Storytimes

Preschool and Toddler storytimes will resume in September, 2011.  Days, times, and registration for the storytime schedule will be posted in late August. 

For now, please visit the library to enjoy all that we have to offer in our summer reading program, "One World, Many Stories", which runs until August 17th!  Our summer reading program is open to children in PreK to those entering 6th grade.

All-Star Reading Team

Would you like to win 4 tickets to a Pawtucket Red Sox game?  How about 4 tickets to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida?!  Then visit the library with your child to become a member of the All-Star Reading Team for a chance to win these prizes.

What is the All-star Reading Team?

It's a cool way to stay in the reading game even when you're out of school!  By playing the game, you can win cool prizes for you and your family!

How do you become an All-Star Reader?

1.  If you are a Rhode Island resident between the ages of 6 and 12, and you have completed your local Rhode Island public library's "One World, Many Stories" Summer Reading Program, you may enter to win a great prize.

2.  Pick up the entry form from the library.  On the back of the entry form, write a paragraph, poem, or draw a picture that answers the question: What was your favorite book this summer and why?"  Be creative!

3.  Return the completed  entry form in person to your local library no later than 2:00 pm on August 10, 2011.  There will be one "designated hitter" randomly selected from each library across the state to win 4 tickets to the Pawtucket Red Sox game on Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 7:05 pm at McCoy Stadium. 

At the game, one lucky All-Star Reader will be randomly selected to win the grand prize of a trip for four to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.  The trip includes airfare vouchers for four people, four nights hotel accommodations and four five-day passes to Walt disney World in Orlando, Florida.

So visit the library today to pick up your entry form!

Brought to you in cooperation with the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services.  Complete sweepstakes rules are available at McCoy Stadium and at all participating Rhode Island Public libraries.

Summer Reading Raffle!

Here at the library, we like to give kids something to get excited about during the Summer Reading Program.  Besides the Reading Certificate and prize bag that children receive at the end of the program for completing their reading goals, we also have a weekly raffle that children can enter to win if they have registered for the reading program.  

These gift cards help support local businesses and are a sweet reward for our readers!  If you haven't yet registered for the summer reading program, there is still plenty of time!  So stop by the library and start your reading adventure with "One World, Many Stories".

We would also like to specially thank the Friends of the Library for sponsoring all of our programs and prizes!

Weekly Raffle Prizes:

Week 1:  $10 gift card to Frosty Freez

Week 2: $10 gift card to Island Books

Week 3:  $10 gift card to Sweet Berry Farm

Week 4: $10 gift card to Newport Creamery

Week 5: $10 gift card to Frosty Freez

Week 6: $10 gift card to Carmella's Pizzeria

Week 7: $10 gift card to Island Books

One World, Many Stories, Songs and Smiles

A smile says, “Hello,” in any foreign land and kids will be full of smiles from the beginning of this program to its conclusion. Greg uses songs and stories that will get the audience up and involved with the performance.

During the show, Greg introduces fun stories, songs, and musical games from around the world. This show is very fast paced as the songs and activities move quickly to cover many parts of the world. 

Greg brings out his musical "SHOW and TELL" of folk instruments from around the world and talks about the cultural origins of today’s “American” instruments. These are hands on instruments and every kid gets to play something. 

When: Thursday, July 14th

Time: 11:00 am 

Where:  Library Program Room

Pick up your FREE tickets in the Children’s Room 

or call 846-1573 to reserve your tickets.

“Andiamo Tutti!” Celebrating Italy in Story and Song with Christopher Kavi Carbone

Come along with Christopher Kavi Carbone as we travel to the country of Italy, on a Magic Gondola of the Imagination!

Through interactive Storie e Canzoni (Storytelling & Songs) we will enjoy an Abbondanza of smiles & wisdom from this beloved land.

Andiamo, Tutti! – Come along, Everyone! 

With guitar, mandolin and everyone’s voices too, a variety of instruments and music will accompany us along the way. 

When: Monday, July 11th

 Time: 11:00 am 

Where: Library Program Room 

Pick up your FREE tickets in the Children’s Room 

or call 846-1573 to reserve your tickets.

Sand Art with RIMOSA at the Library

RIMOSA's Sand Art Table

Observe.  Explore. Create.

with RIMOSA

During the month of July, a sand art table from the Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art's (RIMOSA) traveling exhibit "Metamorphosis" will be on display and available to children to create with in the Children's Room.

Patterns on the Sand Table

With this hands-on exhibit, children can manipulate the colorful purple and green sand with paintbrushes, scoops, and their hands to create designs and patterns.  It's a great sensory experience!

Visit the Children's Room to See What You Can Create!

Pour, brush, design, look, create, and repeat!

Around the World Folktales

This summer we have a packed line-up of performers for our summer reading program of "One World, Many Stories".  All programs are FREE to attend! 

Because space is limited in our Meeting Room, tickets are required.  Please pick-up your FREE tickets in the Children's Department, or call 401-846-1573 to reserve your tickets.  Tickets for each performer will be available the week prior to the scheduled performer. 

• July 6^th at 2pm: Diane Edgecomb, storyteller.  “Around the World Folktales”

        Join in and travel around the world with these captivating multicultural legends. Each tale offers a participatory look at our common love of story. Celebrate engaging narratives, animal characters, songs in different languages and home-spun wisdom as one of New England's favorite storytellers takes us from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the forests of the Czech Republic to the villages of Africa. Celebrate the diversity of people all over the world using the common elements of story, rhythm and song.