SUMMER 2008 EVENTS Yarmouth Town Libraries Summer Reading Kick-off On June 25, 2008 at 6:00pm the Yarmouth Town Libraries kicked off the 2008 “Wild Reads at your library” Summer Reading Program. Over 160 enthusiastic participants swarmed to the South Yarmouth Library for a magnificent performance by Brett "Ooch" Outchcunis.  Yo-Yos galore were flying and fun was had by all. Readers were informed how their reading could help a local organization. This will be Yarmouth’s 4th community-based summer reading program. We will be working to help the Dennis Yarmouth Ecumenical Council for the Prevention of Homelessness.    Visit any of the Yarmouth Town Libraries for more information on how to participate in our reading program this summer.   We would like to thank our local sponsors, Library Associations and Friends groups for their generosity and support of our 2008 Summer Reading Program!   Armchair Bookstore Bass River Sports  World Candy Co. Cape Cod Museum of Natural History Cape Cod Railroad Hyannis Whale Watcher HyLine Cruises Old Country Buffet Parnassus Books Pirate's Cove Pizzas by Evans Putter's Paradise Shaw's Supermarket Steve's and Sue's Stop and Shop Yarmouth Port Village Store ZooQuarium Friends of the Yarmouth Port Library West Yarmouth Association South Yarmouth Association Yarmouth Port Association Find out more about the Dennis Yarmouth Ecumenical Council for the Prevention of Homelessness. Lost your log? Need a new one? Click here to print a copy. SOUTH YARMOUTH LIBRARY STORY HOURS  Wee Read for ages Birth-3 years at 10:45am on Thursday mornings. Please join us for stories, songs and playtime. Storytime will continue throughout the summer. There will be no storyhour held on August 28. Preschool Story Hour ages 3-5 years on Tuesday mornings at 10:30am. Please join us for stories, songs and playtime. Storytime will continue throughout the summer. There will be no storyhour held on August 26. SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS JUNE/JULY Grades K-4  Watercolor Lanterns Grades K-4 Saturday, July 12 at 1:00pm Please Pre-register Drop-in Beading Grades K-4 Saturday, July 26 at 1:00pm Decorate Light Switch Plates Grades K-4 Saturday, August 2 at 1:00pm Grades 5-8 Babysitting Program Ages 11+ Monday, July 14, Wednesday, July 16 and Thursday, July 17 2:00pm-5:30pm Pre-registration required Must attend all classes to receive certificate. Groom Your Room Grades 5-8 Monday, July 21 at 2:00pm Please Pre-register Tie Dying Grades 5-8 Monday, July 28 at 2:00pm Pre-registration Required Weather Permitting YARMOUTH PORT LIBRARY   Join us in July as we begin our Drop-in Craft Day on Wednesdays from July 2 through August 13 from 1:30pm-6pm. WEST YARMOUTH LIBRARY All Ages Dino Painting All Ages Tuesday, July 22 at 4:00pm Pre-register Grades K-4 Star-Spangled Wavers Grades K-4 Tuesday, July 1 at 4:00 pm Pre-register Decorate a Mug Grades K-4 Tuesday, July 15 at 4:00 pm Pre-register Design Canvas Bags Grades K-4 Tuesday, August 19 at 4:00 pm Pre-register Grades 5-8 Decorate Beach Bags Grades 5-8 Tuesday, July 8 at 4:00 pm Pre-register Glow in the Dark Message Boards Grades 5-8 Tuesday, July 29 at 4:00 pm Pre-register Cool Locker Magnets Grades 5-8 Tuesday, August 5 at 4:00 pm Pre-register NEW BOOKS TO CHECKOUT Judy Moody and Stink: The Holly Joliday – Megan McDonald Judy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow. It hasn’t snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years, however, so what are the chances that that will change? Enter the new mailman, Mr. Jack Frost, who not only looks like a jolly old elf but also seems to know a lot about weather patterns, has a fondness for the cold, and works looooooong hours during the holiday season.   The Willoughbys – Lois Lowry Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, attempt to fulfill their roles as good old fashioned children. Following the models set in lauded tales from A Christmas Carol to Mary Poppins, the four Willoughbys hope to attain their proscribed happy ending too, or at least a satisfyingly maudlin one.   Trucks Roll! – George Ella Lyon Trucks bring ice cream. Trucks bring blocks, books and bulldozers, dolls and socks. Through mountains and flatlands, past deserts and towns, the trucks are rolling! With its rhyming text and bold illustrations, Trucks Roll! invites kids along on a day in a trucker's life and shows that many things we enjoy depend on the trucker's work.   Smash! Crash! (Jon Scieszka's Trucktown) - Jon Scieszka Best friends Jack and Dan are spending their day doing what they do best - smashing and crashing! All the while a strange shadow is following them around every corner... Who is this new addition to Trucktown? What does she want?   Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln – Judith St. George Abraham Lincoln grew up poor and without schooling in a Kentucky wilderness and lost his mother before he was ten. It was sparkplug Sally Bush Johnston who married his father, brought a library of books to their log cabin home, and believed in Abe from the beginning. She was an inspiring turning point for young Abe, who went on to become America’s sixteenth and most popular and respected president.

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