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Summer Reading Planning Workshop

Summer Reading Workshop – registration begins; RSVP by March 2
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Please share the flyer with all staff that help plan your Summer Reading Program, or work with the youth and teens in your library

This year will be a half-day workshop with performers, games and more.  At 12:30 we will start a brown bag lunch hour.  Please bring topics and lunch (sample topics:: What is a successful program at your library?  How do you get the wiggles out of kids? How do you deal with parents who don’t pay attention during family story time?…)

Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustrations

The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls will exhibit “Draw me a story” from October 1-December 4, 2011.

Originating from the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, California, Draw Me a Story presents both unique works of art and thirteen books in a journey through the history of children’s book illustrators and illustration techniques. Among the award-winning artist/illustrators included in the exhibition are Randolph Caldecott, Jules Feiffer, Kate Greenaway, Sarah Noble Ives, Maurice Sendak, William Steig, and Chris Van Allsburg.

For more information visit the Hyde Collection website.