Getting Started…..

Register anytime beginning June 23.

Read all summer long.  Keep track of your reading and bring in your logs anytime you come to the library.
Children:  For every hour  you read, are read to, or listen to an audio book, you will receive a raffle ticket and a rocket. Your paper rockets will be added to the Universe Display in the  stairwell.
Teens and Adults:  For every book you read (audio books too!), you will receive a raffle ticket to choose from a variety of prizes. (Including a small Josh Simpson inhabited world)

Programs. Throughout the summer there will be story hours, crafts, afternoon and evening programs and Friday night    movies.  Join us whenever you can.

Don’t Forget. Earn extra raffle tickets when you spot Elijah, Owl Astronaut, around town or read space-related books. Decorate the library lawn by building an alien spacecraft.

Sponsors. Summer Reading Program is brought to you by MRLS/MBLC and the Friends of the Dickinson Memorial Library.

MOVIE NIGHT (Something new at the library)

Fridays  at 7:00
Beginning Jul 10
Join us for a space-related movie each week.

• Jul 10     Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Jul 17     Mimzy
• Jul 24     Flight of the Navigator
• Jul 31     Wall-e
• Aug 7     Space Buddies
• Aug 14   Stardust

THURSDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMS

Thurs Jul  9   3:00
To the Moon!
Come in for a Moonwalk Race and ??
▪Open to all ages. 

Tues Aug 4   3:00
Rocket Launch
Have a blast building your own rocket from a kit, then see it soar into the sky!
▪Open to 10 children, ages 8 & up. 
  Please sign up in advance.

Thurs Aug 6   3:00
Up, Up and Away!
Make a paper rocket that can really fly.
▪Open to ages 5 & up.

FAMILY EVENTS

Wed Jul 29  TBA
Boston Museum of Science presents “Super-Cold Science”
Curious about what happens when stuff gets really cold? Come see amazing transformations as objects change size and form with the help of an extremely cold liquid.

Sat Aug 22 1:00 – 3:00
Blast-Off with Books Magic Show
Mike Bent will launch your imagination to new heights with storytelling, magic and music. The show will be followed by the summer reading program’s…

 Raffle Prize Drawing
&
Alien Spaceship Challenge Awards Ceremony

A FEW SPECIAL EVENINGS

Tues Jul 14 9:00
Star-Gazing Basics
An introduction to observing celestial objects with the naked eye and a telescope,
Presented by Peter Talmage.
▪Open to teens and adults.

Tues  Aug 11  TBA
Night Sky
Lauren Levine, member of the Amherst Astronomy Association, will talk about observing the night sky.
▪Open to teens and adults.
Rain date: Thurs Aug 13.

STORY TIMES

Wednesdays 10:00
A different theme every week.
▪For infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
Older siblings  always welcome.

• Jul 8          Moon
• Jul 15        Comets
• Jul 22        Aliens
• Jul 29        Planets
• Aug 5        Rockets
• Aug 12      Stars

DROP IN CRAFTS

Wednesdays 3:00 – 5:00.
Drop in anytime.
▪Open to all ages.

• Jul 8       Make your own moon
• Jul 15     Catch the comet game
• Jul 22     Alien  names
• Jul 29     Planets mobile
• Aug 5     Build a spaceship
• Aug 12  “Be a Star” frame craft