summer reading part ii

Today brought us the musical storytelling of Mr. Ron Jones. A former librarian, Mr. Jones knew how to keep us all entertained!The kids in the audience were fantastic at participating in several of these great riddle stories. To learn more, check out this website: http://www.rijones.com/

Be sure to join us next Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. for our FBI @ the Library program where we will learn to take fingerprints, create a disguise and make our own FBI agent badges!

summer reading!

Porkchop Productions performed their version of The Goats Gruff to a packed house. Van Goat Gruff invited Ms. Jean to become his muse.

The shepherd and Van Goat argue about leaving the pasture.

Finally, the three goats Gruff made their way into the wide world.



We also enjoyed Houdini II who entertained and amazed all of us with his magic and jokes. You'll note that Houdini II has on short sleeves (which just proves he is a real magician!)

Check out the crowd's reaction to his balloon trick!

Read-a-Palooza

Mr. George waits for the lunch crowd at our free hot-dog stand!

Ms. Dawn and Ms. Donna cool off in the dunk tank!

Ms. Jana stays in the shade while our younger patrons enjoy the jump castle.

John's Island Staff say goodbye to our first Read-a-Palooza festival!

Read-a-Palooza was a huge success as a kick-off to our Summer Reading program! Children and parents alike had fun trying their hands at crafts in the auditorium, playing games like Lollipop Pull and Duck Float, and enjoying free hotdogs and drinks thanks to our generous sponsors. Kids also had a chance to jump their wiggles out in the jump castle (free for us from John's Island Party Rentals) and dunk their librarians! Sponsors included The New Jerusalem AME Church, Church of Our Savior, John's Island Party Rentals, Coca-Cola, Costco, Food Lion, Newton Farms, Piggly Wiggly, and T&T's Original Kettle Korn. Thanks so much to all of you for your help in making our first annual Read-a-Palooza festival so much fun!

summer reading is finally here!

This was our fabulous puppet promo from our school visit to Mt. Zion elementary. We showed, The Mystery of the Haunted Library and The Three Reading Pigs. The children really loved the chase scenes (seen here.) We were lucky enough to visit all of the public schools on John's Island as well as Charleston Collegiate and were so excited to see the children's enthusiasm for Summer Reading.