Greetings from the Great Bend Public Library! We are just one week away from our summer kick-off event at the Brit Spaugh Zoo, Friday June 4th! From 2-4 p.m. be ready for some summer fun as the library takes over the zoo. Learn about animals straight from the zookeepers, join in on activities and even pick up your summer reading registration bags. Parents can register children on our website greatbendpl.info now so that come Friday you are guaranteed a registration bag. This is an all ages event open to everyone, so bring your sister, brother, aunt, second cousin and even grandpa. There will be a little bit for everyone to enjoy. We will also have a performance by the famed storyteller Jim Two Crows Wallen at 3 p.m. Wallen is a national award winning oral historian who mixes his love of history with his great storytelling to enchant audiences. His performances are carefully researched and his clothing personally-hand designed to be historically accurate. This particular performance will focus on tales of Santa Fe Trail Adventures, which is celebrating two hundred years this year. You can find out more about the Santa Fe Trail and even get an interactive trail site guide here at the library.
We hope you’re as excited as we are for our summer kick off event and all the awesome summer fun we will be having all through June and July. Look forward to Storytimes, scavenger hunts, multiple special presenters and performers, animal related fun like documentaries, trivia and presentations from specialists, crafts galore for all ages, family movies under the stars and even animal themed books for our book club. There is also our annual summer reading contest, where you can compete for all kinds of great prizes. This year we will even have a weekly check out contest with new prize drawings each week. Be sure to drop by to get a summer newsletter so you don’t miss out on a single event.
Hannah Grippin is outreach manager at the Great Bend Public Library. Keep an eye on GBPL’s Facebook and its website, greatbendpl.info, for upcoming programs and updates. You can also message staff on Facebook or send email to gbcirc@gmail.com, or call 620-792-2409.
