News Release
MILFORD — Children’s Book Week was May 6-12 and each day, Milford Public Library had a drawing for a book and a stuffed character. The winners were: Emma Gingerich, Addie Utter, Zoey Beer, John Gingerich, Eric Miller, Rylee Graber and Sierra Lamb. Children’s Book Week is a national celebration of children’s books and the important role they play in a child’s development. MPL has new children’s books arriving all the time. Come in and browse. Find some wonderful stories to take home and share with your family.
Summer Reading Program
This summer’s reading program theme is “Adventure Begins at the Library.” Come in and register any time beginning May 28. Register in the teen area if you are going into sixth grade in the fall and up through age 18. Anyone preschool through going into fifth grade, register in the children’s department.
Brochures will be available this week. They have lots of fun activities planned for the whole family. Family Story Time will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday beginning June 7. They have some great guest storytellers lined up to entertain you. Every Wednesday, beginning at 2 p.m. June 5, there will be a family program. Read at least five hours every week and earn a prize.
They have hundreds of new books added to their collection for you to borrow and enjoy this summer, so take full advantage of having a library card. The week of June 24-29, there will be a Family Escape Room, Escape the Mummy’s Tomb. Each family can sign up for a 30-minute time at the adult circulation desk and try to escape the mummy’s tomb. If you resolve the clues and escape, your family will win a prize.
The library will serve as a free lunch spot again this year. From 11-11:30 a.m. the bus will be in the parking lot. Children ages preschool through 18 are invited to have a nutritious lunch. This year you may pick up a lunch and take it home to eat. Feel free to use the library picnic tables. Bring a blanket and spread out and lunch with friends. The more you read, the more you win. They have books, coupons and lots of other prizes.
