Page 8 Berthoud Weekly Surveyor
Summer in Berthoud
2014
Summer reading program promises enough fizz to spark reaction for all ages By Pam Martin Special to the Surveyor
Events at the Berthoud Community Library this summer promise a heady mix of hovercrafts, habitats and humor, taking kids on a journey from the Big Bang through prehistory, and into worlds peopled by dragons, aliens and, yes, even vortex generators. You guessed it, this year’s Summer Reading Program (SRP) theme is science. Join us for the program kick-off on Saturday, May 31 from 12 – 4 p.m., where we’ll have volunteers and staff on hand to register the whole family. Come for the book giveaways, drawings, prizes and crafts while grabbing this summer’s
calendar of events. Throughout the summer, participants are invited back each week (Tuesdays at 2 p.m. for teens; Wednesdays at 2 p.m. for youth), as we explore where human beings intersect with history, fantasy, and the cosmos. Our Berthoud young will meet a ventriloquist, a mad scientist and a didgeridoo, while teens build catapults, extract DNA and explore the surface of strange new planets. With your help we’ll expand our minds in the collaborative workand-play sphere known as education. So put your fun hat on and join the Fizz, Boom, Read (for youth and
emerging readers), Spark a Reaction (for teens), and Literary Elements (for adults) as we climb aboard the space ship known as the SRP. Youth, emerging readers and adults earn prizes for completing bingo squares on their Reading Logs, and teens earn chances to enter drawings for bigger ticket items that include an MP3 player and a tablet computer. Summer reading programming will include these teen and youth events: June 3 — Strange New Planet Simulate planetary surfaces on a mission using telescopes and landed spacecraft. Team activities bolster literacy and camaraderie while diving into communication technology. June 4 — Mad Science presents Up, Up and Away! Come to this