June at the Fosston Library Arts Center

June is here. Let’s hope it’s as beautiful as the last two week of May have been.
The big news at the Fosston Library is the summer reading program. Kids of all ages are invited to “Make a Splash - READ!” with the splash-off week beginning Tuesday, June 1, and ending Friday, June 4, A special splash beach party bash was scheduled for Wednesday, June 2, at 1:30 p.m. at the library.
Every child who reads 15 hours or completes 15 books and submits a completed reading log will receive a prize and will be eligible for weekly prize drawings, as well as the grand prize drawings to be held in August. Preschoolers can participate in the Read-to-Me portion of the program. There will also be a Sizzlin’ Summer Reads program for adults, so don’t feel left out if you’ve left your childhood behind.
In conjunction with the summer reading program, there will be special events every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
On June 9, Cheryl Winkelmann will help kids make soap and play with bubbles in a tub. Cheryl does some type of activity for the reading program almost every summer, and everyone always has fun.
Children’s author Patrick Mader will do a presentation and book signing on June 16. Mader, who is an elementary teacher in south central Minnesota, grew up on a dairy farm near St. Bonifacius. His books, Opa & Oma, Oma Finds a Miracle, and Big Brother Has Wheels, have rural settings and positive messages..
June 23’s program will be Make a Splash with MinnAqua. Interns with the DNR’s MinnAqua program will help the kids learn about Minnesota’s fish and fish habitats.
Emily Giese, intern at the Rydell National Wildlife Refuge, will be at the library on June 30. She will be talking about animal homes on water with a hands-on presentation allowing the kids to examine various building materials and feel the pelts of some of Minnesota’s wetland creatures.
Not part of the summer reading program, but a special treat nonetheless, on Friday, June 25, at 2 p.m., Dr. Dawn Duncan, a Concordia College professor, will perform her one-woman show, “Clara Dillon Darrow: Pioneering Woman,” about an historical Red River Valley region woman in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Duncan will follow the half-hour play with a discussion of that era and will also discuss how to use the library to research material for inclusion in writing.
Speaking of writing - remember the writers’ group continues to meet the fourth Thursday each month at 7:30 p.m.