Shepherdstown Elementary School students paraded through town, along with teachers and parent volunteers. Students dressed up as storybook characters to celebrate reading.
When a town has a children’s “storybook parade” (above, organized by Shepherdstown Elementary School), you know the residents like books. The Shepherdstown Library is marching into summer as well, with a full calendar of activities. The party kicks off on June 1 with a festival that runs from 11 am to 2 pm. Appropriate for all ages, the festival will have crafts, games, snacks, and summer reading sign-ups.
For the rest of the summer, here’s just a few of the fun events (see website for full calendar):
The family story time (all ages) with Ms. Jesse will be about travel, nature, imagination, and other adventure themes. Drew Blue Shoes will bring magic on June 6 (best for ages 5+) where kids can learn some tricks to perform themselves.. Ms. Rachel will organize Crafternoon (ages 5+) to make a variety of fun animals from ordinary materials. Rocks for Kids will have two age-appropriate programs (ages 5-9 and ages 10+) that will provide hands-on experiments.
For slightly older children there will be a Nature Journaling Club (ages 7+) that will meet weekly on Fridays from June 6 through August 2. The library will host a NASA StarLab Portable Planetarium (ages 7+) for several short programs where participants will learn about the stars, constellations, and planets. Registration is required and there will be an online sign up that opens on June 1st on the library website.
The Middle Grade Book Club (ages 9-13) will read the book and meet for a discussion, games, crafts and snacks. Registration is required (email Rachel@ShepLibrary.org) to sign up and for information about obtaining the books (Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley and Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai).
For a full calendar of events, visit the library website (ShepLibrary.org). For programs at other Jefferson County libraries, see the online version of this story at ObserverWV.com.
