Racing with our pizza box mazes

Pizza Box Maze–Jordyn’s Group

Pizza Box Mazes--Jesse's Group

Pizza Box Mazes--Shelby's Group

One of the latest activities was the Racing Pizza Box Mazes, each group of kids had materials like a large pizza box, glue, markers, toilet paper and paper towel rolls. They were then given the chance to create their own maze. After completing the maze they kids were each given a small ball to drop down their maze to see who’s made it from start to finish quickest. All groups did an excellent job!

"Gunna wake up early in the morning, gunna swing on the golden gate" a song and dance

“We Got the Beat” with rhythm sticks

"What a Wonderful World" Marianne Frein on guitar teaching the kids a song

The library’s Summer Reading Program is in full swing! With days devoted to music and art, the kids have been doing a variety of activities, such as dancing, playing instruments, singing songs, and doing fun arts and crafts activities. One fun art activity being “Racing Colors”  where the kids made awesome designs on paper with food coloring. We even had a special guest for a special music day. Marianne Frein from Philip, led a very festive music day, full of scarve dancing, rhythm sticks, partner dances, and singing songs.

Coming activities include, making fun and unique door hangers, as well as pizza box maze races.  Another fun morning will consist of building different structures, and also checking out “Light and Color”. The new exhibit that will be making an appearance August 4th and staying with the Philip Library til around August 28th.

Lastly, just a reminder, there will be an extremely fun picnic on August 12th at 6 o’clock at the kiddie park.  There will be great food, and awards for the kids involved in the Summer Reading Program, and also some fun games for kids and adults to participate in.

Sixty-two new children’s hard-cover books have arrived at the Haakon County Public Library.  The Haakon County Public Library was one of the April 2008 grant recipients of the Libri Foundation. 

The Libri Foundation, established in 1989, helps rural libraries acquire new, quality, hardcover books through its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program. Since 1990, the Foundation has donated over $3.5 million worth of new children’s books to more than 2,600 libraries in 48 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.

The Friends of the Haakon County Public Library hosted a benefit golf tournament in September to raise money for the library. For every dollar between $50 and $350 which the Friends raised, the Foundation matched on a 2-to-1 ratio. The Friends reached the $350 goal which allowed our librarian $1050 to spend on books from the Foundation’s 700-title book list. The majority of the books to choose from have been published in the last three years but old favorites are also offered.

In a letter Barbara J. McKillip, President of the Libri Foundation, thanked the community, the library and local sponsors for participating in the Foundation’s BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program.  She hopes the children served by our library will enjoy their new books. 

Some of the new books are:  Rick Riordan’s The Battle of the Labyrinth, Donna M. Jackson’s The Bone Detective, Rudyard Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Philip Pullman’s The Scarecrow and His Servant, Richard Peck’s Here Lies the Librarian, Lois Lowry’s Gossamer.  DO YOU SHOP ON LINE?

If you shop at Amazon.com, go to www.librifoundation.org to begin shopping. Amazon.com donates 4% of purchases you make when you start shopping from the link at the bottom of the home page. Since May 1, 2007, Libri shoppers have earned the Foundation over $425.00.

There are over 680 stores that donate to the Foundation. Begin shopping at www.iGive.com/LibriFdn if you shop on the Internet at such stores as Lands’ End, PetSmart, Office Depot, Barnes & Noble, Overstock.com, J.C.Penney and many more.

There is a Wish List at Amazon.com if you would like to donate new hardcover children’s books to the Foundation. At the top center of Amazon.com’s home page, click on “Gifts & Wish Lists,” then key in “Libri Foundation” in the “Find someone’s wish list” box. You can have the books you donate shipped directly to the Foundation in Eugene, Oregon.