Weatherford Public Library Summer Event Guide 2021

Weatherford Public Library Summer Reading Challenge June 1st - August 6th 2021

At WPL, we use Beanstack to manage the Summer Reading Challenge programs. This online summer reading management program is a free service that will help you track and manage participation in the library’s Summer Reading Challenge Reading Rewards Program for kids and teens and the Adult Summer Library Challenge. You can set up as many profiles within your account as needed, so it is easy to track participation for the whole family. If you used Beanstack with us a previous summer, a new account is not needed, as you can continue to use the account that you have already. Your password can be reset if you have forgotten it; please do not create an additional account. Let us know if you need assistance.

If you are new to Beanstack, setting up your account takes just a couple simple steps and doesn’t require that you download anything, as it is browser-based. An optional mobile app is available if you choose to download and use it as well. If you do not have access to a computer, tablet, smartphone, or other internet connected device at home, the library’s computers can be used to participate. Need help? Visit us at the library and we will be happy to assist you with setting up your account and showing you how to use it.

1. Go to weatherfordtx.beanstack.org.

2. Look for your age group and click register.

3. Enter the required information and you’ll be all set with your account (a library card is not required to sign up with Beanstack). Information on Beanstack’s privacy policies can be found at: https://www.beanstack.com/privacy/.

In addition to tracking your progress in the library’s summer challenges, Beanstack will alert you when you have earned a prize to be picked up at the library and will track your entries into any prize drawings for the summer reading programs. At the conclusion of the summer reading programs, Beanstack will conduct random drawings to select our winners from all entries received.

The prize drawings are sponsored by the Friends of the Weatherford Public Library (a 501(c)3 corporation), 1014 Charles Street, Weatherford, TX 76086. Drawings are to be held the week of August 9th through 13th, 2021.

Parental Notice: Beanstack requires personal information. If you choose to use Beanstack, you can apply Beanstack’s privacy policy addressing children’s privacy at any time. This allows parents to request that all of their child’s data be deleted from Beanstack’s database by sending an email message to contact@beanstack.com with “Request for Child Information Removal” as the subject, and the name and age of the child in the body of the message. There are numerous paid and free parental monitoring apps available should you wish to keep tabs on when your children are accessing the Beanstack website or should you wish to block access altogether.

Additionally, if you are not comfortable sharing your children’s information, you may also opt out and use a paper log to participate in the program.

Help support the library!

Ask any staff member how to become a member of the Friends of the Library!

Summer Reading Challenge Reading Rewards Program •Do you have a child aged from birth to 11 or a teen aged from 12 to 18 (and still in school)?

•Are you a youth or a teen yourself?

•Did you join our Summer Reading Challenge through Beanstack and can’t wait to earn prizes?

You’re in the right place!

The Reading Rewards Program works in the same way for all youth aged from birth to 18 years. It’s all about counting the minutes you spend reading. Each minute you read is worth one point and it doesn’t matter what you like to read – books, magazines, comics and audiobooks all count toward your goals.

Also, reading aloud counts, so if you are a parent reading to a baby, toddler, or preschooler, they can earn prizes. If you are a kid or teen who likes to read aloud with younger siblings and family members, it counts for both of you.

You can track your reading using Beanstack which will give you information about your prizes as you earn them. If you don’t have access to a computer or device that connects to the Internet or you prefer to track your reading on paper, you can use the reading log we have included on the next two pages and we will help you enter the information into our Beanstack website when you visit the library.

Prizes are earned once you have read 5 hours, 10 hours, 15 hours, and 20 hours. You’ll have plenty of time to work on reaching all these goals – the Reading Rewards Program lasts from June 1st until August 6th.

If you keep reading, you might become one of our Mega Readers. If you read 25 hours or more, you will earn a ticket to our Mega Reader Drawing for every 5 hours of reading done starting at 25 hours. If you can keep reading, you can keep earning tickets. You do need to get them all in by August the 6th, however, as the Mega Reader Drawings will be held the week of August 9th - 13th.

There are three separate Mega Reader Drawings: one for ages 0-3 with special prizes selected for our youngest readers, one for ages 4-11, and another for teens – and each drawing will have three winners. The prize packets will be the same for each drawing, but different depending on the age group, so that kids and teens can have prizes tailored to their interests.

We have also set up activities as part of the online Reading Rewards Program that challenge you to do something different and earn points! The activity points you earn will be combined with your reading points to earn badges. Whether you plan to earn rewards through reading only, or a combination of reading and activities, get ready to imagine your way through the best summer ever!

Adult Summer Library Challege Are you an adult aged 18 or older?

If yes, our Adult Summer Library Challenge (SLC) was created just for you because we don’t believe that only the kids get to have fun over the summer!

How To Earn Points Read, complete challenges, and participate in virtual events June 1st through August 16th, and you will earn points. Every minute read = 1 point, challenges and virtual events have point values from 5-25 points each, and book reviews you write count for 15 points per review.

How to Earn Prizes and SLC Drawings Tickets On Beanstack, track your time spent reading (this includes graphic novels, magazines, eBooks, and listening to audiobooks), as well as each challenge you complete or virtual event that you participate in, in order to earn points, prizes, and tickets for the SLC Drawings.

Every 300 points earned = 1 ticket for the SLC Drawings.

Adult Prizes: Readers who earn 600 points will win an exclusive Clip On Reading Light. Readers who reach 1200 points will win an exclusive Weatherford Public Library Tote Bag. These prizes are limited in number and once they are gone, they’re gone!

How to Redeem SLC Drawings Tickets Beanstack will keep track of the tickets that you earn. You can designate which prize(s) you want your tickets submitted toward for the SLC Drawings.

Prize Distribution At the end of the Summer Reading Challenge, Beanstack will randomly select winners from all tickets entered in the SLC Drawings. Winners will be drawn the week of August 9th - 13th. Winners will be contacted and prizes must be claimed from the library by Wednesday,September 1st or we will have Beanstack draw a new winner.

Weatherford Public Library June 2021 SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

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Color Code: Children Teen Adult Families

Summer Reading Challenge Starts

WEDNESDAY

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Summer Adventure Pack: Animal Puppets

THURSDAY

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FRIDAY

SATURDAY

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11

12

18

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25

26

Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

6 Library Closed

13 Library Closed

20

7

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Take and Make Craft: Button Art 2:30pm

Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

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15

*TikTok and Beat Making Apps 2:30pm

21 Library Closed

*WPCAS Virtual Tour 2:30pm

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16

Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

Summer Adventure Pack: Colorful Caterpillars

Library Closed

10 Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

17 Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

Book Club 6:00pm

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23

Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

*Summer Spectacular: Critterman 10:30am

Hidden Stories 6:00pm

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Summer Spectacular: David Chicken 9:30am & 11:15am

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Author Laurie Chance Smith 2:30pm

Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

* - This program will be only be available virtually.

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Summer Adventure Pack: DIY Pinata

24 Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

Weatherford Public Library July 2021 SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

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Color Code: Children Teen Adult Families 4 Library Closed

Library Closed

12 Library Closed

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Wildlife On The Move 2:30pm

19 Library Closed

Interactive Movie 2:30pm

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7

Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

*Summer Spectacular: Storyteller Toni Simmons 10:30am

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Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

26 Library Closed

Beaded Lizzard Backpack Pulls Craft 2:30pm Blood Drive 11:00am 4:30pm

Summer Adventure Pack: Build A Zoo

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Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

Summer Spectacular: Creature Teacher Belinda Henry 10:30am & *11:45am

Animal Print Coasters Craft 12:00pm

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FRIDAY

SATURDAY

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Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

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11

THURSDAY

Book Club 6:00pm

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Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

Summer Adventure Pack: Dinosaur Dig

Let’s Draw Animals 6:00pm

* - This program will be only be available virtually.

8 Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

15 Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

22 Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

29 Storytime 10:30 - 11:30am

Join us for delightful stories, fun songs, and more virtually for Storytime!

Our Storytimes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 1st to July 29th at 10:30am on Facebook Live.

Join us for an evening program of interactive Storytime fun in the Weatherford Public Library’s Reading Pavilion! We will share delightful tales, fun songs, and more! Storytime will start at 6:00pm! *In case of bad weather or excessive heat, the Family Night Storytime Program will be rescheduled for a later date.

Help support the library!

Ask any staff member how to become a member of the Friends of the Library!

Summer Spectaculars

Join us on the lawn of the Weatherford Public Library’s Reading Pavilion for our first Summer Spectacular! We are excited to feature the energetic and fantastically talented musical performer David Chicken! Don’t forget to bring some blankets and chairs! This entertaining family friendly event will surely have you shaking some tail feathers!

In case of bad weather or excessive heat, join us virtually on Weatherford Public Library’s Facebook Page for a Virtual Performance! Follow our Facebook Pagewww.facebook.com/WeatherfordPL to tune in!

If you wish to bring a group of more than 5 children, please contact the Public Services Manager, Melissa Smith - msmith@weatherfordtx.gov

Join us virtually on June 23rd on Facebook for a positively wild and entertaining Summer Spectacular featuring Critterman and his amazing friends!

Learn about these wonderful creatures with tails big and small!

Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WeatherfordPL to tune in!

Join us virtually on July 7th on Zoom for some extraordinary tales in this Summer Spectacular featuring master storyteller Toni Simmons! Listen to captivating stories about animals of all shapes and sizes from around the world! Register on Eventbrite to receive Zoom meeting information and access!

Registration for Eventbrite will be available on June 28th.

Join us July 21st for an exciting and educational Summer Spectacular featuring Creature Teacher and her remarkable friends!

The first showing will be at 10:30am in the library with limited ticketed seating! Tickets for the first performance will be available first-come, first served at the reference desk starting July 14th! Limited to 4 tickets per family.

The second performance will be a Live Virtual Program on our Facebook Page! Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WeatherfordPL to tune in to this performance!

Adventure Packs for Children

Join us online for a show stopping Tails and Tales adventure! Using materials in our adventure packs we will craft an animal puppet! These pawsitively amazing adventure packs will be available at the reference desk for pick-up on June 2nd. Demonstration video will be available on our Facebook Page at noon on the same day. Craft Packets are first come, first served. *While Supplies Last

Join us online for a spectacular adventure that’s catching all the buzz! Using materials in our adventure packs we will craft a colorful and fuzzy caterpillar! These bug-tastic adventure packs will be available at the reference desk for pick-up on June 16th. Demonstration video will be available on our Facebook Page at noon on the same day. Craft Packets are first come, first served. *While Supplies Last

Join us online for a smashing Tails and Tales adventure! Using materials in our adventure packs we will craft a colorful piñata! These fun spectacular packs will be available at the reference desk for pick-up on June 30th. Demonstration video will be available on our Facebook Page at noon on the same day. Craft Packets are first come, first served. *While Supplies Last

Join us online for a wild Tails and Tales adventure! Using materials in our adventure packs we will build zoo habitats for our animal friends! These furrtastic spectacular packs will be available at the reference desk for pick-up on July 14th. Demonstration video will be available on our Facebook Page at noon on the same day. Craft Packets are first come, first served. *While Supplies Last

Join us online for a dino-mite Tails and Tales adventure! Using materials in our adventure packs we will dig up fossils from the past! These roaring spectacular packs will be available at the reference desk for pick-up on July 28th. Demonstration video will be available on our Facebook Page at noon on the same day. Craft Packets are first come, first served. *While Supplies Last

Events And Crafts For Teens

Join us for a unique take on animals featuring buttons as an artistic medium. Frames are not included, and you will need to supply your own craft glue or hot glue. Supply packets will be available at the reference desk beginning on Monday, June 7th on a first come, first serve basis while supplies last. Our demonstration video debuts the same day at 2:30 on Facebook.

Do you like the apps TikTok, Instagram, Twitch and YouTube? Do you like Music Apps? Do you want to open up your creativity and dance to your own original beats? Come to the libraries’ Zoom meeting and check out TikTok, Youtube and Recording Your Own Beats: The Music Technology Show for kids.

This exciting and hilarious show demonstrates innovative music technology that you can use at the library, at school or that you can show off to friends. Your family will be dancing the entire show! By the end of the program, you will learn how to create original beats and songs that can be shared online! You can sign up for this program on Eventbrite.com beginning on June 4th. We will meet virtually via Zoom at 2:30 on Monday, June 14!

Our summer theme of “Tails and Tales” is the perfect opportunity to find out more about animal rescue! Take a virtual tour of the Weatherford Parker County Animal Shelter and learn about volunteer opportunities and future careers for teens who love to help animals. This special video will debut on our Facebook page at 2:30 on Monday, June 21st.

Laurie Chance Smith is a nationally and internationally published writer. Her books include Snapshots: Focus on Nature in the Bible, Around Veal’s Station: An Illustrated History of Parker County’s Oldest Town, and Curse Chasers: A Dendera of Egypt Novel. She will be sharing an interactive program on her book Curse Chasers as well as her writing process on Monday, June 28th at 2:30 p.m. The program is free to attend. Ms. Chance will be selling and signing copies of Curse Chasers for $19.99 with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the library. This program is intended for ages 12-18 and seating is limited. You can make a reservation on Eventbrite.com beginning on Friday, June 18th.

How perfect is this show for our “Tails and Tales” summer theme? Eric returns to Weatherford Public Library with “The Unhuggables!” This program is intended for ages 12-18 and seating is limited. You can make a reservation on Eventbrite.com beginning on Friday, July 2nd.

It will be “Snacks, Projector, Action!” when we roll Detective Pikachu for an interactive movie experience on July 19th at 2:30. Why just watch the movie when you can have your own part to play in the adventure! You can reserve your spot for the action (and help us get an idea of how many props we will need) beginning June 9th on Eventbrite.com!

You’ll love this craft “from the gecko!” We will be making colorful beaded lizards for you to add to your backpack or keychain. Free supply kits will be available at the reference desk on Monday, July 26th.

The demonstration video will debut on our Facebook page the same day at 2:30. *While Supplies Last

Learn to draw Cartoon animals with Award winning cartoonist Rick Stromoski! You will be drawing a variety of our furry, hoofed and feathered friends in a fun, interactive and popular library program!

Join us via Zoom on Tuesday, July 27th from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Registration will be available via Eventbrite.com beginning on Monday, July 19th.

Events And Crafts For Adults

Adults of all ages are welcome to join us to discuss the book of the month. The book selection for June is Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter. Copies of the selected book for each month can be reserved by contacting Melissa at msmith@weatherfordtx.gov while supplies last. We will meet in the Library’s Auditorium at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15th.

Hidden Stories Discovered in Just 3 Documents The death of a young bride, the parentless pastor, a murdered husband cut down in his prime—all are stories that come to light with just 3 original documents. This presentation encourages researching beyond just one record; haunting stories from these records demonstrate that further information and breaking down brick walls can be successful when we just keep looking for more information in other sources. Find out more when Patti Gillespie presents this program on June 21st at 6:00 p.m. at Weatherford Public Library. Seating is limited to allow for social distancing and reservations can be made via Eventbrite.com beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, June 4th. Please contact Melissa at msmith@weatherfordtx.gov if you have any questions.

For those cool summer beverages, we will be making fun animal print coasters in honor of our summer theme of “Tails and Tales!” Free craft packets will be available at the reference desk on Monday, July 19th on a first come, first serve basis while supplies last. We will also debut a demonstration video on our Facebook page the same day. There’s no “tailing” how much fun you will have with this project!

Adults of all ages are welcome to join us to discuss the book of the month. The book selection for July is Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty. Copies of the selected book for each month can be reserved by contacting Melissa at msmith@weatherfordtx.gov while supplies last. We will meet in the Library’s Auditorium at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20th.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Blood Drive: Weatherford Public Library Monday, July 26th 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM *Photo ID or Red Cross Donor Card required* The American Red Cross will be testing for COVID-19 antibodies at our upcoming blood drive.

Make an Appointment to Donate Blood: To view available times and to schedule your donation appointment: Visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code “weatherford” You can also call 1-800-RedCross to schedule your blood donation appointment.

Pay it forward: Once you make your appointment, ask a friend if they’ll join you in your effort to save lives!

Don’t forget to save time by using RapidPass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history online before you come to your appointment. More info: redcrossblood.org/RapidPass