Our Friends of the Arapahoe Public Library held their annual Fairy Tale Ball! Young ladies and the special guys in their life gathered on March 24th for dancing and memory making! The girls also had a ball making glitter slime, and everyone enjoyed the ice-cream sundaes.
Every Thursday at the library is Puppucino Day! Bring your good boy, or good girl, through our drive-through lane and we will hand you a little treat for your furry friends. We love to see all of these happy faces, both the pups and the human ones!
It’s Di-November! We welcomed young paleontologists into the library to discover more about one of our favorite subjects-dinosaurs. Children “dug” for fossils, made fossil imprints, investigated gems and even tracked down some very big reptiles.
As part of our Community Needs Response Plan, the library is collaborating with local volunteers and the Arapahoe-Holbrook Public Schools to begin Reading Buddies. The goal is to promote literacy for our younger population with the help of our community. Each month, the school will bring two classes of children to the library where they will be split into smaller reading groups. The library has a small group of vetted volunteers who read and interact with these children. The adults love the interaction with the children, and the children love to hear stories read out-loud! If you would like to learn more about this program, stop by the library!
Toddler Time is back! For children ages 2-5 years old and their caregivers, we read a sweet story, make a simple craft, and then play. Our theme this time was all about corn! Thanks to Ag Valley for donating an entire bucket of it. Everyone got to take home their corny craft and their own bag of kernels to play with. We will meet on the second Saturday of each month. We meet on Oct 14th for our Kitties, Pumpkins and Moons toddler time at 10am.
Our Little Free Library received a fresh coat of paint, thanks to our summer helpers Hannah and Anna! The Little Free Library is located at the South Park Walking Trail and RV Park on the south side of Arapahoe. The idea is to “take a book, leave a book.” It’s a nice little addition for the travelers that visit, or for the locals who walk by.
It’s that time of year again; time to get your school supplies! Thanks to a collaboration with Tri Valley Health Systems and the Arapahoe Chamber of Commerce, a variety of school supplies are available to all school children in our local area, and at no cost. Local businesses have donated book bags, pencils, crayons, glue sticks and more! Families are welcome to drop-in to the library during our regularly scheduled hours and pick up what you need.
As part of what we have nicknamed our “tiny buy mighty” group of one sweet young lady, the library visited the local floral shop as part of our summer reading program. While this “group” might be small, we have seen amazing things happening and have so enjoyed our time together. Last week, we traveled down the street to visit with Nikki Rask, the owner of Local Roots Floral & Gifts. Nikki led some hands-on flower arranging for us, and the bonus was that the floral arrangement went home with our group member! She was thrilled and promised to change the water and keep her siblings away from her pretty flowers.
The Summer Reading Program began in May and lasts for six weeks. There is a program for all ages! Toddler Time on Tuesdays in June, Teens also meet in June, Preschool-6th Grade meet May-June and adults get the chance to read all summer long and earn some free pizza! Stop in the library for details!
Kitchen Science with UNL Extension Educators began this month at the library. Each week, a group of young scientists will experiment with items found in their kitchens to make (hopefully) edible projects. This week, the group discovered how butter is made. They got quite the workout by shaking heavy cream in mason jars to get the desired effect.
