Children's Room: The Dog Days of Summer

Guessing Game Winners: Congratulations to our fifth week Guessing Game winners, fourth grader Katharine Jushcenko and second grader Kate Pappas! There were 87 fortune cookies in the guessing game jar and Katharine and Kate both guessed 87! Each week there is a new guessing game. Residents up through grade 5 are encouraged to guess the number of items in the jar. The child with the closest guess wins. Congratulations again to Katharine and Kate and thanks to all who participated in the game!

Raffle Winners: Members of the Summer Reading Club can fill out and submit mini-review cards. Each week, a staff member will pull 20 cards from a box containing review cards from children entering grades K-2 and 20 cards from a box containing review cards from children entering grades 3-5. For the third week, the winners all received globe yo-yos.

Here are the third week winners in grades K-2: Cienna Ardito, Diego Cadavid, Bryan Downey, Christopher Eldredge, Libby Ferenick, Eric Hartmann, Kornelia Hayes, Julia Jushchenko, Ian Kopke, Gregory Lentini, Preston Longo, Ashley Malatak, Mae O’Malley, Sophia Ortiz, Michael Pieraccini, Emma Phillips, Jackson Phillips, Giselle Ross, Cate Rovelli and Brian Shipley.

Here are the third week winners in grades 3-5: James Adams, Katie Boccafola, Stavros Cherpelis, Katharine Considine, Olivia Hanna, Allison Healey, Lana Hess, Matthew Hughes, Nathanael Lau, Amanda Montalbo, Marissa Mehling, Madeleine O’Connor, Anushka Patel, Emma Polo, Emma Ruckh, Timothy Ryan, Sonia Subramaniam, Constantine Vasilakis, Courtney Williams Sarah Wu.

There are five raffles in all. The fifth and final raffle will be pulled on Thursday, Aug. 4. Congratulations to all the winners!

Summer Reading Club Prizes: While registration for the Summer Reading Club and Summer Read-to-Me Club has ended, children who are already registered in the program can still pick up their prizes in the Children’s Room through August. The last day children can receive their Summer Reading Club or Summer Read-to-Me Club prizes is on Wednesday, Aug. 31.

Suggested Summer Reading Lists: Looking for a good book to read this summer? Then come to the library and check out the Children’s Room’s suggested summer reading lists! We have individual reading lists for grades K-5. We also have a reading list for children in preschool. Each list includes fiction books, nonfiction books, poetry, fairytales and more!

Dog Days of Summer: Enjoy the Dog Days of Summer by reading a good book about dogs! We have books on specific breeds, like the series Little Dogs Rock by various authors, Eye to Eye with Dogs by Lynn Stone or Dogs by various authors. We also have books with general information about dogs, such as The Complete Dog Book for Kids by the American Kennel Club, The Life Cycle of a Dog by Angela Royston and Dogs: How to Choose and Care for a Dog by Laura S. Jeffrey. If you’re interested in a chapter book about dogs, you can read The Fast and The Furriest by Andy Behrens, Calvin Coconut: Dog Heaven by Graham Salisbury or the series The Buddy Files by Dori Hillestad Butler. For picture books about dogs, you can check out Jules Feiffer’s Bark, George or the series Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Spot by Eric Hill, plus many more.

Please check the library website for upcoming events and registration dates. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority for registration and participation is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders.