It's Dragons, Dreams & Daring Deeds!

The children’s services section of the Appleton Public Library will launch its 2005 programs with Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds through programs, books, and activities at the Appleton Public Library. The 2005 Summer Reading Program is open to children, birth through sixth grade, with drawings, story times, reading programs and more.

Children can join the reading programs beginning on May 23. School age children play the library board games. When they complete the board game and read their books they can stop at the library store for incentives.

The youngest participants can keep track of the number of minutes they are read to by grandparents, parents, siblings and other caregivers during the programs. Points are redeemable for prizes at the library store and can be spent at every visit or saved up for bigger prizes. There are variations of the reading program available for organizations and agencies.

If children can’t come to the public library to participate in the summer reading program, they can register for the online reading program at http://kids.apl.org, read books, write book reviews and send them to Captain Appleton.

Young adults entering seventh grade are invited to investigate volunteer opportunities in the children’s services area for the summer months. Please inquire in the children’s services area.

A variety of programs will be offered for all ages. Family Storytimes, presenters at the Tuesdays in July programs at 1:30 p.m. and a kickoff program by Tom Pease on June 9 at 1:00 and 3:00 are some of the offerings this summer. A new feature of this summer’s programming is an infant storytime and one year old storytime during the month of July. Registration for storytimes is required. Funding for the programming is provided by the Appleton Library Foundation FOAL Endowment Fund and Outagamie Waupaca Library system.

The summer reading program begins on May 23 and ends on August 5, 2005. The library store closes August 6. For more information call children’s services at 832-6187 or visit their website at http://kids.apl.org

The summer reading program is designed to encourage children to read for pleasure and to explore all the resources available at public libraries. As they enjoy books and other materials, children can maintain or improve their reading skills and build lifelong reading habits.

The library welcomes children of all abilities. All programs are free of charge.