Manchester City Library

Parents and children are invited to play Blongoball and Bocce Ball. We’ll meet at the West Community Library and go to West Football Field. Registration is required. Children must be accompanied by a parent. For more information call Mary Bognaski, 624-6560.

This year’s Summer Reading Program is called “G’Day for Reading” begins on Monday, June 30. It will run for six weeks, and finish up on Friday, August 8th. It is for children in grades K-5, but we encourage those younger to sign up as well.

Once they sign up at the library, they have to read 10 books during those six weeks. They can read more if they want. Out of those 10 books, they have to tell about 4 of them to one of our volunteers during sharing time. Sharing Times are M-Tu-Thurs from 9:30-7:30 and Wed & Fri from 9:30-4:30. After each sharing, they will get a prize. After reading the 10 books, they will earn a free book and an invite to the finale program on Thursday, August 14.

There are other programs going on as well.

Every Tuesday, beginning July 1, there will be storytime at 9:30 in the Winchell Room.

Every Thursday, beginning July 3, there will be a craft time at 9:30 in the Winchell Room. This program you do have to sign up for due to limited space.

Friday mornings at 9:30 am, I do a lapsit storytime for babies and their caregivers. The ages for that is newborns up to 23 months.

Wednesdays July 16, 23, & 30, at 10:00 am, Karina will be here to present a music program for all ages. She was here last year and the kids just loved her.

Tuesday, July 8, Musician Paul Warnick is here at 2:00 pm in the Library’s side yard. He will be presenting a musicial program about Australia.

Tuesday, July 15, the Marine Docents are here at 2:00 pm to present a program on sea life. This program you do have to sign up for due to limited space.

Monday, July 14, there is a Dance Dance Revolution program happening at 3:00 pm in the Winchell Room. This program is for grades K-5 and there is a sign up.

There will be a movie on Monday, August 4 at 2:00 pm. Not sure on the title yet.

Life Size Clue will be on Wednesday, August 13, at 2:30 pm. This program is for grades K-5 and there is a sign up.

Was it Professor Plum in Library with the lead pipe? It could have been Mrs. White in the Dining Room with the rope? Become the characters to solve the mystery.

Registration is requested. For Grades 1-5. For more information, please contact Karyn via email or at 624-6550.

To celebrate all our successful Summer Reading Program readers the Library brings you The Majestic Theater and The Return of the Glass Slipper by Mary Donnelly & George L.O.Strid.

On Prince Albert’s 19th birthday, his parents, King Rupert and Queen Philomena, have determined that the Prince should find a suitable bride. So, the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy ball, where his son will be able to choose his future wife. Cinderella dreams of going to the ball, but those dreams are shattered when her stepsisters, Pandora and Mergatroid, point out that she hasn’t a suitable dress to wear to the ball and has too many chores to do around the house. To her rescue, Harmonia, her Fairy Godmother arrives and waves her magic wand. Then there’s the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history.

Discover the magic and wonder of wishes come true in this fairytale favorite when Cinderella meets her Prince Charming! For more information, please contact the Children’s Room via email or at 624-6550 ext. 314.

Steve is keen as mustard to go Waltzing Matilda this summer, bringing songs & stories from the Land Down Under to libraries across New Hampshire. Little nippers of all ages will be singing like dingoes, jumping like kangaroos, and laughing like the kookaburra for a show that’s wilder than the Australian outback!

In the event of rain, program will be held in Library Auditorium. For more information, please contact Mary Gallant via email or at 624-6550 ext. 311. Sponsored by the MCL Trustees.