Bartlett Library celebrates Dr. Seuss's birthday
On Thursday, March 2 it was "National Read Across America Day," which is celebrated because of it being Dr. Seuss's birthday. 103 youth and adult patrons went to the Bartlett Library in order to celebrate the popular family literacy night with stories and crafts.
Bartlett Librarians Mary Beth Fuller and Phyllis Sadowski presented the beginning of the program together.
They started out by reading "The Cat in the Hat," and then after the story ended, Sadowski pulled out her guitar and the duo sang a song called "I Like My Hat." During the song, the children were prompted to place their invisible hats on various body parts such as the knee, elbow, toe, etc.
The next book the two librarians read was "My Many Colored Days" by Dr. Seuss, which is about each day in terms of a different color that is really connected with an emotion. And, of course, all while rhyming.
Once that book was read, Fuller and Sadowski began to sing another song with the patrons. This time, the song was "May There Always Be Sunshine" by Jim Gill. The verses were almost the same, so eventually the patrons were able to sing along with Fuller and Sadowski.
It was at this point that the patrons went to different stations around the room to do various activities such as making Dr. Seuss character finger puppets, playing with puppets and letter bean bags and playing with the dot paint.
There was also a station that had a piece of paper that read "May there always be sunshine. May there always be _____." The families were able to create their own book page by filling in the blank, which answers ranged from "Pizza" to "Love" to "Families." The book is on display in the Youth & Teen Services Department for everyone to see all of the night's entries.
While leaving the program, patrons received some Dr. Seuss themed goodies to take home: A mini notebook, featuring various Dr. Seuss characters on them, and mini crayon boxes.
If you missed this program, an upcoming Youth & Teen Services program at the Bartlett Library is the "Now Showing" program on Friday, March 10 at 7 p.m. It's movie night at the Bartlett Library! We will be watching Disney's "Moana." Children under the age of eight must be accompanied by an adult. Concessions will be available for sale from the Friends of the Library.
For more information and a complete listing of scheduled programs, call 630.837.2855 or visit www.bartlettlibrary.org.