As summer draws to a close, staff at the kids’ area of New Westminster Public Library are busy with some tough decisions, like which image will adorn the fabulously huge cake that we will be serving up at our Summer Reading Club closing ceremony. To find out what we decide, join us at the main branch at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10.
Each year we celebrate the efforts of summer readers by holding a closing ceremony. This is a special celebration for all the kids who have completed seven weeks of reading and have earned this year’s reading club medal. Last year, we were fortunate enough to have Mayor Jonathan Cote in attendance, and he has accepted our invitation for this year too.
We will be serving up pieces of cake as well.
This year we had 1,300 kids enrolled in the Summer Reading Club, themed Book a Trip. We also had more than 160 youth enrolled in the Teen Summer Reading Club. The reading accomplished over the summer will help these students ease back into the new school year, and we encourage everyone to keep reading year-round.
We hope that you can make it to the closing ceremony.
And while you are preparing to return to school, our librarians are busy getting our fall activities organized. Look for our storytimes, book clubs, reading buddy programs and special events at nwpl.ca and in the city’s Active Living Guide.
