Don’t Miss!

Join us this week at Henry Ford Centennial Library for two no-regristration events.  Drop in and have fun with the family!

Wednesday, June 29.  10:30am.  Storytime.  Ages 2-6. 

Weather permitting we’ll meet by the fountain for storytime.  Join us for stories and rhymes celebrating '”One World, Many Stories.  All Family members are welcome, but storytime is geared for children 2-6 years old.  In the event of rain, storytime will be held indoors.

Wednesday, June 29.  11:00am – 7:00pm.  Native American Stick Game Craft.  All Ages.

We’ll be creating a fun Native American game this week.  Younger children will need adult assistance.  One craft per child. 

The final stretch

Well, it's the last week of Summer Reading Program. We've been having a great time here seeing all of you and learning all about bugs. The crafts have been great and storytimes fun. And reading, reading, reading! Everyone has been reading a bunch!

The fun doesn't have to end on Friday either. We have crafts, storytimes, and special programs all year around. Do you know that you can even get a special email that tells you about all of the fun things we do at the Dearborn Public Libraries? No really, you can! We'll send you a note right to your email box. Just go to our BookLetters sign up page, check the box next to Children's Programs @ the Dearborn Public Library, enter you email address and you'll be good to go!

We also have BookLetters highlighting new fiction and non-fiction books that have come in and a Spotlight On special subjects in our collection. And there are even BookLetters that are great for adults too, including our Library Matters Newsletter!

So don't think that just because Summer Reading Program ends on Friday that all the fun is done! We have fun all year!

We've got Art!

Our Buggy Art Exhibition opened yesterday. Here at Henry Ford Centennial, we had 14 kids and 2 kids at heart dropped off a wide range buggy art. We have a very cool dragonfly made out of all sorts of things found at home, two very informative bug towers, a Rhinocerous Beetle Ready to chomp down on a Black Widow Spider and a a cute drawing of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.








Make sure you come and see all of the great art projects on display at ALL of the Dearborn Libraries.

Don't BUG me, I'm reading!

We're coming to the middle of the Summer Reading Program. So far here at the Henry Ford Centennial Library we have had over 400 kids read over 1500 books! Sixty-one kids have joined our Little Bugs Program for those patrons under age three. Wow! We hear things are busy at the branches too. (And don't forget the reading programs for Teens and Adults - Metamorphosis @ your library.)

All over Dearborn, we've done crafts, had magic shows, released butterflies, watched praying mantises grow and all sorts of other fun stuff.

You haven't joined Summer Reading Program yet? Come on. We have still three more weeks to go. Check out some books and check out some fun!

Six legged visitors at the library

Hey! How's your summer going? Getting a lot of reading done? Have you been to a library program? Have you checked out a museum? You've got to keep away the summer brain drain!

Ok. So you remember the library is all about bugs this summer? Well, we're not just reading about them and talking about them, we actually have some living at our libraries. Really!

These are the Painted Lady butterflies that just emerged from their chrysalises over at the Esper Library.




Miss Patty plans to release these beauties into the great outdoors around July 11th. Double check with her over at the Esper Branch.

Here at Henry Ford Centennial we hatched out some Praying Mantises. This is where they came from.



We started with a whole bunch, but only have about 10 now. One of them shed their skin and looks really big compared to the others, but wouldn't pose nice for the camera. Look carefully and you should be able to spot some of the other manitids.





So, we've got some pretty neat bugs hanging out here. Come and see them before they're gone!

Get Buggy!

Wow! It's been a wild week here at the library. The Summer Reading Program has started and hundreds of kids have been visiting us. We even had Gordon Russ the magician here on Tuesday! He was great!

Catch the Reading Bug! What a great idea! We love catching bugs. And a reading bug must extra tasty! Oh, we don't eat reading bugs, you say? Well, maybe we'd better just settle in with a good book then. We promise not to leave any tooth marks.

Looking for something more than just great books at the library? Check out all of the other fun stuff we're doing at all of the Dearborn Libraries. Here at Henry Ford Centennial we have praying manitids, little baby praying mantises. They're really cool. Over at Esper Branch, Mrs. Patty has a butterfly pavillion. And don't forget crafts everywhere!

Well, we should run. Make sure you come and visit us really soon. We proimise not to bug you too much!

We're back and blogging

After a very long break...I'll bet you didn't know that bears could sleep so long!...we've decided to write again. Summer is here. Okay, not according to the calendar, but Mother Nature isn't one to follow the calendar. It's hot! School's out! And that means? Come on, you know! Summer Reading Program! We're gearing up for another fun summer filled with books, crafts, activities and BUGS! That's right, BUGS! The theme for this summer's program is "Catch the Reading Bug!" So get ready for all things buggy.

Oh and in case you didn't know, our home at Henry Ford Centennial Library got a re-do this year. Check it out! We guess they thought we missed the forest. It was pretty sweet of the Library Foundation to think of us bears. Stop on by for a visit.