Children’s Notes

*Summer Reading Program: For more than 20 years C.H. Booth Library has encouraged children to read during their summer vacation by sponsoring an independent reading program for children ages 4 up to grade 5.  Children receive their own reading records and keep track of the books they read over the summer.

Participants come to the library to talk about what they have read with our trained young adult volunteers and are rewarded with incentives.

Call the children’s room for dates and program details.

Programs For Young Adults

*Creative Writing Summer Camp: Only one place is still available for this year’s program, which starts next week.

Tom McMorran, an English teacher and Newtown resident, will lead the summer sessions for young people. Camp will meet from 4 to 6 pm on Tuesdays for rising grades 6 and 7, July 11-August 8.

Camp will meet from 4 to 6 pm on Thursdays for rising grades 8 and up, July 6-August 3.

Participants are expected to attend all five sessions. Space is limited to ten writers in each class, with preference given to Newtown residents.

*YA BookTalk: Let’s talk about The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins, which includes Gregor the Overlander, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods, and Gregor and the Marks of Secret.

Join us on Wednesday, July 12. from 1 to 2 pm, at Reed School’s Media Center.

Sign up at Booth Library’s Main Floor Circulation Desk or call 426-4533, or just drop in at the program.

*Roll out more fun with Duct Tape III!

Our popular duct tape crafts program returns on Wednesday, July 19, from 2 to 4 pm.  Katie Stevenson will be leading the group in several projects including cell phone or iPod holders, ties, sandals, wallets, purses, sun visors, and accessories. It is limited to 15 students age 10 and up (rising grades 5-12), with preference given to Newtown residents.

There is a $6 supply fee, payable at signup, which can be done at the library’s main floor circulation desk or by calling 426-4533.

Adult Programs

*Book Discussion: The next discussion will be on Monday, July 10, at 1 pm, concerning The Devil in The White City by Erik Larsen. Newcomers are welcome.

*Indie Film Series: Films return to the lower meeting room for free screenings on July 11 with The Forest for The Trees. Screenings begin at 7:30 and are free of charge.

Later offerings in the series will be Spare Parts on August 8, Campfire on November 14, and Hawaii, Oslo on December 12.

*Sounds Of Summer: Join us at The Pleasance, at the corner of Main Street and Sugar St, for three free concerts this summer.

Picnic under the stars with friends and neighbors. Bring you own blankets or low lawn chairs for seating. Concerts begin at 7 pm.

This year’s series will open with a performance by In Harmony on Saturday, July 15. The music continues on Friday, August 18, with Goldrush, and then concludes on Friday, September 8, with The Golden Angel Jazz Band.

In the event of rain on any of the concert dates, the shows will move into the lower meeting room at the library.

C.H. Booth Library, at 25 Main Street in Newtown, can be reached by calling 426-4533.