Students still have a couple of days left in the school year, but Janice Bond, Kaua‘i Advisory Round Table member for Read to Me International Foundation, was not going to wait. “I know graduation was last night, but if we
Students still have a couple of days left in the school year, but Janice Bond, Kaua‘i Advisory Round Table member for Read to Me International Foundation, was not going to wait.
“I know graduation was last night, but if we waited until next week, we might not get as many people,” Bond said at the registration for the Keiki Summer Reading Club program yesterday.
With students still in school, parents are still on the island. Many converged at the Kukui Grove Shopping Center to take advantage of the free Cold Stone Creamery offering as well as some of the keiki entertainment that accompanied the registration.
“This year, we partnered with the Hawai‘i State Library system,” said Jonell Kaohelaulii, the marketing manager for the mall.
Kaohelaulii was on-hand to monitor the activity taking place between the registration for the summer reading program and the Hurricane Preparedness Expo coordinated by the American Red Cross.
Bond said the partnership with the libraries provide for a program for youngsters from pre-school through grade 12.
Sponsored through a grant from the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i and the National Football League, Hawai‘i Pizza Hut, Frito-Lay of Hawai‘i and Jamba Juice, Bond said reading lists for some of the library’s top titles from the 2006 program as well as this year’s programs were available to registrants as a suggested starting point for their summer reading adventures in the “You Never Know at your library” program.
With that theme, the library will cater to readers in grades seven through 12.
Readers in this library program have an opportunity to win one of three back-to-school shopping sprees sponsored by the aforementioned pizza giant.
The program, “Get a Clue at Your Library,” is sponsored through a grant from the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i and the National Football League, McDonald’s Restaurants, the University of Hawai‘i Outreach College and Diamond Bakery.
This year, books that highlight mystery and suspense will take center stage.
Ed Ka‘ahea was able to interweave the mix of feathered fowl into the day’s offering as he and Mark Jeffers of the Storybook Theater opened with a dialog about a Palolo Valley chicken, setting the stage for the introduction of Oba and Rachel Davis, author/publishers of “Aretha and Her Three Chicks.”
“Eggs with Legs” opened up the crowing contest and all participants were able to get free Coldstone Creamery treats.
Bond said the program comes to a close on July 28 when participants return with their completed reading logs which qualify them for prizes and gifts.
More information can be found at www.librarieshawaii.org.
