Month: May 2016

Ponca Carnegie Library invites all children to join the library for “On Your Mark, Get Set, … Read!” This year’s theme is Health, Sports and Fitness. We will also talk about the 2016 Summer Olympics taking place in Rio de Janeiro this August.

Registration opens Wednesday, May 25^th for all children ages 4 to 18.

Weekly programs begin on June 8^th and run until July 14^th.

Blue Team (Ages 4 to 7) will meet each Wednesday morning starting June 8^th at 10:30 a.m. Program lasts about an hour.

Red Team (Ages 8 to 11) will meet each Wednesday afternoon starting June 8^th at 1:00 p.m. Program lasts about an hour.

Green Team (Ages 12 to 18) will meet each Thursday afternoon starting June 9^th at 4:00 p.m. Program lasts about one and a half hours.

Readers of all abilities are welcome. If you are unable to attend these times, you are welcome to register as an independent reader.

Friends of the Library will be hosting a book discussion over The Meaning of Names by Karen Gettert Schoemaker on Thursday, June 9th at 7 PM at the library.  This book is the One Book One Nebraska book choice for this year.  Written by a Nebraska author and set in Stuart, Nebraska during World War I, this book is a must-read for Nebraskans.  You may borrow a book from the library or join the discussion without having read the book.

Story Hour for the 2015-2016 school year ends on Wednesday, May 18th.  Thank you to all the volunteers who keep the program going.  Thank you to parents and children who use the program.