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Summer Reading Games
"Imagine Your Story" Summer Reading Games for all ages run June 1–August 1, 2020. Visit mcpl.info/summerreading to create an account and register!
Summer Reading Game funding is provided by the Friends of the Library. Become a Friend today!
Cardinal Stage Presents: Family Photo Challenge
Dial-a-Book: Classic Tales of Adventure, Romance, and Wonder
Laugh Line
Bicentennial Birthday Bash
It’s the Library’s biggest bash in the past 200 years!
Main Library
11 AM–4 PM
All ages
Join in this all-day celebration! In addition to the scheduled events, there will be gaming and virtual reality in The Ground Floor, a photo booth in Level Up, board games in The Commons, and face painting, cookies, button making, and a balloon artist in the Atrium.
11–11:30 AM: Storytime with Terry Border
Through photographic images of manipulated 3D objects, bent objects-style, Terry crafts hilarity in popular picture books, including Happy Birthday Cupcake! and Peanut Butter and Cupcake. A book signing will follow.
Auditorium
"Border’s witty food comedy will lure children who are hungry for clever visual entertainment.”––Publishers Weekly
Noon–12:30 PM: Bent Objects with Terry Border
Ages 5–12
Join Terry for some creative thinking exercises, then make drawn “Bent Objects”-style pictures.
Meeting Rooms 1B/C
1–1:30 PM: Costume Parade
Wear a literary costume to participate!
Atrium
2:30–3:30 PM: Huckleberry Funk Concert
Auditorium
Ellettsville Branch Library
11 AM–4 PM
All ages
Join in this all-day celebration! In addition to the scheduled events, there will be button making and gaming in the Teen Space, face painting and cookies in the Meeting Room Lobby, and a photo booth in the Conference Room.
11–11:30 AM: Bicentennial Storytime
Meeting Rooms A/B
1–1:30 PM: Costume Parade
Wear a literary costume to participate!
Meeting Room Lobby
2:30–3:30 PM: Busman's Holiday Concert
Meeting Rooms A/B