Book Review for Parents and Grandparents of young children and the young at heart...

As a preschool teacher and children's librarian, I am always on the look out for fun books that will have the children cheering "Read it again!". Although it is sometimes trying for us adults to "Read it again" for the third or fourth time, the repetition is so enriching for the children. That is why I like books that are enjoyable for me as well! One of my first suggestions and one of my favorites is "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus*" by Mo Willems. This book is interactive, which is helpful for language development, in that the bus driver leaves the readers in charge of making sure the pigeon doesn't drive the bus. The pigeon is hilarious as he tries to get the readers to "LET ME DRIVE THE BUS!!!".

Thursday, August 5th at 7:00 magician Paul Gerber of Northeast Ohio returned to “Make a Splash” at our library for the third annual "Christi Thomas" Summer Reading Program Closing Family Night Magic Show. Over 50 adults and 74 kids attended this year's show! Entire families thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Paul’s family-friendly brand of comedy, juggling, and MAGIC, as well as refreshments of snow cones and waffles after the show!

A very special THANKS to the Christi Thomas Foundation for their generous donation to make this show possible!

We Made the Front Page!

Wednesday, July 21st, as part of our Summer Reading Program, we took a group of Elementary-aged kids on a walk to the Attica Water Plant to tour the facilities and the resevoir. This year's Summer Reading theme "Make a Splash - READ!" lended itself well to this tour, in which kids witnessed first-hand what it takes to allow murky Honey Creek to supply all of our village's water. Jill Gosche of Tiffin's Advertiser Tribune braved the sun and heat to capture the experience, and we ended up making the front page of July 22nd's issue of the Advertiser! If you missed it you can still check it out at the Advertiser Tribune's website. Just search "Read and Learn" or "Attica" under local news. Also while visiting check out the rest of the photos from the event by clicking CU Photo Galleries.

Make a Splash @Garlo Park!

Friday, June 25th we kicked off our Summer Reading Program at Garlo Park in Bloomville. Over 50 people came out for a refreshing nature hike, a fun craft, and water games! Students going into grades K-12 that were in attendance got to sign up for our prize incentive reading program. After all that we welcomed Mr. Peter Rushton of P.T. Reptiles in Columbus who brought his band of slimy slithering and scaly friends. Kids and parents alike enjoyed learning about, watching and holding his friends including a baby alligator, tortoise, tarantula, and 9 foot 45 pound PYTHON! A special thanks goes to the National Machinery Foundation for making Peter's visit possible! Even after all that excitement we still weren't done. Refreshments, provided by the SEPL Foundation and served by the PALS group, included root beer floats and s'mores! Thanks to everyone for coming out and making this year's kick-off party a huge success!

View more party pics at our FLICKR page!

Fe Fi Fo Fum!

Tuesday, May 11th the Seneca East Public Library hosted a Preschool Puppet Show featuring Joyce Davis of Toledo. This was Joyce's nineteenth year entertaining us! Ms. Davis is an international puppeteer and keynote speaker. She travels with her puppets across the USA as well as Europe, Peru, and more.

This year's play was "Jack and this Sky Place." Four Kindergarten classes and three area preschools were in attendance. A total of 149 kids and 48 adults giggled in amusement as she made her dynamic characters "come alive" during one of two times of this truly professional quality program.

View photos of the Puppet Show at SEPL's Flickr page!

"Love My Library!" Afterschool Workshop

On Thursday, April 15th 58 students in grades K-6 helped the Seneca East Public Library celebrate National Library Week with our "Love My Library!" after school workshop. When kids first arrived we took a snapshot of them in front of the library with signs reading "We Love Our Library!" Then we split into three stations. Station one was a tour of the SEO Mobile Computer Lab. Students watched a short movie inside the bus and made library-themed "cootie catchers." At station two we played bingo and then, with sidewalk chalk, decorated the front sidewalk  with drawings and sayings such as "I love the library!" The third station was arguably the favorite of the day! Kids helped make and devour five different smoothie varieties which were resurrected from last year's workshop by popular demand. Lastly we regrouped and awarded door prizes. Thanks to the donators and the volunteers that helped make this workshop not only possible but a fantastic way to finalize National Library Week!

View more photos on SEPL's  FLICKR page and see what our and other Ohio libraries are up to during National Library Week on the FLICKR group Ohio Library Council's Library Snapshot Day!
 

Donate Your Used Ink Cartridges to the Library

We will recycle your used ink cartridges for you!  The library receives $3 of credit to Staples for each cartridge turned in.  You can turn your empty cartridges in at the front desk or simply wrap them in a plastic bag and drop them in the book drop.  We appreciate your continued support.