Suggested Family Activity • Summer Reading: National Loving Day Tomorrow is National Loving Day. This is the perfect day to extend loving kindness to others around you. One way to show loving acts of kindness is by using your manners and being polite, such as saying “Please” and “Thank you” Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Summer Reading: StoryTimes! Have you checked out the Story Times on our website yet? Many are being recorded so that you can watch them whenever (and as often) as you like! If you like stories about cats, we have a lot for you! Corinth Librarian Cody Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Summer Reading: Cat and Mouse Game Here’s a fun game that your family may not have tried before – Cat and Mouse. For this game, you will need a large bed sheet or tablecloth and at least four players. Here’s what you do: One player is Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Summer Reading: Read to Your Pet Laura Joffe Numeroff is a popular children’s book author and illustrator who brings a variety of cute animals to life in her titles. Since we are celebrating all things animal related this summer, check out some of her funny titles Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Summer Reading: Story Walk As part of our Summer Reading Program activities, NERL is presenting Story Walks in eight of our communities. What is a Story Walk, you ask? A Story Walk is an outdoor reading experience where a children’s book is presented via plastic signs Read more…
Week One: Deb Davis from the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science presents The Heron and the Hummingbird This is the first video in our Virtual Summer Reading Program 2021
Friday, July 17 • Suggested Family Activity Have a Fairy Tale Family Dance Party to wrap up Summer Reading Program 2020! Dress up as your favorite fairy talecharacter, put on your family’s favorite music and dance the night away! Set the mood with soundtracks from the Disney movies, introduce your Read more…
Thursday, July 9 • Suggested Family Activity Many fairy tales wouldn’t be complete without a ferocious (or sometimes not so ferocious) fire-breathing dragon. Make dragon eggs out of PlayDough or a similar craft dough or decorate plain Easter eggs with paint, stickers or glitter pens. For another dragon inspired craft, Read more…
Summer Reading Program Participant Photos Week Three
For a simple gardening craft, help your child grow a bean in a cup. Read a version of “Jack and the Beanstalk” while you’re waiting for it to grow! Draw or print out a picture of a castle in the clouds and tape to the end of a wooden skewer. Read more…