Laugh It Up @ Your Library

Join us this summer for silly stories, jokes, games, and humor of all kinds in the books, music and other materials at the Appleton Public Library. The 2003 Children’s Summer Reading Program, Laugh It Up @ Your Library, is open to young people preschool age through elementary school with programming, prizes, drawings, story times, a reading club and more. We are also inviting families to join the program for the Read Aloud portion of the program for children who don’t read independently. Daycares and school groups are welcome to participate in the program. Transportation is available on Valley Transit. Registration begins on June 9, 2003.

A variety of programs will be offered for all ages:

Tom Pease is the opening act on Thursday June 12, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Other presenters include:

July 1 Creative dance – presented by Wendy Siracusa.

July 8 Laugh your heads off - with Bob Kann

July 15 Getting Excited About Science – with Steve Belluveau

July 22 Stuart Stotts in Concert

July 29 Harry Potter Magic Event - with Rick Allen

July 31 Harry Potter party celebrating Harry’s birthday and the newest Harry Potter book - with presenter Linda De Nell

August 5 Paper Magic program for students. The students will fold paper airplanes and other toys and animals.

All programs begin at 1:30pm. Free admission.

Story times on Monday evenings at 6:30pm and Tuesday mornings at 10:30am begin the week of July 7.

The Appleton Library Foundation and Friends of the Appleton Library sponsor the programs and prizes.

At the end of the summer, the reader’s cup, a traveling trophy will be awarded to the school that has the largest percentage of students participating in the children’s services summer reading program.

For more information, call the children’s services section at the Appleton Public Library (832-6187) or visit their website at http://kids.apl.org.