures, decorating masks, sun catchers, Father’s Day craft, sand art necklaces, decorating fans, making visors, misc. crafts, making window clings, sidewalk chalk art, rockets & finger flyers, decorating leather bracelets, decorating dragons and the end of summer “Treasure Huntâ€.
For Everyone- Game Day, Ottawa Music showed instruments, Twilight party.
The 5th & under kids read or listened to 1,370 books. This year’s winners are as follows
Most books read to- Ashley Harkins & Chloe La Duke with 171 one books each.
Most read book go to –Ryder Roll with 97 books and Sean Mauer with 87 books.
The high school and middle school kid’s winners were as follows.
Savannah Alley was first with 55 book read.
Cody McCarty was second with 49 books read.
Justin Springer was third with 43 books read.
Amber Thompson was fourth with 29 books read.
The Adults were counted for how many different genres they could read. Their forms had books being read in 18 different genres ranging from romance to children’s to thriller to non-fiction. Only three people read all 18 genres.
Winner’s are as follows.
Maggie Moore was first to read all 18 genres
Mary Harris was second.
Darlene Springer was third.