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Nesmith Library Summer Reading Program 2011 !

Kick-Off Party | Bubble Guy | Craft | Mascot Fun | Drop-In Crafts | Beads & Sun Catchers | Japanese Fans | LEGO Mania 1 | SkunkZoo | Frisbee Show | Mosaic Art | Movie Matinee | Kindermusik | Puppets | Backyard Animals | Pizza & Movie | Zoo Tails | Story Hour 1 | Toddler Kindermusik | Mystic Drumz | LEGO Mania 2 | Story Hour 2 | Mommy Yoga | YogaPlay | Raptor Rapture | Dora the Explorer | Ronald McDonald | End of Summer Reading Program Party |

Stories are the heart of the world! 

The Summer Reading Program is for children of all ages!

Three of our Summer Reading Program Winners have already filled up their backpacks with books!

For a calendar of events, click here.

~ Thank you to the Friends of the Library of Windham for making so many of our programs possible! ~

Summer Reading Program Kick-Off Party ~ June 23rd - PHOTOS!

Drop in anytime between 1:00-3:00pm ~ ALL AGES

Stop by for five minutes or an hour as you register for the Summer Reading Program, grab a snack, and make a craft.  Registrants that day will receive two special entries for separate raffles to win a Kendall Pond Pizza certificate or two tickets to Story Land!  

Steve Blunt will be our special guest as he performs his funny, heartfelt, and engaging songs.  This performance is made possible by the Friends of the Library of Windham.

If you cannot make it to the library on June 23^rd, please note that registration will continue throughout the summer.  Register for the Summer Reading Program at the Nesmith Library and learn more about the fun programs planned for the summer and the fantastic prizes.  No registration required for this event.

Independence Day Take-Home Craft ~ July 1st and 2nd

Celebrate the 4th of July and pick up a craft kits at the front circulation desk while supplies last

Weekly Worldwide Whereabouts! ~ Beginning July 6th

Beginning July 6^th, our SRP Mascot will be on display in the Children’s Room.  Watch for new clues each week throughout the summer to guess where in the world our mascot has wandered.  Correctly identify the location of the mascot somewhere in the world and receive a raffle ticket to win the SRP Mascot and other prizes.

Drop-In Crafts ~ Wednesdays in July ~ PHOTOS

Join us  July 6^th, 13^th, 20^th, & 27^th

between 1:00-3:00pm

Create one of our fun summer crafts.  These crafts are recommended for children ages 4 and up - accompanied by an adult or guardian.  Crafts available while supplies last.

No registration required.

Bead Crafts and Sun Catchers ~ July 7th

10 am ~ Ages 7 and up

Spend the morning with friends making fabulous fusion bead crafts and sun catchers.

Registration required beginning June 24^th.

Japanese Fans in Watercolor ~ July 11th

1 pm ~ Ages 6 and up

Kristine Brock leads art class using watercolor paints.

Registration required beginning June 27^th. 

LEGO Mania! ~ July 12th

1 pm ~ ALL AGES

Imagine, invent, & build any LEGO creation in the world!

No registration required.

Skunk Zoo Story Time ~ July 12th

6:30 pm - ALL AGES

Local author Christopher Ouellette will read the story he wrote with his daughter Eowyn!

Following the reading, there will be a skunk craft, black & white snack, and book signing!

Registration preferred but not required beginning June 28th.

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World Class Frisbee Show and Playshop ~ July 14th

11 am - Ages 8 and up

Frisbee Freestyle World Champion, Todd Brodeur, will lead the group in a demonstration followed by a hands-on clinic.

Registration required beginning June 30^th.

"Italian Mosaic Art" with Tile Squares ~ July 18th

1 pm - Ages 6 and up

Kristine Brock leads art class using tile squares.

Registration required beginning July 5^th. 

Movie Matinee ~ July 18th

4 pm - ALL AGES

Children of all ages are invited to the library to this enchanting, heartwarming G rated adventure movie.  Popcorn and beverages will be provided.  For movie title or more information, please call the library at 432-7154. 

No registration required

"Travel Around the World" with Miss Rose ~ July 19th

Kindermusik Toddler Time

10 am - Ages 1 to 3 Accompanied by guardian

Kindermusik Story Hour

1 pm ~ Ages 4 to 6

Registration required for both programs beginning July 5^th. 

Sponsored by F.L.O.W.

Lindsay and Her Puppet Pals ~ July 20th

10:30 am - ~Ages 5 and Up

Families welcome!

Registration required beginning July 6th. 

Sponsored by F.L.O.W.

Drop-In Craft ~ July 20th

1 to 3 pm ~Ages 4 and up

Barbara Bald presents;

"Animals in Your Backyard" ~ July 21st

11 am ~ Ages 5 and up

Registration required beginning July 7^th

Pizza and a Movie Night ~ July 25th

Arrival and Pizza : 5:30 pm

PG - Rated Show Time : 6 pm

If you are 8 years of age or older, (or entering 3^rd grade and up)

you are invited to fly high with this PG rated, animated adventure movie. 

Popcorn and beverages with be provided.

For movie title or more information, please call the library at 432-7154. 

Registration required beginning July 11^th.

Granite State Zoo presents

"A World Full of Wild Tails" ~ July 26th

10:30 am ~ Ages 5 and up

Meet live animals up close and personal!

Registration required beginning July 12^th.

Sponsored by F.L.O.W.

Drop-In Story Hour ~ July 27th

10 to 11 am ~ Ages 3 to 6

Adults do not stay in story hour with child but do need to remain in the library.

No registration required.

Drop-In Craft ~ July 27th

1 to 3 pm ~ Ages 4 and up

No registration required.

Toddler Time Kindermusik ~ July 28th

"Choo, Choo Express" with Miss Rose

10 am ~ Ages 2 to 5

Travel around on the “Choo, Choo Express” with Miss Rose!

Space is limited. Registration required beginning July 14^th.

Sponsored by F.L.O.W.

MYSTIC DRUMZ ~ August 2nd

World Music Safari Adventures

1 pm ~ Kindergarten through Grade 5

Through a musical storytelling adventure, travel the world with drums of Africa and gongs of China.

Registration required beginning July 19^th.

Drop-In Story Hour ~ August 3rd

10 to 11 am ~ Ages 3 to 6

Adults do not stay in story hour with child but do need to remain in the library.

No registration required

LEGO Mania ~ August 8th

Drop in from 1 to 3 pm ~ All Ages welcome

Imagine, invent, & build any LEGO creation in the world!

No registration required.

YogaPlay with Annika Kleschinsky: ~ August 9th

"Mommy and Me"  YogaPlay

10 am ~ Ages 2 to 5

Accompanied by guardian

A developmentally-engaging yoga program for children

Registration required beginning July 26th

Sponsored by F.L.O.W.

YogaPlay with Annika Kleschinsky: ~ August 9th

11 am ~ Ages 6 to 10

Registration required beginning July 26th

Sponsored by F.L.O.W.

NH Audubon presents

"Raptor Rapture" with live birds of prey ~ August 10th

10:30 am ~ Ages 5 and up

Get up close and personal with two live birds of prey!

Registration preferred but not required beginning July 27^th.

Sponsored by F.L.O.W.

Celebrate Reading with Dora the Explorer ~ August 11th

10:30 am ~ Ages 3 to 6

Statewide program by “Unique Peek into Books”

Great photo opportunity with Dora!

Registration required beginning July 28^th.

"Ronald McDonald's Reading Adventure Show" ~ August 16th

10:30 am - Ages 3 and up

Ronald McDonald will appear, live and in person, to present his adventure, magic, and discovery show.

Bring your cameras and your smile!

Registration required beginning August 2nd.

End of Summer Reading Program ~ August 17th

6 pm ~ FOR ALL AGES !

Featuring children’s music band,"Wayne from Maine!"

The whole family is invited to an outdoor party celebrating a summer of reading!  Don’t miss this amazing summer celebration and entertaining show held outside on the library grounds.  Grand prize raffle winners will be drawn for tickets to Canobie Lake Park and StoryLand.   After the performance, ice cream sundaes will be provided by F.L.O.W., the Friends of the Library of Windham.  In the event of bad weather, the program will be moved to inside the library. 

No registration required.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library of Windham

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updated 07/06/11