Weekly Update: June 26th - July 2nd |
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Monday, June 27th | Various
Summer Reading Kickoff
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Our Summer Reading Program is for everyone from toddlers to adults! Kick it off w/ us on Monday and/or log onto our Summer page (click the button here) and learn all about it! |
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The whole family is welcome for breakfast (including coffee!), friends, and books to browse for your next great summer read. Register HERE.
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Grab a Bingo card (& lemonade & cookies) to get new ideas of what to read this summer. Log your books and you may get a prize! |
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Launch into Summer Reading at this fun outdoor event fizzling w/soda geysers, seltzer fountains, water rockets, & more! Register HERE.
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Wednsday, June 29th | 7:30PM
Gender & Identity 101: A (Get with the) Progam for Parents (Virtual)
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By popular demand of Redding Middle Schoolers (who actually requested this program for their parents), the Library is hosting a virtual panel discussion during Pride Month designed to inform and educate parents about modern terms and lingo, along with special issues facing Generation Z. Be part of the discussion. |
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Tuesday, June 28th | 4:00PM
Lanyards & Lemonade (Grades K-5)
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Come to the Library and you'll get a lanyard - which is the best way to store your library card, carry your library card, and use your library card with the new self-checkout stations! We’ll listen to a read-aloud while we enjoy a refreshing afternoon snack (lemonade & pretzels). Then we’ll learn how to use the self-checkout. Next step- we’ll browse, downstairs, for books to checkout! |
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Wednesday, June 29th | 9:30AM
OUTDOOR Mini Movie & Activity: Under the Sea (Birth-5)
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Dress up in your beachy best while we made a watch mini movies about life under the sea! After, we’ll work on a glittery fish craft. This program will meet under the tent so please bring beach chairs/ blankets since there’s limited chairs available. |
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Friday, July 1st | 11:00AM
Classics Book Club: O Pioneers!
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This group is led by popular leader Catherine Riordan who contributes her love of reading and background in literature to the discussion. The group reads and discusses both old and new classic titles. Copies of the latest book will be available at the Library’s front desk. |
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Saturday, July 2nd | 9:30AM
2022 Butterfly Count (All ages IN-PERSON)
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Every year butterfly experts across the country hit the meadows, swamps and forests to count our beautiful butterflies. The July butterfly count has taken place and collected data for forty years. Previous count tallies indicate which butterflies are becoming more common, declining in numbers or are showing up in places we didn’t expect to find them. The 2022 butterfly count, and the preceding pollinator overview, features noted local expert Victor DeMasi and his team of experienced spotters. |
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At Home Family Story Time is designed for children birth-5 but older siblings are welcome to join as well. We’ll share books, songs, and stories via ZOOM. |
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Pull up an Adirondack chair (we have adult and child-sized) or bring your own chair/blanket for story time outside @ the MTL. Designed for children birth – 5 but older siblings welcome. |
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Join us each Tuesday IN PERSON - whether novice or experienced - to learn, share or just knit together. |
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June thru August
StoryWalk®
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Fostering the love of books and our town’s uniquely beautiful natural backdrop, the Library has created 6 enchanting pathways around town, each featuring a different picture book. Read, stroll, and delight in the joy of a story with the crunch of a walking trail underfoot. This year featuring: A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea, Blueberries for Sal, Chez Bob, The Gruffalo, Duck on A Bike and The Hike.
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Introducing...
Welcome to Redding!
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The Mark Twain Library is the center of Redding, literally! Here you will find info on everything - including a wide variety of Redding offerings. We are Redding’s living room, family room, playroom, study and the ideal place to explore. Which is why we created a new page on our website geared toward new residents. WELCOME TO REDDING…we look forward to meeting you! For new residents - and long timers - explore what the Library & Redding have to offer, including the 32 things we love most about our 32 square miles! |
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On Display June 4th - July 30th
What Did You Do to My Book?!
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See how far eight local artists go to show what can happen to your book when (or if) it gets in their hands. On display @ the MTL now through the end of July - 47 works by 8 book artists curated by Chris Perry. Some of the artists utilize old books that they have repurposed, and others make new books with new materials, sometimes materials that have nothing to do with traditional bookmaking. |
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Book Fair Donations Info
July 31st Deadline
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The final day to drop off books, music and other physical donations for the 61st Annual MTL Book Fair is JULY 31, 2022. All donations must fit in the sheds provided outside the Library. We will then resume taking donations for the next book fair starting September 15th.
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The Library will be CLOSED on Sundays throughout the summer. |
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Mary recommends: The Martian by Andy Weir
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Mary says: Astronaut Mark Watney, accidentally left behind on Mars, is determined to survive until he is rescued. (Get going, NASA, he’s alive!) Mark records his efforts in a daily journal, revealing not only his awesome resourcefulness as a botanist and engineer, but also his wry sense of humor. An adult book with loads of teen appeal, this is a thriller full of laugh-out-loud jokes grounded in specific scientific detail. LOTS more fun than the movie!
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