READING MAKES A SPLASH AT THE WALPOLE TOWN LIBRARY

     The long lazy days of summer are here – time to look forward to hammocks, lemonade, swimming holes and reading for fun.   Celebrate summer at the Walpole Town Library and register for the 2010 Summer Reading Program, “Make a Splash – Read!”  Children may register at the library beginning TODAY, June 17.  Sign up for the book club.  Read your way through the Library’s great collection of books and win prizes along the way.

     We have special programs lined up throughout the summer at the Bridge Memorial Library.  Most will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursdays.  Learn about Oceanic cultures, including boomerangs and grass skirts, with the Mariposa Museum on July 1.  The Grafton Museum will present a program on life in a beaver pond on July 8.  Make your own puppets with Carol Weis, author of When the Cows Got Loose, on Saturday, July 10. Get a front row seat for zany Martha Dana and her life sized puppets on July 15.  Have lots of fun working on watery crafts with Carol Failla on July 22.  The Wildlife Encounters Traveling Zoo brings reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates native to aquatic habitats to the Library on July 29.  And the Mad Scientists of Vermont and New Hampshire will explore the wonders of water on August 5. 

     Sign up for a summertime adventure at the North Walpole Branch too.  Kerry Pickering will be offering programs on Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.:   July 24, July 31, August 7, and August 14.  Each program will focus on a different water theme:  the ocean, pirates, the water cycle, and the beach.  She has lots of fun activities for children, including making an octopus and a pirate’s pet parrot. 

     Registration is required for these special programs so come in early.  An adult must accompany children to the programs.  All programs are free and open to the public.  For a complete schedule of events and more information about the program, please contact the library at (603) 756-9806 or check out our website at www.walpoletownlibrary.org.  The Walpole Town Library is located at 47 Main Street.  The North Walpole Branch Library is located at 70 Church Street in North Walpole.  Discover the joy of reading!