Check Out The Summer Reading Program At The Library

June 7, 2017

Summer Reading Club 2017 is in full swing at West Florida Public Libraries locations  with a new adult Summer Reading Club running in conjunction with the traditional children’s program.

Parents wanting to sign up their children can do so at any library location through July 31. Children will get reading logs to keep track of every 15 minutes they read. After 12.5 hours of reading, they get a free book and a bonus reading log to be entered for additional prizes.

Prizes include books, tool sets, Lego sets, Keva planks, Duplo sets, bicycles, a fire truck pedal car, a drift trike, waterproof solar chargers, a Fujifilm camera and fire truck rides to school for a few lucky students.

Summer Reading Club programs include Pensacola MESS Hall, Reno’s Reptiles, Tampa Taiko, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, The Noiseguy Charlie Williams and The Magic of Reading with Russell Davis.

The schedule is as follows:

Summer Reading

Summer STEAM: Trebuchets & Catapults

  • Wednesday, June 7, 10:30 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
  • Friday, June 9, 10:30 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library
  • Tuesday, June 13, 2 p.m. – Century Branch Library
  • Wednesday, June 14, 10:30 a.m. – Tryon Branch Library
  • Thursday, June 15, 2 p.m. – Westside Branch Library

Are historical war weapons your secret fascination? Do you want to try your hand at a fun, crafty application of physics and engineering? Join West Florida Public Libraries for a day of medieval mischief.

Reno’s Reptiles

  • Wednesday, June 7, 11 a.m. – Century Branch Library
  • Wednesday, June 7, 3 p.m. – Pensacola Library
  • Thursday, June 8, 11 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
  • Thursday, June 8, 3 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library

Kick off Summer Reading with the exciting animals of Reno’s Reptiles.

Tampa Taiko

  • Thursday, June 8, 11 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library (Held at Big Lagoon State Park, 12301 Gulf Beach Highway)
  • Thursday, June 8, 3 p.m. – Molino Branch Library
  • Friday, June 9, 7 p.m. – Pensacola Library
  • Saturday, June 10, 10:30 a.m. – Century Branch Library
  • Saturday, June 10, 2 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library

Learn about the exciting traditional Japanese performing art of Taiko drumming and see big Taiko drums. This program is presented by Ron Collins of Tampa Taiko.

Pensacola MESS Hall presents “Block by Block”

  • Tuesday, June 13, 11 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library (Held at Big Lagoon State Park, 12301 Gulf Beach Highway)
  • Wednesday, June 14, 11 a.m. – Century Branch Library
  • Wednesday, June 14, 3 p.m. – Pensacola Library
  • Thursday, June 15, 11 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
  • Thursday, June 15, 3 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library

A young girl outsmarts the king in this adaptation of “One Grain of Rice” using Legos®. Students get a concrete sense of exponential growth as they discover how quickly the Legos® multiply. This science show brought to you by Pensacola MESS Hall.

Summer STEAM: Different Ways of Flying

  • Tuesday, June 20, 10:30 a.m. – Pensacola Library
  • Wednesday, June 21, 10:30 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
  • Thursday, June 22, 10:30 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library
  • Tuesday, June 27, 2 p.m. – Century Branch Library
  • Wednesday, June 28, 10:30 a.m.  – Tryon Branch Library
  • Thursday, June 29, 2 p.m. – Westside Branch Library

Don’t have wings? Not lighter than air? No worries; there are lots of ways to fly. Come make paper airplanes that don’t come down (as long as the power is on…), balloons that are solar powered (kind of), and other wonky ways of using science, technology, engineering arts and math to wing it!

Pensacola MESS Hall presents “Intro to Engineering”

  • Tuesday, June 20, 11 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library (Sign-up is requested due to space limitations.)
  • Wednesday, June 21, 11 a.m. – Century Branch Library
  • Wednesday, June 21, 3 p.m. – Pensacola Library
  • Thursday, June 22, 11 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
  • Thursday, June 22, 3 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library

Pensacola MESS Hall will give a 15-minute interactive presentation about engineering principles for young engineers followed by open build time with our imagination playground.

Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Instrument Petting Zoo

  • Tuesday, June 27, 11 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library (Held at Big Lagoon State Park)
  • Wednesday, June 28, 11 a.m. – Century Branch Library
  • Wednesday, June 28 , 3 p.m. – Pensacola Library
  • Thursday, June 29, 11 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
  • Thursday, June 29, 3 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library

Animals aren’t the only things that can make sounds. Come see, hear and touch different musical instruments. Don’t worry, they won’t bite.

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