Our Summer Reading Program was Fire!

The final session of our summer reading program took place this past Wednesday. The children got a copy of the final week’s book to take home with them as well as a goodie bag full of snacks and stickers, while the last craft of our session was a design-your-own-bookmark project.

Thank you to all the speakers who took time out of their day to entertain (and educate!) the kids from Hot Springs Village. Thank you also to the librarians who took the time to set up the program, arrange for the speakers and participate each week (especially Amy Goodwin Kirk, Kim Green, and Angie Shipp).

We hope that everyone enjoyed our summer program at the library, and hope to bring it back next year!

Everybody is concentrating hard on their bookmark creations!
Our last session featured local children’s author Angela Creek, who read her book
Library Ligerdean, about a door that suddenly appears in the library.
We hope that our summer session opened some doors to the library for all our participants!
Week 8 featured our new librarian Kim Green reading stories about nature
and then leading everybody in a fun craft activity: making 3D animal magnets!
POA General Manager Ken Unger was the special guest for our 7th session. Mr. Unger read “My Magical Choices” by Becky Cummings, which stresses the importance of making good choices, such as being honest, brave, and a good sport. Thanks for sharing, Mr. Unger!
Week 6 of our summer reading program featured our new librarian, Kim Green,
reading the story “Kat Writes a Song.”
Then the children each created a musical shaker instrument of their own.
The library came alive with music as these young musicians began to play!!
HSV police sergeant MIke Kliewer came to read a story about the Fourth of July
for our fifth session. We learned a lot about fireworks safety,
made our own police badges, and then had a parade around the Fitness Center track!
HSV Police Chief Kristi Bennett
was the special guest for our fourth session.
She had some great stories to share with us!
Local author Kathe Hudson took us on a yoga storytelling adventure
and showed us some fun yoga poses for our third session!
The HSV Fire Department were the special guests for the second session of our program.
They taught us about fire safety and let us visit their fire truck.
(And maybe there are some future first responders in this photo too!)
LifeNet came to the first session of our summer reading program.
Everyone got to check out the EMT vehicle!!