Mark your calendars! Sign-up
for Summer Reading starts June 1
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Summer Reading 2021 begins Tuesday, June 1 (the day after Memorial Day), and wraps up Saturday, July 17. Along the way, kids, teens, and adults will have opportunities to pursue their reading goals, win prizes in biweekly drawings, and exercise their creativity in a variety of ways!
Here are just a few fun features of Summer Reading 2021:
● Special summer Take and Make kits for kids and teens
● Virtual and hands-on Summer Reading Experiences for kids on topics like music, ocean science, and magic
● An online looping-music demonstration
● Outdoor, in-person children’s story times to be held throughout Mesa County
● Biweekly prize drawings for kids, teens, and adults
All ages are welcome to participate in Summer Reading at Mesa County Libraries, and there’s no charge!
Keep watching mesacountylibraries.org and follow Mesa County Libraries on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok for more details about Summer Reading 2021!
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Explore Cross Orchards in this month's episode of Explore! Mesa County |
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Hey, kids and families! Explore Mesa County with us!
Join us for a video series on our YouTube channel at 6:30 p.m. on the last Thursday of every month and get a special behind-the-scenes look at some super cool and interesting places all around Mesa County!
Join us online at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 27, as we visit Cross Orchards.
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Enjoy stories and songs
in the Outdoor Story Time series
June 1 through July 16, 2021
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Mesa County Libraries are excited to announce the Outdoor Story Time series! From June 1 through July 16, join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and other activities which emphasize five simple practices — reading, talking, writing, singing, and playing — that help children learn the skills they need to be ready to read.
These events take place throughout Mesa County, and times, dates, and places vary. A complete list of Outdoor Story Time events can be found on the Events Calendar at mesacountylibraries.org.
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Participate in Outside Kids Club this summer for outdoor games, crafts, educational activities, and much more!
June 2 through July 16, 2021
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Parents and kids are invited to join us each week from June 2 through July 16 for Outside Kids Club! Enjoy outdoor games, crafts, educational activities, and much more!
Times, dates, and locations of the events vary. Visit the Event Calendar at mesacountylibraries.org for a complete list of Outside Kids Club events. For ages 6-11.
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Join us on Tuesdays for Kids Read, and discover new books sent directly from publishers |
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Kids ages 6-11 are invited to join us at 4 p.m. every Tuesday at the Central Library Monument Room or via Google Meet for Kids Read! Staff will share new titles sent by publishers. Enjoy new books, an opportunity to win books, and share feedback with publishers!
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Fruita StoryWalk® - Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
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Enjoy a StoryWalk® at the Fruita Community Center, Center, 324 N. Coulson St., Fruita. Through June 30, enjoy the book Duck on a Bike by David Shannon in conjunction with Grand Valley Bike Month!
About the book:
One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea. "I bet I could ride a bike," he thought. He waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on and began to ride. At first he rode slowly and he wobbled a lot, but it was fun!
The beginning of the StoryWalk takes place at the main entrance of the Fruita Community Center.
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Kids Take and Make: Pasta Pattern Art |
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Design a patterned art piece with dyed pasta noodles! This Take and Make kit is available May 21 - June 3 while supplies last. For ages 6-11. Visit any library location to pick up a kit or reserve a kit when you schedule your next Curbside Pick-Up.
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
I love this book because it uses rhyming techniques to teach children that they are in charge of their actions and reactions.
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Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne
This series is about siblings who find a magic treehouse filled with books that whisk them away to different eras.
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A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation by Lindsay McDivitt, illustrated by Charly Palmer
Catalog description: “This biography follows Nelson Mandela from his work with the African National Congress, to his imprisonment on Robben Island, to his extraordinary rise to the presidency.” A good read for ages 6-10.
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Tiny Titans by Art Baltazar
Catalog description: “The young superheroes begin a new school year. The teachers are super villains, the field trips are out of this world, and their playground must be protected from the Fearsome Five.”
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Teen volunteers are needed to help
with Summer Reading
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Teen volunteers ages 14-18 are invited to volunteer this summer to help with Summer Reading at Mesa County Libraries.
Teen volunteers will help sign up Summer Reading participants, assist with summer events, distribute prizes, and help with other library tasks. Teen volunteer opportunities are available at the Central Library in Grand Junction and several other library locations throughout Mesa County. Summer Reading begins June 1 and lasts through July 17, 2021.
Volunteering at the library is a great way to spend your summer helping the community and gaining valuable workplace skills.
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Teen Automata:
Simple Machines Mimicking Life
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Teens are invited to join us for Teen Automata — Simple Machines Mimicking Life. Before the invention of the electric motors, software, and computers that power today's toys and robots, there was the age of clockwork mechanics where motion was driven by cranks and gears, coding was done with cams and followers, and simple machines created surprisingly complex engines mimicking the processes of life.
The program is hosted by Richard Blake of STEMpunkED, an organization that uses technology of the past to explore history, culture, language, and the analog roots of the digital age.
There are three opportunities to attend this event:
- 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, at the Clifton Branch Library
- 3 p.m. Friday, June 25, in the Central Library Mesa Room
- 3 p.m. Friday, June 25, at the Fruita Branch Library
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Seating is limited, and registration is required. Visit the Event Calendar at mesacountylibraries.org to register.
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Teens can practice, share, and improve writing in a Teen Writing Workshop |
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Mesa County Libraries will host a Teen Writing Workshop where teens aged 12-18 can practice, share, and improve their writing. Participants will receive feedback from James Van Pelt, a former writing teacher and published author of science fiction and short stories.
This workshop will take place from 3 - 4:30 p.m. each Thursday in June in the Central Library Classroom located on the lower level of the building.
Seating is limited, and registration is required via the Event Calendar at mesacountylibraries.org. Please register individually for each of the four sessions.
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Teen Take and Make: Dragon Egg |
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Learn how to make a dragon egg using plastic foam, thumbtacks, and acrylic paint! This Take and Make kit is available May 14 - 27 while supplies last. Visit any library location to pick up a kit or reserve a kit when you schedule your next Curbside Pick-Up.
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Teen books celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage |
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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Check out these great teen books to celebrate! |
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
Catalog description: “When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed."
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Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira
Carmen has a history of being the family screw-up, including the time when her quinceañera got canceled, which involved a boy named Mauro, who broke her heart, and her 12-year-old cousin Ariana. Now Carmen is trying to get her high school diploma by doing a summer internship, where she has to perform as a Disney princess. But now Ariana and Mauro, the two people who ruined her quinceañera, are back in her life unexpectedly -- but now Carmen has to perform at Ariana’s own quinceañera, with Mauro of course!
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Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Catalog description: “Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety.”
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Looking for something happening
at your library?
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Check our Event Calendar for full list of what's happening at Mesa County Libraries!
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Contact Mesa County Libraries at 970-243-4442 or visit mesacountylibraries.org |
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