Fiske Library Summer Reading Club News

Find Your Voice: Summer Reading Club 2023 
Summer Reading Club will kick off Friday, June 23 at 1:00! Bring your team for a round of mini-golf with Mobile Mini-Golf and sign up for Summer Reading Club. 
This summer Wrentham children and teens (ages 0-18) are invited to participate in the 2023 Statewide Summer Reading Program: Find Your Voice. Sponsored by your local library, the Massachusetts Library System, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the goal of the summer reading program is to encourage Wrentham families to read together during the vacation months. 
This year there will be two ways to register: beginning June 23 you can visit the library and sign up in person OR you can register online at fiskelib.beanstack.org. The online registration allows you to begin tracking your reading immediately online without a paper tracker!
Every child that registers will receive a free book thanks to the Friends of the Fiske. 
Once you have completed the reading challenge (online or using our paper tracker) visit the library to get a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of our many great prizes including assorted animal and book sets, gift cards, games, and more! The first 150 kids to complete the challenge will receive a coupon for a free ice cream from Nicky’s!
Thank you so much to our sponsors that make Summer Reading Club possible: The Friends of the Fiske, Nicky’s Family Dining, Claudia Schumacher, Kathy Mehler, DG Ranieri, James Soares, Regional Tire & Sunoco, Omega Pizza, Three Pugs Creamery, Tribute in Stone, Wrentham Cooperative Bank, An Unlikely Story, Cataldo’s, Showcase Dance Productions.
We are still collecting donations from anyone who would like to contribute so Wrentham kids can earn incentives for all their hard work!

Participants can pick a FREE BOOK when you sign-up for the
Summer Reading Club thanks to the Friends of the Library!!

SUMMER READING KICKOFF WITH MOBILE MINI GOLF
WHEN : Friday June 23
TIME :  1-4
Bring your team for a round of Mini-Golf at the Library! Mobile Mini Golf will transform the Library into a nine-hole mini golf course. The colorful course has hills, jumps, bumps, twists and loops and is suitable for kids (and adults) of all ages.
While you are here sign up for our 2023 summer reading program, FIND YOUR VOICE.

Drop-In Crafternoons 
TIME : 3:00PM
AGES 6-12
Drop in to “find your voice” with crafts. Throught out the summer we will be crating with Perler beads, making our own STEAM Musical Instruments, getting messy with slime and designing friendship bracelets.
6/29  Creating with Perler Beads
7/19  Creating STEAM Musical Instruments
8/8    Slime Time
8/15  Making Friendship Bracelets

Tie Dye Party
WHEN : Thursday 7/6
TIME : 1:00PM
AGES 6+
Get colorful and join us on the Children’s Room patio to tie dye! Bring your own white item to dye (t-shirt, bandana, canvas bag, pillowcase, etc. 
REGISTRATION REQUIRED! REGISTRATION WILL OPEN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE EVENT.  CALL 508-384-5440 X5 TO SIGN-UP

"Join In" with Diane Edgecomb
WHEN : Friday 7/14
TIME : 11:00AM
ALL AGES
Sing, Dance and Join right in Diane’s Musical stories in this fun-loving family event. We’ll learn the song of the wind in the Old Apple Tree tale and act out rainforest animals in the Amazon story of Kibungo, joining together to defeat a great, big, smelly monster! Led by award winning performer Diane Edgecomb we’ll all JOIN IN a warm-hearted celebration of community and fun. This program is supported by a grant from the Wrentham Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a State agency.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED! REGISTRATION WILL OPEN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE EVENT.  CALL 508-384-5440 X5 TO SIGN-UP

Talewise Science Heroes : Saving Earth Together 
WHEN : Friday July 21
TIME : 11:00AM
GRADES : K-5
Science and stories collide in this brand new interactive STEM program! Two unlikely heroes must learn to WORK TOGETHER to stop a super polluting mastermind. Throughout the story, you’ll help the performer conduct amazing science experiments all about air pressure, the laws of motion, chemical reactions and much more.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED! REGISTRATION WILL OPEN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE EVENT.  CALL 508-384-5440 X5 TO SIGN-UP

Roger Williams Zoomobile
WHEN : Thursday July 27
TIME : 1:00PM OR 2:00PM
The Zoomobile will be here visiting with a few of their animal friends. Come and meet the animals and learn all about them!
NOTE : Please specify which session you would like when you register!!
REGISTRATION REQUIRED! REGISTRATION WILL OPEN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE EVENT.  CALL 508-384-5440 X5 TO SIGN-UP

1000 Books Before Kindergarten
On behalf of the Fiske Public Library and the 1,000 Books Foundation, we invite you to participate in this free program which encourages you to read 1,000 books with your child before they start kindergarten.
To register, visit https://fiskelib.beanstack.org and you can begin tracking the books you read to your child right away! Visit the library at each 100 book milestone to receive a reward and pick out more books to read. 
Stop by the children’s room for more information.

Outdoor Bunny Scavenger Hunt
The bunnies are back and this year they’ve multiplied! Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet in the children’s room and take a walk outside around the library and see if you can find all 15 bunnies dressed as book characters.  Good luck!

Play and Learn with Ms. Michelle from Self Help CFCE
WHEN : Tuesday July 18, 25
TIME :  10:30am
AGES : 3-5
Join Ms. Michelle for a 2-week preschool playgroup. Register at www.selfhelpcpc.org under the "upcoming activities" tab.