You will be too, if you join the Castaway Summer Reading Club. You ll have a lot more fun than any movie hero with a Wilson soccer ball. You ll be visiting five islands altogether, gathering fun facts from exciting stories- stories about sports, ghosts, animals, poetry and the customs of other countries. A little reading, a little thinking, a little puzzle solving and you re back to civilization where prizes await you. In anticipation of beautiful spring evenings, the Children s Department has planned two programs in May, which will be held in the library s lovely courtyard.
Families are welcome and invited to bring their favorite lawn chairs.
Children 8 and older will especially enjoy storyteller Carol Birch s new tale about Lou Gehrig, the mighty Iron Man of baseball. Ann Shapiro s toe taping tunes will get everyone in the mood for spring. We hope that it won t rain, but if it does the performances will be held in the Hubbard Room. Safety town is a summer program on safety education for children who will enter kindergarten in September. Safety Town is a collaborative effort among several city agencies and the Woman s Club of Middletown.