Life-Long Reading

South staff visited Harmon High School for a Youth Health Fair. They

shared information about new hit teen books and talked to the students

about reading.

West staff presented book talks for students at Arrowhead, including a

class of special needs students. They were very interested in the library

and the help they could receive finding books. Staff is working to set up a

monthly activity for the students.

Main received a visit from 100 3rd grade students from Whittier

Elementary. The students participated in three different activities: Read

Aloud (where staff read stories and the students discussed them),

Monitored Independent Reading (where students could choose two books

and read to themselves), and a Scavenger Hunt featuring examples of

figurative language and text features.

Life-Start Reference

Main staff presented their Veterans in Transition-Life Skills class to

residents of Harbor Light Village. The class covers both education and

entertainment resources that can benefit veterans. Staff also registered

several attendees for library cards

West has seen a marked increase in One-on-One instructional sessions.

Staff members have helped patrons with computer skills, eReaders,

resume writing, and reference questions.

South held their second annual health fair. 120 people attended to

receive information from dozens of organizations including KCKCC,

Juntos, Wyandotte County Health Department, and more.

Community-Life Entertainment

Turner received a donation of four

Monarch Butterfly cocoons. They were

able to place the cocoons in a visible

area and patrons watched them hatch.

The butterflies were then released into

the garden.

Schlagle held the 9th Annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival

during the week of September 22-27. 330 students from Bethel, John

Fiske, Frances Willard, T.A. Edison, McKinley, W.A. White and Parker

Elementary attended field trips where they learned about insect

anatomy, butterfly biodiversity, Monarch migration and tagging and

insect collection and identification. On Saturday, September 27th, the

public event was held with 182 patrons enjoying the beautiful weather

and fun festivities. Activities included face painting , insect catching, live

insect displays, Monarch tagging demonstrations, kids crafts and native

wildflower seed balls.

Mobile Library Launch

The Mobile Library ribbon cutting was held on October 1. A crowd of 60

attended to see the library and to hear speeches given by library and school

staff. It was a beautiful day and a successful launch!

Upcoming Events

Author Jan Thomas will be at the

KCKECC Pre-school on Friday,

November 7 from 1:15 to 1:45 pm.

She will read to the students from her

book Is Everyone Ready For Fun?

There will be a local author fair at

South Branch on October 25. One of

the featured authors will be Dr. Evelyn

Hill and her book, Women Under

Construction.

Two of the library’s staff will also be

featured. Lisa Cindrich and Jay Sparks,

authors of the book Executables, are staff

members at West Wyandotte.