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9 Books for World Theater Day
Today is World Theater Day as a way to celebrate the art form and to call to action the support of the arts. World Theater Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute. I love live theater and in high school I even worked backstage on a few…
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Enchanted Library – 2015 edition (superheroes)
Every year, we create an Enchanted Library program (the largest program our library offers all year around). We found the idea in a Library Sparks magazine a number of years ago and adapted the program to fit our needs. Here’s a little background – The program itself is a 20-minute tour…
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Programming Times Three
I don’t have kids of my own, but I am so proud of one of our library kids that I just had to share. I have known M. since I began working at the library almost seven years ago. I’ve seen her grow from an awkward tween (aren’t they all?!?!)…
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Enchanted Library or So It Begins…
This year marks our sixth year transforming our library into a magical place for families to visit. Each November we close the library early on a Friday night and transform it with twinkle lights and backgrounds and props into a tour filled with characters from children’s books. Each year’s theme…
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Summer Theatre
We had an amazing group of 8th graders that graduated out of our Junior Friends program this spring and offered to direct, produce, and run practices for a summer play. I love empowering tweens and teens that have the initiative to create new programs for kids. We’ve had a Chinese New…
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The Show Must Go On…
I’m happy to announce that even through all the pouring rain, we were able to hold our Spring Play and had about 50 people in attendance! The kids did an amazing job and the costumes, props, and backdrops worked really well! For those of you who haven’t been seeing my…
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Spring Play – Costumes and Props
As I’ve posted over the past couple of weeks, some of the middle school students are putting together three short reader’s theatre plays for the younger children. The play date is set for next Wednesday, which means I need to get my act together and finish up all the costumes…
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Tween Programming – Theatre
One of the best ways we have found to get tweens (grades 5 – 8) to come into the library is to provide them with an acting opportunity. At this age, the kids love being the center of attention and providing reader’s theatre plays for these kids to participate in,…
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Middle School Theatre Program
I was lucky enough to begin working in a library with a strong group of middle school students that swells to about 50 kids during the summer and is usually between 25 – 35 during the school year. Each fall the kids try-out for roles in our Enchanted Library program. …
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Tracing Stars
Tracing Stars is a coming of age story for a young girl in a small coastal town where being different makes you stand out. Indie Lee Chickory is a fish freak – she’s knows everything there is to know about the fish that can be found in the ocean that borders town. She…
