Summer Reading Program Kick-Off!

On Monday June 1st at 6:00 PM, the Ohio County Public Library will kick-off the Summer Reading Program with a performance by Pittsburgh native, Gregory Gibson Kenney. Mr. Kenney will portray Louis Armstrong in "Satchmo, The Life of Louis Armstrong". The program is sponsored by the Children's Department, but everyone is invited to attend. Continuing with the theme "Get Creative @ Your Library" other programs for children and adults will be presented throughout the summer.

Summer Reading Activity Schedule

June 1st 6:00 PM (all ages) Gregory Kenney as Louis Armstrong
June 9th 2:00 Pm (ages 4-7) Yoga Tales Story Time
June 12th 1:00 PM (all ages) Family Movie-Tale of Despereaux
June 15th 6:00 PM (ages 6-12) The Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed Program
June 19th 3:00 PM (ages 4-8) Puppet Presentation of Hansel and Gretel
Children 9-12 are invited to come to library at noon for puppet making, pizza, and practice and will put on our puppet theater at 3:00
June 25th 1:00 PM (all ages) Sock Hop
July 7th 2:00 PM (ages 2-8) Lunar Landing Discovery Day
July 9th 2:00 PM (ages 6-12) Pop Art-Andy Warhol
July 10th 2:00 PM (all ages) Family Day-Magician Dave Powers
July 13th 6:00 PM (ages 8-12) Crime Caper Interactive Mystery
July 16th 1:00-4:00 PM (all ages)Tie Dye Shirts You provide the shirt.
July 20th 6:00 PM (all ages) American Girl Tea Party
July 24th 3:00 PM (ages 4-8) Puppet Presentation Puss and Boots
Children 9-12 are invited to come to library at noon for puppet making, pizza, and practice and will put on our puppet theater at 3:00
July 27th 6:00 PM (ages 4-10) Dinosaur Dig Discovery Program
July 30th 2:00 PM (all ages) Family Day-Storyteller Lyn Ford
August 5th-Time logs must be completed and turned in to receive a ticket to the Finale Party
August 7th Finale Party

Story Time Schedule

Get Creative @ Your Library Summer Reading Program 2009
Join us as we travel through the decades to discover what "Get Creative" really means.
Week of June 1st-The 1920's
"Chews" a Good Book-Bubble gum was invented.We'll make some of our own.
Week of June 8th-1930's
Reading is "Super"-Superman was created. We'll be reading about superheroes.
Week of June 15th-1940's
"Ice Cream" for Books-The first Dairy Queen opened in the 1940's. We'll make some ice cream to share.
Week of June 22nd-1950's
Reading "Round" Up-The hulas hoop was invented. We'll have some fun and games to "round" out the first half of our summer reading program.
We will take a break the week of June 29th. No Story Times this week.
Week of July 6th-1960's
"Brighten" Your World with Books-Color television was invented. We'll learn about mixing colors through some fun activities.
Week of July 13th-1970's
"Paws" to Read-This is pet (and pet rock) week. Make your own pet rock to take home.
Week of July 20th-1980's
"Pop" Open a Good Book-You mean there was popcorn before microwave popcorn? The first microwave popcorn was sold in the 1980's.
week of July 27th-1990's
Books are "Uplifting"-Know what else is uplifting? Mentos and Diet Coke! Don't believe me? We'll prove it this week!