Hey Kids! Catch the Summer Reading Bug for Summer Reading & Prizes!

Muncie Public Library Summer Reading Program for Kids
June 1 - July 31, 2008

Join us for our Kick-Off Celebration at Maring-Hunt Library with Free Food, Fun, Prizes, Clowns, Face Painting & Games:
Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 1-4 p.m.

For a sneak peek at other Summer Youth Events, visit us online @ www.munpl.org or sign up for special events by calling our Youth Department at 765.741.5151 or 765.741.7333.

Prizes this year are better than ever, with a chance to win a computer for ages three through high school and other special drawing prizes!  First 500 to register receive a book bag. Earn Book Bucks at each level and spend your Book Bucks at the MPL Bookworm store!
Sign up in June or July at any Library Location. 
Carnegie Youth Services hours are limited to 12-6 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Catch the Reading Bug this Summer at Muncie Public Library!

Go Buggy for Reading! 

Don’t miss the best Summer Reading Program ever!

     > First 500 to register receive a book bag.
     > Read or listen to any MPL Book or magazine for just 20-30 minutes a day. 
     > This year earn $5 worth of Book Bucks at each level, and spend your Book Bucks at the MPL Bookworm store!
     > Read your way to level 5 and be eligible for a drawing for a gift certificate of your choice from Wal-Mart, Books-A-Million or Toys R Us!  
     > Children who read to level 8 will be eligible for a drawing prize to win a free computer!
     > Check out 5 books each visit and you are eligible for a bonus book bag drawing prize!
     > Program ends July 31, 2008.  Pick up prizes by August 7, 2008.

Summer reading is open to children of all ages!  Children can be read to, read on their own, or read with their summer day camp or day care families to earn prizes.  Summer Reading Programs are also available for teens and adult of any age! 

Muncie Public Library cards are *free* for those living in Center Township!  Even children who do not have a Library card can participate in the Summer Reading Program by reading books while at the Library!

 

Hey Babies & Preschoolers: Catch the Reading Bug @ MPL for Summer Reading & Prizes!

Muncie Public Library Summer Reading Program for Babies through Preschool
June 1 - July 31, 2008

Join us for our Kick-Off Celebration at Maring-Hunt Library
with Free Food, Fun, Prizes, Clowns, Face Painting & Games:
Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 1-4 p.m.

For a sneak peek at other Summer Youth Events, visit us online @ www.munpl.org or sign up for special events by calling our Youth Department at 765.741.5151 or 765.741.7333.

Prizes this year are better than ever, with a chance to win a computer for ages three through high school and other special drawing prizes!  First 500 to register receive a book bag. Earn Book Bucks at each level and spend your Book Bucks at the MPL Bookworm store!
Sign up in June or July at any Library Location. 
Carnegie Youth Services hours are limited to 12-6 p.m. Monday - Friday.

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Read to Your Child from Birth!

Here are the facts - why should you read to your baby and toddler?

          > Reading to your child in the early years encourages closeness between you and your child and promotes a larger vocabulary. Research shows that children with larger vocabularies have higher school achievement! Duke, Neil and Annie Moses.10 Research-Tested Ways to Build Children’s Vocabulary, Scholastic Professional Paper.Scholastic, 2003

          > Knowledge of alphabet letters at entry into kindergarten is a strong predictor or reading ability in the 10th grade! Ehri, L., & McCormick, S. Phases of word learning: Implications for instruction with delayed and disabled readers. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 14, 135-163, 1998

          > 90-95% of poor readers can reach average reading skills with early intervention. If intervention is delayed until 9 yrs of age, then 75% of these children will continue to have difficulty learning to read throughout high school. Lyon G. Reid. Overview of Reading and Literacy Research. In Keys to Literacy edited by Susannah Patton and Madelyn Holmes Washington, DC: Council for Basic Education, 1998

          > By the time children reach age three, their brains are twice as active as those of adults. Activity levels drop during adolescence. Shore, Rima Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Development MY: Families and work Institute, 1997

Summer reading is open to children of all ages!  Children can be read to, read on their own, or read with their summer day camp or day care families to earn prizes.  Summer Reading Programs are also available for teens and adult of any age!

Muncie Public Library cards are free for those living in Center Township!  Even children who do not have a Library card can participate in the Summer Reading Program by reading books while at the Library!

Catch the Reading Bug this Summer at MPL!

Come Celebrate Childrens’ Book Week @ MPL!

To celebrate Children’s Book Week MPL is:

• > Holding Scavenger Hunts at Maring-Hunt (Guess the Character) and Kennedy (Who am I)! 
• > Giving away a drawing prize for checking out a book - Pre-K through 8^th grade (one per day per customer)!  
• > And having a Children’s Choice Awards Voting at all locations!  

Come in at any time during May 14th - 17th and check at the Children’s Desks to participate in these activities!

Hey kids! Come in and fill out a voting log and get something from the MPL treasure chests!  You can also ask us about our drop-in crafts/coloring sheets available at all locations! 

Incredible Edible Books!

Don’t miss the fun and laughs and oohs and ahhs as participants display their entries in the Muncie Public Library Edible Books Festival. The public is invited to view all the entries in the festival.

Those who registered are planning and creating their displays that will feature books, authors and characters depicted in food. That’s right, all entries must be created of edible materials. Cakes, pies, vegetables and other food stuffs will be creatively displayed to depict literature.

Entries are due at 2 p.m. at Kennedy Library. Judging is at 2:15 and the displays are open for viewing until 4 p.m. (Due to health codes the food creations cannot be served or consumed on the Library premises.)

More information

Image courtesy of University of Minnesota.

Carnegie Library’s Palooza Program

May’s Palooza is at Carnegie Library on Thursday, May 15^th from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Celebrate May Day the Library Way Palooza!

Celebrate and learn about Spring with stories, crafts and a dance around the Maypole! Sign up and reserve your spot at the Palooza TODAY! REGISTER HERE

MPL’s 2008 Edible Book Festival

The time has come! The 2008 Muncie Public Library Edible Book Festival is back! This year’s event will be held on Saturday, April 5, at the newly renovated Kennedy Library (which is scheduled to reopen February 14, by the way!)  This event is based upon the International Edible Book Festival which involves participants creating edible works of art based on books.

Information about entry guidelines may be found here. Registration forms may be picked up at any MPL location, or printed from here and returned to any MPL location.

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Read more about available episodes here

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Preschool Storytime Schedule

Storytimes @ Maring-Hunt:

Jumpstart Reading Storytime

Wednesdays at 9:30 am

Children 18-36 months

Preschool Storytime

Fridays at 10:30 am

Children 3-5 years

Gingerbread Babies

1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 10:30 am

Infants 4-18 months

Lapsit program: preregistration required

Call 765.741.5150 to register!

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Storytimes @Kennedy:

Jumpstart Reading Storytime

Tuesdays at 10:30 am

Children 18-36 months

Reading Music, Reading Words

Wednesdays at 10:30am

Children 3-5 years

Call 765.741.7333 to register!

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Reading Facts

   Did you know… 

• Reading to your child in the early years encourages closeness between you and your child and promotes a larger vocabulary. Research shows that children with larger vocabularies have higher school achievement! (Information from Duke, Neil and Annie Moses. 10 Research-Tested Ways to Build Children’s Vocabulary, Scholastic Professional Paper. Scholastic, 2003.)
• Knowledge of alphabet letters at entry into kindergarten is a strong predictor of reading ability in the 10th grade! (Information from Ehri, L. & McCormick, S. Phases of word learning: Implications for instruction with delayed and disabled readers. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 14, 135-163-1998.)
• By the time children reach age three, their brains are twice as active as those of adults. Activity levels drop during adolescence. (Information from Shore, Rima. Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Development from NY: Families and Work Institute, 1997.)

Winter Reading Program

Hey, kids, it’s time to “chill out” at the library with a GREAT book!  Winter Reading fun starts January 2 at the Muncie Public Library!  Sign up at Maring-Hunt, Carnegie, or Conley public library and get a reading log to keep track of the fun reading you do. You can even read magazines and listen to books on tape! 

Be sure to bring your reading log to the library every week to earn cool prizes like treasures from the treasure chest, or free book and food coupons. Make it to the halfway level and you are eligible for a $30 Toys R Us gift certificate drawing. Finish all the reading levels and you will receive a chance to enter the end of program drawing for a $50 Wal-Mart gift certificate!

Plus, when you check out 5 books and/or attend a winter reading program you will be eligible for a drawing for a $25 Books-a-Million gift certificate!

Check out the special Winter Reading Programs for make-and-take crafts, afternoon movies, Read and Feed and MORE fabulous story times for preschoolers and kids. If you don’t have a card, that’s okay! You can read at the Library! Read just 20 minutes a day to reach a prize level and earn a prize!

Melt into the library and have fun! If you liked summer reading, you’ll love Winter Reading! Brrrrrr!

For more information, visit any Youth Services Desk at Muncie Public Library. Last day to sign up for Winter Reading is February 15, 2008. Last day to pick up prizes is March 7, 2008

Youth Services Contact Number: Maring-Hunt 741.5151, Conley 747.8216, Carnegie 741.5158

*If you are in 6^th, 7^th, or 8^th grades check out the drawing prizes below to see what is available for you!

 Your choice of Drawing Prizes will include:

• That MP3 Player you never got for Christmas
• A Flash Drive
• Downloadable iTunes

You will receive additional drawing entries by:

• Reaching a reading level  
• Checking out five books 
• Attending a program.

When you reach the top level, enjoy a personal pan pizza from Papa John’s.

Last day to sign up: February 15, 2008. Last day to pick up prizes: March 7, 2008.

Snow is Falling, Books are Calling is for kids preschool through 8^th grade. The middle school program is for 6th, 7^th, and 8^th graders. For more information call 741.5151 or check out our website.

Be sure to visit us at Maring-Hunt, Carnegie or Conley locations starting January 2, 2008 to sign up and get all the details.

*Hey parents, want to see some facts about reading?