Dear Friends back home,
I have been enjoying my time here at the Merrimack Public Library, in Merrimack, NH. They have just finished their Summer Reading Program for 2011 and I hope my presence has helped make it a fun time for everyone.
The 2011 theme they have been using is "One World, Many Stories." I joined them for a sing-a-long with Hoot N Hollah, where here you see me helping them sing a Scottish song called "Aiken Drum". (I am on the podium overseeing the pictures of the food shapes that the kids choose to create Aiken Drum's features) The lady in the pink T shirt is the Children's Librarian, Mrs. Couser.
I also helped Mrs. Glavin set up a program about India during which the kids made Rangoli, a traditional decorative welcome sign for your door.
I was fortunate to meet their summer intern, Liz, who is a student at Plymouth State University. She was pretty brave on the day that Critters N Creatures Animal Show came to the library and had her picture taken with Darwin, the
Tegu Lizard from South America, but as you can see, I decided to hang out on the other side of the camera lens. (Nothing personal against Darwin!)
Mrs. Couser told me to tell you that she is very proud of the kids in
Merrimack who participated in the Summer Reading Program. They had 487 kids read a total of 4,802 hours! That's more than 300 hours than last year. I find this very exciting personally because the kids were challenged by the Friends of the Merrimack Library to read 3500 hours, and if they reached their goal, the Friends would make a donation of $450 to the Humane Society for Greater Nashua. I am very, very happy for the dogs, puppies, cats and kittens who will be helped by these awesome kids.
I've included a picture showing how the hours read were tracked on a gigantic poster in the hallway outside of the Children's Room, with one sticker = to one hour.
Well, I'm going to catch a few waves over here by Hawaii, and then
be on my way to my next Library!
See you soon!
Your buddy,
Cole Cat
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