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Have a Safe Fourth
The library will close Monday, July 4th, in observance of Independence Day.
Tasty Results from Reading Fun
I love it when our youngest readers take their reading joy another step or two and combine their love of reading with their love of creating something of their own. He and his mom, Jennifer, made them but he decided what to use for the decoration. Jennifer said he HAD to have sprinkles and he HAD to make a baby “Scaredy Snack”.
Summer Fun
Kids Yoga going strong every Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00 PM. at the Ringling Community Center. All thanks go to the library’s health literacy grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and our great instructor, Tori Spraggins, Dancing Seed Yoga.
Kids in the Kitchen Grand Finale
We ended our first year of Kids in the Kitchen with a not quite healthy snack but since National Ice Cream Cake Day was the day before, and July’s National Ice Cream Month is just around the corner we thought a celebration was in order – so ice cream sandwiches!
Tara Brown, OSU Extension Educator, did a great job putting the program together. Kids in the Kitchen was made possible by the Jefferson County OSU Extension agency and a health literacy grant
from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered
by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. We plan to resume in
September.
Thriller lovers don’t forget about the Big Library Read at Overdrive
Five Total Strangers is now available on OverDrive. Five strangers are stranded after a snowstorm and decide to share a car to try and get home. But one passenger is determined for it to end in disaster.
Get unlimited access to the ebook and audiobook until November 15 – with no waitlists or holds. It’s a great way to bring the community together through reading and discussion through OK Virtual Library. Call in for your card # & password if you don’t have it!
Readers also have a chance to win a tablet, Libby swag and signed books by the author if they use #biglibraryread on social media from November 1-15. See the official rules for the Big Library Read.
Check Out Our Online Catalog and See What Your Library Has to Offer
Just a reminder, we are available to fill requests by phone 580-662-2925, or email gleasonmemorial@att.net. If you can’t think of anything specific, visit our online catalog. Call us with your requests and then again when you arrive and we will bring them out to you.
We’ll be glad to pull a selection of whatever genre or author you want. Just ask!