Children's Happenings!

Summer is Here!

The 2008 Summer Reading Program will begin this Saturday, June 21st with a kick-off event at the Paul A. Biane Library. Buster Balloon will be performing at 1:00 and again at 2:30. Free tickets to these performances are available at the Biane Library Information Desk, but hurry because they are going fast!

If you need some summer reading suggestions, how about reading some of the great books that have won the Newbery Medal? This prestigious award is given annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, and was first awarded in 1922, so there are many books to choose from!

Here are just a few of the many Newbery winners that the library has available:

• The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron (2007)
• Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins (2006)
• The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo (2004)
• Crispin: The Cross of Lead, by Avi (2003)
• A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park (2002)
• A Year Down Yonder, by Richard Peck (2001)
• Bud, Not Buddy, by Christoher Paul Curtis (2000)
• Holes, by Louis Sachar (1999)
• The Midwife's Apprentice, by Karen Cushman (1996)
• Roll of Thunder, Heary My Cry, by Mildred Taylor (1977)
• Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes (1952)
• Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink (1936).