2017 Summer Reading Club Program Guide

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KIDS

Maker Monday

11 am – 2 pm: Design and make—STEAM/STEM Projects
June 12. Egg Drop Challenge: Build and design a contraption to protect an egg. After you

have built it, we will drop it from the roof of the library to see if your egg can make it safely.

June 19. Structure Building: Build structures with pasta, pretzels and marshmallows

and see if they hold up to the test.

June 26. Baking Soda Powered Boat: Create a baking soda powered boat and see if it will

work in our pool.

July 3. 4-Wheel Balloon Car: Design a balloon car and see how far it will go.
July 10. Pendulum Painting: See what wonderful designs you can create using a

pendulum to paint.

July 17. NEW! Paper Plane Challenge
July 24. NEW! Marker Chromatography
July 31. Art Bot 2.0: Create an Art Bot and make it spin. We will be using

toothbrushes, pool noodles and DC motors.

Storytimes

Tuesday 10 am: Tiny tots storytime
Wednesday 10 am: Tiny tots storytime
Thursday 10 am: Preschool Storytime

Monday Kids Book Discussion

4 – 5 pm: Ages 9 to 12, in the Storytime Room
June 12. A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep (AR: 5.6)
June 19. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (AR: 4.7)
June 26. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by JK Rowling (AR: NT)
July 3. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (AR: 4.7)
July 10. The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain (AR: 4.4)
July 17. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (AR: 5.3)
July 24. Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horwath (AR: 5.8)
July 31. Cardboard (Graphic Novel) by Doug TenNapel (AR: 2.2)

Big KIDS
Day
BIG SHOW Tuesday

11 am

June 13

Buster Balloon:
Comedy, magic
and balloons!

June 20 June 27

Wildlife Wendy’s Christy Lane’s Dare to Dance:
Tropical Birds: Prepare to move!
Performing
parrots! July 18

July 11 One World Rhythm:
Come make some noise!
Noteworthy Puppets:
Musical S.T.E.A.M.
adventure!

July 25 August 1

«Two Shows!« Michael Rayner:
Powerhouse Juggler and
Percussion: GRAND FINALE
An electrifying
dance experience!

2nd show @ 3 pm

KIDS

Wacky Wednesday

11 – 2 pm: A wacky day for kids
June 14. Make domino mazes in the Children’s Room.
June 21. Desert Recreation will be joining us with an Engineering Mystery

Bag Challenge, Lego creations, Snag equipment and a bike giveaway.

June 28. Game day at the Library! Come play games in the Children’s Room!
July 5. Decorate your own Princeton file!

July 12. Lego day at the Library. Build and design with Legos!
July 19. Crazy pasta sculptures! Paint pasta, make

crazy sculptures using pipe cleaners and imagination.

July 26. Bubble art! Make art by blowing bubbles of different colors.
August 2. Desert Recreation will be joining us with a

Bike Giveaway and other activities.

KIDS

Texture Thursday

11 am – 2 pm: Arts and crafts using materials to exercise your creativity

June 15 June 22. Rock art with a

Make art with corks salad spinner

June 29. Homemade July 6

floam and slime Toothpick art

July 13. Wacky hats with July 20. Papier-mâché

Karen Riley SCRAP Gallery with scrap fabrics

July 27. Pom-pom art August 3. Make a robot

with watercolors using recycled materials

KIDS

Film Friday

11 am – 2 pm: Films for everyone to enjoy!

June 16 June 23

Rock Dog Lego Batman

June 30 July 7

Storks BFG

July 14 July 21

Smurfs: The Lost Village Kung Fu Panda 3

July 28 August 4

The Boss Baby Beauty and the Beast

teens ADULTS

Design Tuesday Thursday Ted Talks

3 pm: Ages 13 –17, in the Storytime Room. 11:30 am – 1:00 pm: TED talks presented by
June 13. CD Art: Scratch off paint and make your own experts. Streamed from YouTube.

designs on old CDs. Bring your own lunch. Held in the Community Room.

June 20. Let’s Make Origami: Fold paper in intricate Some talks contain strong language and adult material.

designs and learn a new form of art. June 15. Design and Creativity (1 hr, 37 min)

June 27. Bloxels: Design and play a video game of •“How to Build Your Creative Confidence.” David Kelley
•“Your Elusive Creative Genius.” Elizabeth Gilbert
your own creation. Bring iPad or tablet: limited iPads •“Why I Brought Pac-Man to MoMA.” Paola Antonelli
available at the library. •“ The Hilarious Art of Book Design.”Chip Kidd
•“How Art, Technology and Design Inform Creative
July 11. String Art: Using colored string, design your Leaders.” John Maeda

own geometric patterns on a grid of nails. July 13. Art (1 hr, 5 min)

July 18. Draw your own Anime: •“Anatomy of a New Yorker Cartoon.” Bob Mankoff
•“Old Books Reborn as Art.” Brian Dettmer
Join Carlos Nieto as he •“Taking Imagination Seriously.” Janet Echelman
shows us all the tricks •“Can Design Save Newspapers?” Jack Utko
to drawing your own •“I Listen to Color.” Neil Harbisson
anime characters. •“Psychedelic Science.” Fabian Oefner

July 25. Two Shows! Powerhouse Percussion: July 27. Architecture (1 hr, 27 min)

An electrifying dance experience! Held in the Community •“Metal that Breathes.” Doris Kim Sung
Room. 2nd show @ 3 pm •“Why Great Architecture Should Tell a Story.“
Ole Scheeren.
August 1. Art Bot 2.0: Come create an Art Bot and •“How to Revive a Neighborhood: with Imagination,
Beauty and Art.” Theaster Gates
make it spin. We will be using toothbrushes, pool noodles •“Why the Buildings of the Future Will Be Shaped by...
and DC motors. You.” Marc Kushner
•“How Architecture Helped Music Evolve.” David Byrne
movie friday
August 3. Ilusions (1 hr, 20 min)
1 pm: Teen movies
June 23. Doctor Strange •“Optical Illusions Show How We See.” Beau Lotto
July 7. Before I Fall •“The Beauty of What We’ll Never Know.” Pico Iyer
July 21. A Monster Calls •“Brain Magic.” Keith Barry
August 4. Power Rangers •“Art with Wire, Sugar, Chocolate and String.” Vik Muniz
•“Two Nerdy Obsessions Meet—and it’s Magic.”
David Kwong

THIS SUMMER WE WILL BE
CELEBRATING THE CREATIVITY
OF AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS,

BUILDERS, INVENTORS,
ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS.

AS MORE BOOKS ARE READ
AND MORE MINUTES ARE

LOGGED, MORE PRIZES WILL
BE REVEALED.

COME LOOK AT OUR DISPLAYS
IN THE CHILDREN’S ROOM TO

FIND OUT MORE.

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday – Tuesday Thursday – Saturday
9 am – 6 pm 9 am – 6 pm
Wednesday Closed
9 am – 8 pm Sundays

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