{"id":1371,"date":"2012-07-28T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T14:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abbykingsbury.org\/books\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2012-07-28T10:33:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T14:33:05","slug":"summer-summer-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/abbykingsbury.org\/books\/summer-summer-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer summer summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And yet another month has gone by since I last posted&#8230;which this time is a reflection of just how busy this summer&#8217;s reading program has been.\u00a0 Without a doubt, this has been the busiest summer reading program ever at my library, with books circulating like crazy (often the circulation desk receives two full book carts of children&#8217;s returns each day), children reading more hours than ever before (and thus lines of children at the desk each day to collect their prizes), and fantastic attendance at the summer programs.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been so pleased with this summer&#8217;s programs, which so far have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Wolf Talk's website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wolftalk.net\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf Talk <\/a>with Michael LeBlanc and his wolf Kocheech (I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve spelled that incorrectly, but I&#8217;ve never seen it written).\u00a0 I can&#8217;t say enough great things about this program.\u00a0 Hands down, my favorite library program ever.\u00a0 Ever.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jay Mankita's website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jaymankita.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Mankita <\/a>in Concert.\u00a0 Jay is a great musician, and we had an awesome\u00a0concert with him playing outdoors on the library lawn on a gorgeous summer afternoon.\u00a0 As an added bonus, his talented four year old son joined in and sang with Jay on a few numbers.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Keith Michael Johnson's website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.keithmichaeljohnson.com\/KeithMichaelJohnson.com\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bubbleology with Keith Michael Johnson<\/a>.\u00a0 What a great show!\u00a0 Keith does more than just do cool things with bubbles &#8211; he teaches the kids a lot about science and experimentation and truly brings joy to that teaching process.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Todd Brodeur's website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toddbrodeur.com\/\">World Class Frisbee Show and Playshop with Todd Brodeur<\/a>.\u00a0 Todd did a program at the library two summers ago, and it was so good that I knew I had to have him back.\u00a0 I love that he inspires kids to be active with just an inexpensive piece of equipment and no pressure to be an all star.\u00a0 Not everyone is a future varsity athlete, but Todd inspired <em>everyone <\/em>at his show &#8211; adults and kids and teens alike &#8211; to have fun and be active with a Frisbee.\u00a0 Awesome.<\/li>\n<li>And, of course, there have been library programs, including the Ice Cream Social (biggest crowd ever), the Tie Dye program (once again, biggest crowd ever), book groups, storytimes, Book Gobblers for elementary age kids, and reading to Winston the therapy dog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we&#8217;re only about two thirds of the way through the summer!\u00a0 Still some great things to come&#8230;stay tuned for reports on those programs&#8230;and still a lot of kids doing a lot of reading and working towards having a Big Number on their summer reading bookplate.\u00a0 Awesome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And yet another month has gone by since I last posted&#8230;which this time is a reflection of just how busy this summer&#8217;s reading program has been.\u00a0 Without a doubt, this has been the busiest summer reading program ever at my library, with books circulating like crazy (often the circulation desk receives two full book carts &hellip; 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