Now that spring has arrived and the winds have calmed at least a little, here at ICL we’re thinking “Summer Reading!”  The theme this year is Oceans of Possibilities! No oceans around here, you say? Ah yes, but here at the library we’re nothing if not creative. Ms. Brytanny has been busy planning, creating, and reading!  

We hope you’ll join us at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, for our Summer Reading Opening Day Party. There will be activities for all — babies and on up. We’ll have sandbox time for the littles, activity stations for the kids three -11 and for the 12 and up crowd, the IdeaLab will have ocean themed activities to explore. We’ll serve lunch on opening day. Activities will take place every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Ignacio Library.  

We’ve also partnered up with the SunUte Community Center for a couple of Dive In movies, we’ll host two family evening events this summer; mapmaking and bingo, movies are back for Movie Mondays, and when it’s all over we’ll be celebrating this year’s crew of fabulous readers with a water themed party in the park on Saturday, July 30th. We’ve got amazing prizes this year too, there will be a giveaway each week, prizes for top readers, and fun facts to be found.  

To get a jump start on the signup process, those who want to can download the BEANSTACK app on their smartphones and get signed up.  

With this much fun planned, we hope you won’t want to miss a minute of the activities we’ve got planned to build reading skills with your kids while having a great time connecting with kids, friends and family and of course the library staff. And don’t forget Summer Reading isn’t just for kids. We’ve got prizes for adult readers as well. Who knows, you might even have a contest with your kids.