BABCOCK LIBRARY        
     
25 Pompey Hollow Road, Ashford, Connecticut 06278
 
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, 10-6 | Wednesday 10-9 | Saturday 10-1 | Closed Thursday, Sunday
                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Babcock Library and
Friends of the Babcock Library

Summer Reading 2008


Childrens Summer Reading Program
begins Friday, June 20, 2008
ends Friday, August 15.

 
Watch the Catch the Reading Bug video!

This year we will have 4 age groups:

Preschool/Kindergarten (age 6 and under, not yet completed 1st grade)
School Age (age 6 - 15, entering grades 2 - 10)
Teen (ages 13-19)
and Adult (ages 16 and up)

 
The two younger groups will earn "Babcock Buggy Bucks" based on the amount of time they spend reading. These "bucks" can be used to buy prizes or to take chances in prize drawings. In the teen and adult programs, participants earn one chance at a prize for each book that they read.
 
This year's summer reading program begins on Friday, June 20 and ends on Friday, August 15. You may sign up during regular library hours anytime on or after June 20. All prizes must be claimed by Friday, August 22.

Preschool/Kindergarten Programs

(for ages 6 and under)
Tuesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

 
6/24 Special Program: "Catch the Reading Bug" presented by The Connecticut Audubon Society in Ashford Town Hall Selectmen's Meeting Room

In Knowlton Auditorium:

7/1 Story Hour: Ants (stories, games, crafts)

7/8 Story Hour: Ladybugs

7/15 Story Hour: Beetles

7/22 Story Hour: Butterflies

7/29 Story Hour: Spiders

8/5 Bug Hunt (indoor/outdoor)


 

School Age Programs

(for ages 7 and up) Tuesdays from 1-2 p.m.
 
6/24 Special Program: "Catch the Reading Bug" in Ashford Town Hall Selectmen's Meeting Room

In Knowlton Auditorium:

7/1 Arts and Crafts: Make a Suncatcher

7/8 Arts and Crafts: "Build A Bug"

7/15 Bug Hunt (indoor/outdoor)

7/22 Special Program: (Cartooning)

7/29 Arts and Crafts: Creepy Crawlers

8/5 Arts and Crafts: Costume Contest

 

Family Movie Night

Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m.
 
In Knowlton Auditorium:

6/25 A Bug's Life (rated G)

7/2 Antz (rated PG)

7/9 Charlotte's Web (2006)(rated G)

7/16 James and the Giant Peach (PG)

7/23 The Bee Movie (rated G)

7/30 Microcosmos (rated G)

8/6 The Ant Bully (rated PG)

Puzzlemania

Fridays from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
 
Visit our air-conditioned magazine room to try your hand at a variety of puzzles and contests. You may come as early or as late as you like.

QUESTIONS? CALL US! OUR NUMBER IS 487-4420.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             
Phone 860-487-4420 | Fax 860-487-4438
Comments or suggestions? Email us.