Reading Road Trip U.S.A. is the theme for the 2001 Summer Reading Program for Children at the Appleton Public Library. Games and incentives are offered for pre-school through elementary age readers as they explore the many destinations that can be visited through books. The program begins June 11 and runs through August 11.

Pre-readers are invited to join the program with a parent or other helpers who will read to them. Children who read on their own can participate by registering and receiving a library game board. They will spin a spinner or roll a dice and follow the twisty path around the game board to win prizes and enter the reading program drawings.

Special events for children and families during the summer include:

• June 14 1:30pm Jim Gill, songster
• June 26 1:30pm David Dahl, humor in song
• July 10 1:30pm Time Step Players, interactive musical theatre
• July 17 1:30pm Wise Guy and His Gal, comedy
• July 24 1:30pm Hardy Garrison, storytelling
• July 31 1:30pm Hans Mayer, songster

Family programs, featuring Miss Kathleen, will be held Monday evenings July 9-August 13 at 6:30 pm. Tuesday mornings, July 10-August 14, at 10:30am Chuck Lakefield of WROE 94.3 FM joins the library staff presenting stories, songs, and finger plays. Road Trip U.S.A. Video Theater will be held Wednesday mornings at 10:00am during August.

Readers may participate online at www.apl.org. Reading Road Trip U.S.A. is supported by the Friends of Appleton Library and Appleton Library Foundation. For additional information call 832-6187.