Discover Newsletter May June 2016

Welcome Baby!
Baby’s First Library Visit
Up to 6 months
Saturday, May 7, June 4
Registration preferred.
1 – 3 pm
Bring baby and baby’s new library card. Learn about resources
to support your baby’s early literacy development and receive a
special gift!
Rakow Branch
Kids Programs
Rakow Rooks Chess Club
Grades 3 – 8
Tuesdays in May; Wednesdays in June
4:30 – 5:30 pm Registration required.
Chess sets will be available or bring
your own.
No School Day Special
Alice through the Looking Glass
Save the Mad Hatter Party
Grades 1 & Up
Friday, May 6 1 – 2 pm
Registration required.
Wear your favorite silly hats and listen to
whimsical stories, play croquet
outside and search for the Mad Hatter.
Summer STEAMologists
Grades 1 – 5
Registration required.
Wednesday, May 16
4 – 5 pm
How Do You BURP in Space? Join us as
we explore, experiment and even eat
like Astronauts.
Wednesday, June 15
2 – 3 pm
Find out what’s in our Elgin water and
how you can help keep it safe.
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STEAMology
Leave No Trace Awareness
Workshop
Grades 1 – 5
Saturday, May 21 1 – 2 pm
Registration required.
Learn the seven principles of Leave No
Trace, the most widely accepted outdoor
ethics program for public lands, and
explore the outdoors. Participants will
earn a certificate of completion.
Rakow Read to Rover
Elementary age kids
Saturdays, May 28, June 25
10, 10:30, 11 or 11:30 am
Registration required.
Kids practice their reading skills by
reading aloud to a fully trained and
certified therapy dog.
Creativity Lab
Grades 1 & Up
June 8, 15, 22, 29 10:30 – 11:30 am
Drop In
Art, tinkering activities and games
will be available for creative play.
Programs for Adults
Coffee, Conversation and More!
Adults
Thursdays,
May 12, 26
9:30 – 11 am
Shales Living Room
Informal discussions on topics for
people old enough to have a past.
Thursday, May 12 Celebrate Circus Day!
Hear stories of someone who traveled
with the Ringling Brothers Circus Train.
Thursday, May 26 Herstory: Stories of
Elgin Women Registration required.
Linda Rock portrays Elgin women such
as Laura Gifford and Emeline Borden.
This program is possible through
funding received from the Illinois State
Library – Illinois History Digital
Imaging Grant.
Drop-In Summer
Storytime
Ages 3 – 6 with a parent
Wednesdays, June 8, 15, 22, 29
10:30 – 11 am
No registration.
Enjoy stories, songs and finger puppets.
Wonderful Ones
9 – 23 months with parent
Fridays, June 10, 17, 24
Session I: 10 am Session II: 10:45 am
Register for each session starting May 27.
Short stories, finger plays, rhymes
and music.
Device Advice
Adults
Thursdays, May 5, 19, June 2, 16
9:30 – 11:30 am
No registration.
Bring your own devices
for hands-on learning.
Novels at Night
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Shales Living Room
No registration.
Thursday, May 19
The Bees by Laline Paull
Thursday, June 16
Euphoria by Lily King
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