Friends of the Library Book Sale

Friends of the Library would like to thank of all the people who have donation items for our book sales. With the money raise through book sales the Friends pay for many programs and items that the library would not be able to afford.

Even though there were no lights when the book sale first started, it did not deter any of the eager people at our book sale.

Hermit Crab's New Home Day 2

Our children's librarian read a story about a hermit crab's shell and the need for a new one. Then invited the children to create their own shell.

All the children created their own unique shells and there were some great shell creations.

Additional pictures can be found at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary
Kasson Public Library Website: http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Summer Book/Movie Club

Don't forget the book/movie club program on Thursday, July 31st starting at 4:30 pm for children who have signed up and read book(s) that were made into movies.

The movie Holes will be shown, you must be signed up to participate, call the library to reserve your place.

We hope to make this book/movie a monthly event for students [(grades 4-6) ages (9-12)]. Stop by or call the library for
more detail or to sign up.

Hermit Crab's New Home Day 1

Our children's librarian read a story about a hermit crab's
shell and the need for a new one. The invited the children to create their own shell.

All the children created their own unqiue shell and there were some great shell creations.

For additional pictures of the Grand Finale in the Park: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary
Kasson Public Library Website: http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Book Sale

Friends of the Kasson Library will hold their third quarterly book sale on Thursday, July 31 10-6 and Friday, August 1 10-5.

Monday-Wednesday there will be $1.00 bag sale for items in one of our bags.

There will be a presale on Wednesday evening 4-7 for current members of Friends.

The last book sale of the year will be Thursday, November 20th and Friday, November 21st.

Sponsors of Summer Reading Program

THANK YOU

The Kasson Public Library staff and the children would like to thank everyone who helped make our summer reading program Catch the Reading Bug a huge success. Without donations from area businesses we could not afford the reading incentives or items for the library store. Please take time to thank these businesses for their continued support of the summer reading program.

Country Pleasure
Daniels
Eastwood Bank
Friends of the Kasson Library
Jimmy's Pizza
Kasson Chamber of Commerce
Kasson Eye Care
Kasson State Bank
Kasson Variety
State Theater

Volunteers Make the Summer Reading Program a Success

The staff of the library would like to extended a huge THANK YOU to the all of our volunteers at this big event without all of their help this event would not be possible. Most of these volunteers have been helping us for many years and some are now old enough to help. They had just as much fun as the children and look forward to this event every year.

Mary Rose Lolly Tree Sybel Duck Pond

Donna & Kelly Frog Toss Erin and Ryan High/Low

Library Store Team

Peterson/Pederson Families

Summer Reading's Grand Finale

Children waiting for the drawings.

Over 150 children and parents came to Catch the Reading Bug grand finale in the park. It was a beautiful Minnesota day and we had six areas set up for games and a library store. We drew for grand prizes for the children who had read during the seven week reading program. They had a chance at winnning savings bonds, pizzas, ice cream sundaes, books and much more. In addition we had prizes at the library for the top reader in each age catagory.

Fun was had by all.

Everyone one had a great time and loved spending their "library bucks" at the library store.

For additional pictures of the Grand Finale in the Park: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary

Kasson Public Library Website: http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Take My Picture Storytime 7/22/08

Children enjoyed having their pictures taken today by Children's Librarian Ingvild at storytime. She took the children's pictures and then printed them out for each to take home to their parents. Lots of smiling faces and laughter as pictures were taken and pleasure when they found they could take the pictures home.











Additional photos:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/ For additional information on library activities:http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Online Music Sites

I have two great music listening sites that Tasha Saeckeron of Sites and Soundbytes website is recommending. I checked these out and they are GREAT!! But you may find the day sliding by quickly while you have fun exploring, listening and watching the great performances by your favorite artists. ENJOY! Tasha said "Someone has finally taken all of the myriad of music offerings online and brought them together in one handy place. This is now my music site of choice."

StumbleAudio gives you access to 2 million songs to listen to. You can take your chances and stumble through all of the songs, or click on a channel that contains a specific musical style like jazz or new age or pop. To get something even more individualized, you can type in a band you enjoy and find matches that way. Unlike Pandora, you can pick and choose the ones that intrigue you most from the entire list of matches. You can also rate thumbs up or thumbs down for any given song. Definitely worth a listen.





Jogli is yet another music site that I simply have to show you! The site opens with a very simple search box where you can enter any term you like. Find an artist you are interested in, and you will get a biography, a list of albums, video clips to view, images, and a list of similar artists to explore. Click on any album, and you get to listen to it in its entirety. Jogli automatically links to YouTube so you will also get to watch the video if there is one. You can also click on the lyrics button for any song to see the lyrics while you listen. Sign up for a free account and you can create your own playlists of favorite songs.

Tasha also has other great sites that you can check out: http://sites.menashalibrary.org/

Click Beetle Storytime Day 2 July 16

Children's Librarian Ingvild read a story about the click beetle and had the children create their own beetles out of clothes pins and construction paper.

The children loved this activity and especially showing off their own unique beetles.

For additional pictures of this activity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/
For additional information on library activities:http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Click Beetle Storytime Day 1 July 15

Children's Librarian Ingvild read a story about the click beetle and had the children create their own beetles out of clothes pins and construction paper.

The children loved this activity and especially showing off their own unique beetles.

For additional pictures of this activity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

For additional information on library activities:http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Catch The Reading Bug-Grand Finale

There is only eight days left of the summer reading program. You have until closing on Tuesday, July 22nd to turn in your reading sheets for the grand prizes ( ex. Eastwood State Bank's gift certificates from Barnes & Noble, Kasson State Bank Saving Bonds, pizza,s ice creams sundaes). On Wednesday, July 23rd we will honor the reading contracts with library bucks only.
The grand finale is at Veterans Park on July 23 at 1:00pm. We will be playing games, awarding top prizes, and have the library store open for you to spend your library bucks that you earned by reading.

Sing & Dance With MJ

Michelle Jones (MJ) was our guest
performer and got the children to get up to sing and dance. The 30 people present at the performance throughly enjoyed themselves. I got brave yesterday and filmed some of the action.

Sing & Dance With MJ

Don't forget that our special program featuring MJ is tommorrow at 10:30 in the Library.

Everyone there will be singing and dancing.

Thumprint Bugs

Today at storytime the children made thumbprint bugs. The children had a great time with the bugs and stickers and were eager to show their creations to their moms and well just about anyone.

Additional pictures can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/
Our webpage is http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Fourth of July Storytime

This was our fourth intergenerational storytime at Prairie Meadows. Mom's Lisa and Tara did an outstanding job with a 4th of July theme for the residents and the children. The children heard two stories and then made a gift for the residents of a clay pot with flowers and a flag. Everyone has a great time celebrating
our country's independence.

For additional pictures:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary

Have you caught the reading bug?

The Library's summer reading program is going strong. We've had over 160 children who have turned in reading contracts, totaling over 1500 hours read!

Don't forget to turn in your reading contract before our grand finale on June 23rd. To print additional contracts, click here.

For more information on our summer reading program, click here.

Spiderweb Storytime Day 2

We Are Now On You Tube!!!!

This short video was taken at our Day 2 Spiderweb storytime. Enjoy!

YIKES!! Spiderwebs Day 2

Children's Librarian Ingvild read a story about a spider who taught two weavers how to make their own intricate and colorful designs. The children were excited about making their own spider webs and coloring in spiders and insects.

For additional pictures:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

For additional information about the library or our Summer Reading Program Catch the Reading Bug:http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/