Summer Reading Program Event: Mr. Keith the Magic Man presents Wild Adventures at the Library

Thank you, Mr. Keith for the Wild Adventures at the Library show for the Smyrna Public Library Summer Reading Program today.  It was a perfect fit for the theme of this year’s program, Adventure Begins at your Library. 

Keith Karnok, better known throughout Georgia as "Mr. Keith the Magic Man”, and his trusty sidekick “Vern” the talking/singing Gooney Bird helped the kids discover “Wild Adventures at the Library” in their fun magic and ventriloquism reading show about animals, adventure, and reading.    

The 2024 Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the City of Smyrna, the Friends of Smyrna Library, and Dairy Queen, Spring Rd.

Recommended Summer 2024 Reading List

Featured Book:

HOW CAN I HELP YOU by Laura Sims

Other Recommended Selections:

A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas

AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY by Doris Kearns Goodwin

CAMINO GHOSTS by John Grisham

ENTRANCES AND EXITS by Michael Richards

ERUPTION by Michael Crichton and James Patterson

FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry

JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez

LEATHER AND LARK by Brynne Weaver

OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt

THE ASHES & THE STAR-CURSED KING by Carissa Broadbent

THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

THE COMFORT OF GHOSTS by Jacqueline Winspear

THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah

THE WREN IN THE HOLLY LIBRARY by K.A. Linde

THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT by Carley Fortune

WHAT THIS COMEDIAN SAID WILL SHOCK YOU by Bill Maher

WHEN THE SEA CAME ALIVE by Garrett M. Graff

WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE by Julie Satow

YOU LIKE IT DARKER by Stephen King

SOURCE: NY Times Bestseller Lists
06/23/2024

Summer Reading Program Event: Cobb County Water System Presents: River Adventure!

Thank you to Ms. Julie and Ms. Nan from the Cobb County Watershed Stewardship for teaching us today about our local rivers and how they help us.  

After a story about rivers, the kids got to make their own puppets of animals that use the river!

The 2024 Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the City of Smyrna, the Friends of Smyrna Library, and Dairy Queen, Spring Rd.

Friends of Smyrna Library Launch e-Mail Newsletter

 

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Summer Reading Program Event: Piccadilly Puppets Presents Imagination Station

Thank you, Piccadilly Puppets for the entertaining Imagination Station program for the Smyrna Public Library Summer Reading Program today!  The kids really enjoyed the playful variety show with puppets, simple objects, music, storytelling, and lots of audience participation.  Everyone discovered that a little imagination can go a long way!

The 2024 Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the City of Smyrna, the Friends of Smyrna Library, and Dairy Queen, Spring Rd.

Summer Reading Program Event: Butterfly Release

One of the highlights of this year's Summer Reading Program for kids was observing caterpillars transform into butterflies throughout May and June via metamorphosis.

The metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly is a marvel of nature's transformational prowess. Starting as an egg laid on a suitable host plant, the caterpillar hatches and begins its voracious feeding stage, consuming leaves to fuel its growth. As it grows, the caterpillar sheds its skin multiple times in a process called molting. Once fully grown, it forms a chrysalis or pupa, where the most astonishing changes occur. Inside this protective casing, the caterpillar's body undergoes a remarkable restructuring. Imaginal discs, groups of cells that were present since the caterpillar's early development, now begin to rapidly divide and differentiate, forming the adult butterfly's wings, legs, antennae, and other structures. This metamorphosis typically takes a few weeks, culminating in the emergence of a fully-formed butterfly, ready to take flight and begin its new life cycle.

Today the butterflies were released on the library patio just in time for National Pollinator Week.

The 2024 Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the City of Smyrna, the Friends of Smyrna Library, and Dairy Queen, Spring Rd.

FOSL Announces Summer Pop-Up Clearance Sale Series

All Books on CD, Movie DVDs, Music CDs, and Books on the 2 CLEARANCE Tables are only 50 cents each. The sales are taking place in the Library Atrium Lobby through the end of July. As soon as we free up some table space we’ll add more Music CDs and Travel Books. More collections will be put out each week – look for social media updates. Cash, PayPal, and Venmo are accepted for payment.

We also restocked the FOSL Bookstore with new selections from 75 cents to $2. Magazines are only 10 cents.

Proceeds from the Summer CLEARANCE Sales will be donated to purchase new book titles for teens.

Teens (rising 6th graders to 12th graders) can sign-up to volunteer at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4DACAD2AA0FC1-teen1#/