Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading Program June 3 - July 27
Adventure Begins At Your Library
Join the branches of the Northeast Regional Library this summer as we celebrate the 2024 Summer Reading Program theme – “Adventure Begins at Your Library”.
The fun will began in June and will continue through the end of July.
We are excited to welcome back in-house programs with lots of special visitors lined up this year! Yearly favorite Debora Waz from the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson will be visiting the Belmont, Booneville, Burnsville, Iuka, and Ripley libraries to talk about animal friends found throughout Mississippi. In Corinth, a presenter with a service dog will present a program about how to interact with them. Participants will also make sock dog toys.
Branches in Belmont, Booneville, Ripley, and Tishomingo will have visits from community helpers, such as those from our fire departments, police departments, ambulance services, and more. In Burnsville, Master Gardner Lena Mitchell will discuss plants and flowers grown in our area and provide small pots and seeds for participants to plant something to take home.
Participants at the Random Acts of Kindness program at the Anne Spencer Cox Library in Baldwyn will write letters to people in their community, while at the Blue Mountain Library, a program will take participants outside to create kindness messages on the sidewalks with chalk.
For those who cannot get to the library during daytime hours, several branches will host events at night and on Saturdays, including Family Togetherness game nights and Saturday basic sign language programs at the George E. Allen Library in Booneville and puzzle and Story Time events at Corinth. The Iuka Library will even hold a Saturday Pokemon Adventure Day.
Rock painting activities will be held at the Tishomingo and Rienzi libraries. Several branches, such as Booneville and Corinth, will have special programing for teen participants where they will do fun craft projects.
Those unable to attend a program can still stop by our branches for lots of fun activities they can do on their own. Branches will have coloring and activity sheets, craft projects, in-house Scavenger Hunts, puzzles to put together, and other things to do at any time while visiting the library. All branches will be conducting a Community Art Project where participants decorate a paper square and return it to the library for an art gallery. And of course, all our branches will have reading logs to record books read during the summer, with incentives for meeting each week’s goal.
On our website, you’ll find daily suggestions for fun family activities that fit into our Summer Reading Program theme on the Suggested Family Activities page. Daily recorded stories will continue on our YouTube channel and Story Walks® will be returning to many of our community walking trails.
To see a full list of events at all NERL branches, check out the list below:
Baldwyn
All program times will be from 11:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m.
The recommended age range for these programs are for children ages 5 – 12.
Date
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Program
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June 7
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Team Building Activities 🤼
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June 14
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Team Scavenger Hunt 🔍
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June 21
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Random Acts of Kindness 😊 Writing letters to people in the community
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June 26
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Awards Day 🥇
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Belmont
All program times will begin at 10:00 a.m.
The recommended age range for these programs are for children ages 5 – 10.
Date
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Program
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June 6
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Visit by the Community Ambulance and a Seahorse Craft Project 🚑
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June 13
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The Fire Department and You 🚒
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June 20
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Animals are our Friends: Debora Waz, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science 🐍
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June 27
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Lena Mitchell 👩🌾 Master Gardener
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Blue Mountain
All programs begin at 4:00 p.m.
The recommended age range for these programs are for children ages 5 – 7.
Date
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Program
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June 8
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Sharing Story Time and Butterfly Origami 🦋
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June 15
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Family Story Time and Work on a Puzzle 🧩
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June 22
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Friendship Story Time and Bug Craft Project 🐛
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June 29
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Kindness Story Time, Sidewalk Chalk Fun, and a Favorite Things Craft Project 📚
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Booneville
Children 5 and under will meet in the Children’s Area of the library to
hear stories read to them during the program on June 6, 13, 20 and 27.
Activities for ages 5 and under: :
Date
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Time
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Program
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June 9
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10 AM
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🏀 Learning Together – Basketball basics and educational activities
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June 30
|
10 AM
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🏀 Learning Together – Basketball basics and educational activities
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July 14
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10 AM
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🏀 Learning Together – Basketball basics and educational activities
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July 15
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10 AM
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💃 Mommy and Me Sing and Dance
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July 28
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10 AM
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🏀 Learning Together – Basketball basics and educational activities
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Booneville Programs for ages 6-11:
Date
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Time
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Program
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June 6
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10 AM
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🏀 Team Visit: Booneville Fire Dept, Ambulance Service High School Basketball Team
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June 13
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10 AM
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🐍 Sharing Our World – Debora Waz, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
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June 20
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10 AM
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♻ Friendship and Recycling – Puppet show, Recycled Art Demo and a Leaf Art Project
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June 27
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10 AM
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🐄 Learn about 4-H Activities and Farm Animal Petting Zoo
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July 12
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4 PM
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🦅 Craft Time: Make a Foam Uncle Sam
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Booneville Teen Programs:
Date
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Time
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Program
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---|---|---|
June 28
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2 PM
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💵 Beginning Banking
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Booneville Family/All Ages Programs:
Date
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Time
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Program
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June 5
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6 PM
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♟ Chess Club – Learn How to Play Chess or Brush up on Your Skills
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June 8
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6 PM
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🎲 Family Togetherness with Games
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June 19
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6 PM
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♟ Chess Club – Learn How to Play Chess or Brush up on Your Skills
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July 10
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6 PM
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♟ Chess Club – Learn How to Play Chess or Brush up on Your Skills
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July 20
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6 PM
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🎲 Family Togetherness with Games
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July 24
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6 PM
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♟ Chess Club – Learn How to Play Chess or Brush up on Your Skills
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July 25
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6 PM
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🔢 Bingo Night
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Booneville Adult Programs:
Date
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Time
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Program
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---|---|---|
June 12
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6 PM
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🎨 Paint and Sip: Independent Painting
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June 24
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10 AM
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🖖 Communication is Key - Basic Sign Language
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June 29
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6 PM
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📚 Open Book Club - Discuss Current Reads and Trending Titles
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July 17
|
6 PM
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♟ Chess Club – Learn How to Play Chess or Brush up on Your Skills
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July 22
|
1 PM
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🖖 Communication is Key - Basic Sign Language
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July 27
|
6 PM
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📚 Open Book Club - Discuss Current Reads and Trending Titles
|
Burnsville
The recommended age range for these programs are for children ages 6 – and up.
Date
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Time
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Program
|
---|---|---|
June 1
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10 AM
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🐍 Debora Waz, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
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June 7
|
10 AM
|
💰 Story Time & Financial Literacy, Piggy Bank Craft
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June 8
|
12:30 PM
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👨🌾 Master Gardener Discussion About Local Plants and Flowers. Pots and Seeds Provided
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July 31
|
12:30 PM
|
😊 Kindness for Everyone: Learn about Self-affirmations, Make a Craft Jar. Ages 9+
|
Activities for ages 5 and under:
Date
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Time
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Program
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Every Tuesday
|
2 PM
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Storytime for Preschoolers
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June 20
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3 PM
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Prepare with Pedro the Penguin: Fire Safety in the Home
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June 27
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3 PM
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Storytime in Spanish: Make musical instruments and march around the library
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June 28
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3 PM
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Sensory Friendly Storytime
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July 13
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3 PM
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Stellar Storytime: Stories by Eric Carle & Crafts
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Corinth Programs for ages 6-11:
Date
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Time
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Program
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June 13
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3 PM
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Helping Hounds: Learn about service dogs, Make a Dog Toy, Alcorn County Animal Shelter Donations
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June 15
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3 PM
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Buddy Bracelets: Telling stories about friendship and making bracelets
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June 21
|
10 AM
|
Legos! Building projects and playing with Legos. Registration required.
|
June 22
|
3 PM
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The Pillowcase Project: Fire Safety in the Home
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June 28
|
10 AM
|
Legos! Part 2: Continued
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July 10
|
10 AM
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Legos! Part 3: Continued
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July 11
|
3 PM
|
Backyard Beasts: Learn about local mammals
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July 15
|
10 AM
|
Storytelling Saturday: listen and move to lively stories and poems
|
Corinth Teen Programs:
Date
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Time
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Program
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---|---|---|
June 29
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6 PM
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Kindness Counts: Make a Kindness Jar
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July 8
|
3 PM
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Jigsaw Jamboree: Teams Compete to Complete a Puzzle the Fastest
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Iuka
The recommended age range for these programs are for children ages 6 – and up.
Date
|
Time
|
Program
|
---|---|---|
June 7
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2 PM
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💃 Line Dancing with Emily Cox 🎲 Games and a Craft Project
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June 17
|
10 AM
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🎴 Pokemon Adventure Day: Create your own Pokemon, Pokemon Battle Academy Board Game
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June 21
|
10 AM
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🐍 Debora Waz, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
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June 28
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2 PM
|
🎲 Games and Crafts
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July 15
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11 AM & 2 PM
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🐢 MS Turtle Rescue Group teaches about rescuing turtles
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July 19
|
10 AM
|
🐶 Puppet Workshop: Design and make your puppet
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Every Wednesday
|
2 PM
|
📚 Pre-School Story Time
|
Programs for ages 5 and under:
Date
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Time
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Program
|
---|---|---|
June 13
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1 PM
|
📚 Bilingual Story Time
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June 27
|
1 PM
|
📚 Community Story Time
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July 18
|
1 PM
|
⭐ You are Special: Star Craft
|
Rienzi Programs for Families/All Ages:
Date
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Time
|
Program
|
---|---|---|
June 6
|
All Day
|
All Day 🎨 Rock Painting
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June 20
|
1 PM
|
🎶 Local Music with Joel Hales
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July 11
|
1 PM
|
😊 Kindness is Key: Making Kindness Cards
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July 25
|
4 PM
|
🏃♂️ Outdoor Exercise with Field Day Games
|
Ripley
All programs being at 11:00 a.m.
Programs for ages 6-and up:
Date
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Time
|
Program
|
---|---|---|
July 13
|
11 AM
|
🧪 Visit from Mississippi State Ext. Service to talk about jobs in Science and Technology
|
Ripley Teen Programs:
Date
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Time
|
Program
|
---|---|---|
July 20
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11 AM
|
📚 Teen Book Club Organizer
|
Ripley Programs for Families/All Ages:
Date
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Time
|
Program
|
---|---|---|
June 1
|
11 AM
|
🚒 Visit from Fire Department and Dalmatian Craft
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June 8
|
11 AM
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⚡ Visit from Electrician Linemen with a Bucket Truck, Learn about electrical power safety
|
June 15
|
11 AM
|
🚔 Visit from Police Department and a Police Car Handprint Craft
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July 22
|
11 AM
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🚑 Visit from Nurses and EMT First Responders
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June 29
|
11 AM
|
🛠 Visit from Construction Professionals
|
Ripley Adult Programs:
Date
|
Time
|
Program
|
---|---|---|
July 27
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11 AM
|
📚 Adult Book Club Organizer
|
Tishomingo
All programs begin at 10:30. Except where noted, programs are for all ages.
Date
|
Time
|
Program
|
---|---|---|
June 5
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10:30 AM
|
📚 Building Friendships StoryTime and Friendship Bracelet Craft
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June 12
|
10:30 AM
|
🎨 Rock Painting
|
June 21
|
10:30 AM
|
🚶♀️ A Walk Around Town Community Field Trip and Eric Carle Program
|
June 26
|
10:30 AM
|
🐛 Deborah Waz, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and a Caterpillar Craft
|
July 10
|
10:30 AM
|
🎲 Summer Games and Sidewalk Chalk Drawing
|
Tishomingo Programs for Teens:
Date
|
Time
|
Program
|
---|---|---|
July 17
|
10:30 AM
|
💸 Financial Literacy and The Jellybean Game
|
If You Give A Mouse A Brownie
Join us everyday in June and July
for a new Online Story Time
Story Walks® are returning...
to many of our community walking trails. Story Walks® are outdoor reading experiences where a children’s book is presented via plastic signs at various points along a walking trail. Participants walk the trail, stopping at each sign to read the pages of the story. We are proud to partner with our local communities and their Parks and Recreation departments to present Story Walks® in the following areas:
Corinth Belmont Blue Mountain Booneville Iuka Ripley
Our Story Walk® Schedule is available here.