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2021 Summer Reading





Click Here to REGISTER 

​Sign up for 2021's summer reading challenge!
Ages 3-10 (Grades Pre-K-Entering 5th grade)

The first 150 get a tote bag welcome packet when they sign up for summer reading this year!


Once you register for the program, you will receive an email with program registration info and passwords! 

Summer Reading:
The Basics

​Events

Summer Reading will run June 21st – August 14th.
Sign-ups will be open June 21st – July 3rd

The first 150 participants to sign up will receive:
A Tails and Tales tote bag 
Their first bingo card
A stamper for marking the card
A fun pencil
A bookmark to color
One raffle ticket
Our Summer Reading Participant's Guide -
All about the program, including an events calendar
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Subsequent registrants will receive their first BINGO card and the Participant's Guide.

All participants have advance access to most of our Summer Reading Events!
 
Program Summary:

Participants will set their own goal for daily reading, with a minimum of 20 minutes per day, which will be recorded on their BINGO card.
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New Bingo cards will be issued each week, upon return of a completed BINGO card.

Each completed and returned card will earn a small prize plus 5 raffle tickets to enter for end-of-program prizes.

Participants may also place 1 sticker on our window for each book read. Let's see if we can cover the whole thing!

Bonus tickets!
Bonus tickets may be earned for:
Signing up for a new library card
Creating a project that can be displayed
​in the library or posted to our pages
Submitting a read-aloud video to share on our pages
Bringing a friend to sign up on or before July 3rd
Bringing a friend to get a new Library Card on or before August 14th

5 additional tickets will be given to every participant who returns their end-of-program survey on or before August 16th.

More information will be included in the
sign-up packet. Please call or email us if you have any questions!

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Chibi Clay with Debra Hamuka-Falkenham!
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Early Registration: Once you register for the Summer Reading Program, you will receive an email with program registration info and passwords! 
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Animal Trivia Bingo
Wednesday, June 23rd at 6:00pm
Registration starts May 31st
Kick off Tails & Tales by testing your knowledge of animal trivia with virtual animal trivia BINGO!

Animal Art
Wednesday, June 30th at 6:00pm
Registration starts May 31st
Create fun & easy animal-themed art with Ms. Sue!
 
LRWC Presents: Owl Moon Reading & Tour
Tuesday July 6th at 11:00am
Registration starts June 21st
The Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy will give a reading of Owl Moon, followed by an introduction to a live owl and a tour of their Litchfield Conservancy! This program takes plate off-site, at the Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy, 55 Duck Pond Road, Litchfield. Transportation is not provided. 

Minecraft: Intro to Redstone
Thursday, July 8th @ 5:00pm
Registration starts June 21st
Join Elijah and Ms. Jordan for Redstone Projects for beginners. Projects will include a TNT Cannon, create a door opener for a Jukebox, build a glow stone door and more!
  
White Memorial: Outdoor Discovery
Tuesday, July 13th @ 2:30pm
Registration starts June 21st
White Memorial will lead participants in several fun physical activities, including a seek-and-find mission to spy natural items, from cones to acorns to feathers to live critters! Participants will truly get to be immersed in their outdoor environment, wherever it is, while learning some fun facts and ID tips about the natural items all around them. Transportation is not provided.
 
Learn to Draw Cartoons with Rick Stromoski!
Wednesday, July 14th @6:00pm
Registration starts June 21st
Award winning Cartoonist and Humorous Illustrator, Rick Stromoski, will teach you how to create your own cartoon characters, draw facial expressions, and even some animals!

Chibi Clay with Debra Hamuka-Falkenham (Virtual)
Monday, July 19th at 1:00pm
Registration Starts June 21st
Participants will be working with Crayola Model Magic! We’ll learn how sculpt our own super cute characters with Miss Debi!
 
Science Tellers: Unicorns Break the Cage (Virtual)
Wednesday, July 21st at 6:00pm
Registration starts June 21st
Get ready to experience fun, excitement, and SCIENCE with “Unicorns: Break the Cage” by Talewise Science. Join us on a wild adventure about two kids who visit the city zoo and discover all sorts of incredible animals, including a horse who knows in its heart that it’s truly a unicorn!
 
Manga Cartooning Workshop with Debra Hamuka-Falkenham (Virtual)
Thursday, July 22nd at 6:00pm
Registration Starts June 21st
Participants will learn about big foot to little foot Manga cartoons, the lessons will focus on the Manga cartoon face, expressions and the cartoon manga figure in motion. Kids will work on developing their own Manga or Chibi cartoon character and they will also learn more about the world of Anime.

White Memorial presents Do the Locomotion: Move Like Animals
Tuesday, July 27th at 2:30pm
Registration starts June 21st
Participants will get to impersonate animals, and even meet several live animals up close, in order to learn how wildlife, move in unique ways to find food and water. Get ready to jump like a frog, slither like a snake, and swim like a fish with Education Director Carrie Szwed. Transportation is not provided.
 
Cartooning with Rick Stromoski: Let’s Draw Animals!
Wednesday, July 28th @6:00pm
Registration starts June 21st
Learn to draw animals with award winning Cartoonist, Rick Stromoski! Kids will learn how to draw a variety of our fury, hoofed, and feathered friends in this fun, interactive, and popular library program!

Comics Class
Thursdays, July 29th, August 5th, and August 12th
Registration Starts June 21st
Join Ms. Charlene and Ms. Jordan in this three-week program as they teach you how to create, write, illustrate, and format your very own comic!

White Memorial: Pond Prowl
Tuesday, August 3rd at 2:30pm
Registration starts June 21st
Have you ever seen a dragonfly nymph or a water scorpion? Find out what aquatic macroinvertebrates live in a pond during a hands-on catch-and-release discovery session. Various themes, such as metamorphosis, predator-prey relationships, or adaptations, can be explored depending on the group’s needs. No matter what, plan to get your hands dirty! Transportation is not provided.
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​Institute for American Indian Studies: A Storied Tradition
Tuesday August 10th at 11:00 am
Registration starts June 21st
Darlene Kascak of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation will bring history to life as she shares Traditional Native American Stories in the Longhouse fashion. Since time immemorial, the oral tradition of storytelling has been used by Indigenous people to pass on the history, culture and life lessons from one generation to the next. These stories about animals teach valuable life lessons such as how to live in harmony with nature, how to be a good human being, the consequences for bad behavior, and answer questions about how things came to be.

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Torrington, CT  06790
Ph: 860.489.6684
Fax: 860.482.4664
info@torringtonlibrary.org

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​10:00am-6:00pm  - Monday, Tuesday, Friday
10:00am-8:00pm  -  Wednesday & Thursday
10:00am-3:00pm  - Saturday
10:00am-1:00pm - Saturday July/August Only

The Children's Room closes 15 minutes before the rest of the library.
The public computers shut down 30 minutes before the rest of the library. Thank you! 
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    • Welcome
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  • Teens
    • Welcome Teens
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    • Teen Summer Reading
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  • Events
    • Event Registration
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    • Calendar of Events
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    • Murder in the Stacks
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  • Donate
    • Donate Today
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