A condensed guide to the Flint Public Library’s Summer Reading activities for all ages.
Kickoff
June 17
1–4pm
PROGRAM at 2pm
Finale
August 5
1–4pm
PROGRAM at 2pm
Adult Summer Reading Program
SATURDAY, JUNE 17 – JULY 31
Join us this June and July for the annual Adult Summer Reading Club. Once again,
we will be awarding weekly grand prizes for reading – your favorite summer pastime!
And the more you read the more chances you have to win! Sign-up begins on
Saturday, June 17 (online and in-person) and the program runs until the end of July.
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 6pm, READING ROOM
Michigan Kit Houses Andrew & Wendy Mutch (adult program)
Andrew and Wendy Mutch share the story of their 1926 Sears Hamilton Home to illustrate the history of kit
and catalog houses and the pivotal role that Michigan played in this industry. Learn to identify kit homes, see a
variety of vintage catalogs and promotional materials, and go on a photographic tour of kit houses of all sizes
and styles found in Michigan and throughout the United States. (Website: www.kithousehunters.com/)
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Summer Reading Challenge Registration and Check-In
Will Happen Every Saturday, June 17-August 5, 1-4pm
Each week there will be special activities to participate in—like
Drop-In and Build Fridays, or Tuesdays Lunch on the Lawn series!
Every Saturday at 2pm there is a family event or performance to enjoy!
Check the schedule in this brochure or our online calendar for weekly
events and join in the Summer Reading Challenge. The SRC 2017 ends
on Saturday, August 5 at the Finale with Grand Prize Drawings and
SRC awards, 1-4pm with a magic show at 2pm! Finale prizes sponsored
in part by Molina Healthcare.
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READ2 (Squared)
Saturday, June 10,
11am & 1pm
Learn how to participate in the 2017 Summer Reading Challenge online!
Build your reading record, earn badges, keep track of your progress, get emails and more!
Must have email (or parent’s email) to access online SRC account from home!
Summer Reading
Challenge Kickoff:
SATURDAY,
JUNE 17, 2pm,
READING ROOM
The Acting Up Theatre Company (family program)
Bill and Buddy Builder are brothers who have a lot of work to do, but are constantly in each
other’s way! Can they work together to help build a better world? Find out in Acting Up
Theatre Company’s production of Oh Brother Builders! (Website: www.actingup.biz)
Lunch On The Lawn
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 27, & JULY
11, 18, 25, & August 1 at
1pm, ON THE LIBRARY LAWN!
Bring a lunch and a blanket to enjoy stories on the library lawn. (In inclement weather, too
hot or too wet, we’ll meet in the Children’s Learning Place.)
Earthworms Invade
The Library!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21,
6:30pm, CHILDREN’S
LEARNING PLACE
For-Mar Naturalists (family program)
Examine the lives of earthworms and their usefulness in our flower gardens and
vegetable plots.
Those Were The Days!
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 6pm,
READING ROOM
A Family Concert: Gemini
Enjoy Gemini’s renditions of “If I Had a Hammer,” “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Where Have All
the Flowers Gone?” Gemini will also offer popular sixties Motown songs in an audience
sing along!
Drop-In and
Build Fridays
FRIDAYS, JUNE 23, 30, JULY 7,
14, 21, 28, 2-4pm, CHILDREN’S
LEARNING PLACE
(6 weeks – family program)
Visit the Children’s Learning Place and use your imagination to Build a Better World!
Tell A Tail!
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, JULY 8,
22, & 29, 1pm, CHILDREN’S
LEARNING PLACE
(4 weeks)
Bring your favorite book or select one from the library’s collection to read to a real live
therapy dog.
Visit With Raptors!
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2pm,
Downstairs Meeting Room
Hawk Hill Raptors (family program)
Get up close and personal with hawks, falcons, and owls and other raptors of the world.
(Live Animal Presentation)
Read With Reptiles
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 &
JULY 12, 6:30pm, CHILDREN’S
LEARNING PLACE
For-Mar Naturalists (family program)
Visit with animals found in our local area (snakes, turtles and lizards), and read to them from
your favorite book!
Flint Reads @
The Beach!
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1pm, at
BLUEBELL BEACH & SPLASH
PARK
Flint Public Library Staff, (outreach family program)
Join us for story time at Bluebell Beach, 5500 Bray Road, Flint, MI 48505!
Animal Architects
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2pm,
DOWNSTAIRS MEETING ROOM
Howell Nature Center (family program)
From eagle nests that weigh as much as a car, to beavers that transform the landscape
around them, learn about Michigan’s ultimate animal architects. (Live Animal Presentation)
(Website: www.http://howellnaturecenter.org)
Love Your Lakes
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 5:30pm,
at FLINT PARK Lake
(outreach family program)
Join us at Flint Park, Stewart Ave., Winthrop Blvd, Flint, MI 48505 (off Pierson Rd.) 1100
Block of Stewart off Dupont, Flint, MI 48505. Enjoy stories and activities in this program.
Co-sponsored by Genesee County Parks.
Oh Brother Builders!
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Build A Better Car!
SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2pm,
DOWNSTAIRS MEETING ROOM
Ming Louie (family program)
Create a race car from foam rubber. The cars actually go and can be raced! Everything is
supplied. Everyone leaves with a race car. (Website: www.mingthemagician.com/) Limited
to 50 participants, register at 810.249.2170.
Flint Reads
@ The Park!
For-Mar Truck Farm
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1pm,
at MAX BRANDON PARK
Flint Public Library Staff, (outreach family program)
Enjoy story time at Max Brandon park, 3606 Dupont St., Flint, MI 48504.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 6:30pm,
CHILDREN’S LEARNING PLACE
For-Mar Naturalists (family program)
See the For-Mar Truck Farm and learn about growing flowers, vegetables and other
gardening ideas.
Interactive
Puppet Show
SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2pm,
READING ROOM
Alex Thomas Puppetry (family program)
Join us for jokes, prizes, stories, silliness, and all around family fun! “Meet and Greet
Session” will follow the show.
Flint Reads @
The Park!
Love Your Lakes
Wednesday, JULY 26, 1pm,
at Mckinley PARK
Flint Public Library Outreach Staff, (family program)
Story time in McKinley Park, 3102 Collingwood Pkwy, Flint, MI 48503.
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 5:30pm,
at McKINLEY PARK
(outreach family program)
Join in the family fun at McKinley Park, 3102 Collingwood Pkwy. Stories and activities
co-sponsored by Genesee County Parks.
Nature On The Go:
The Architecture Of
Animal Homes
SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2pm,
READING ROOM
Laurel Zoet (family program)
Learn how different animals use or make shelters in order to raise their young, hibernate,
find protection or simply hide from danger. (Website: http://www.natureonthego.com/
author/laurelzoet/) NOTE: This is not a hands-on presentation.
Summer Reading
Challenge FINALE:
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 5, 2pm
Cameron Zvarra, comic, magician and musician (family program)
Cameron’s show is jam packed with magic, comedy, juggling, stunts, music, and
tons of audience participation! Featuring a magic show and balloon sculpting fun!
Grand prize drawing and SRC awards.
Build A Better World!
August Special Summer Event!
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2pm, READING ROOM
Can You Think It? Can You Dream It?
Kevin Kammarrad and Cooperfly Puppets (family program)
Help build the show with stories, songs and movement!
(Website: www.kevinkammeraad.com)
The Library can help prevent “Summer Slide”
Summer Slide happens when skills students learn during the school year
are lost or forgotten over the summer. When kids don’t practice their
reading skills during the summer months, they can fall behind by the
time school starts again.
Three most important things you can do to prevent “Summer Slide”
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Meet Up and Eat Up
Flint Public Library will be a summer Meet
Up and Eat Up site. Tuesday through
Saturday, June 20 to August 5,
Lunch at 1pm, and a snack will be
provided at 4pm.
READ!!!!!!!!!! at least 4-6 books –
anything you really like!!
Participate with your family in the
Library’s Summer Reading Challenge
Adults let your kids see you reading
often! They will do what you do!
Flint Residents! Sign-Up for Free Books by Mail for Children Ages Birth up to age 5!
Flint residents register your children ages birth up to age 5 to receive a free book mailed
to them each month from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The first book your child/
children will receive is The Little Engine That Could and a letter from Dolly! Eligible zip
codes are 40501, 48502, 48503, 48504, 48505, 48506, 48507 and 48532.
Register at the Library or online at FlintKidsRead.org
Children receive their last book the month of their fifth birthday.
This program is a community collaboration between the Flint & Genesee Literacy
Network partners with the Flint Public Library and Friends as local champions.
Funding is provided by the Foundation for Flint; a supporting organization
of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint; FlintKids.org.
T e e n S u m m e r R e a d i n g E v e n ts
T W E E N / T een
To register call 810.249.2569.
Saturdays with Steve: Minecraft@FPL
Saturdays, June 17-August 26, 3-5pm
Meet up with fellow Minecraft adventurers
to build and survive in unique and exciting
worlds. Each week will feature different
game modes and themes, so each week’s
challenge will be new. Players of all skill
levels welcome! We learn from each other!
(Ages 10+)
Workshops:
Ages 12+
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 6pm,
DOWNSTAIRS MEETING ROOM (B-1)
Basic Soap Making Workshop with Dancing
Crane Soaps & Sundries (teen & parent program)
Make soap using oils and lye.
Supplies will be provided. Parents
welcome, to register call 810.249.2170.
Tuesday-Thursday, July 11, 12 & 13, 4-6pm, Room 204
Teen tech Camp
Build your skills and explore digital and tech
applications while having fun! Each week a different
focus to learn and create your ideas with technology!
Ages 12+
Week 1: July 11-13, 2-5pm
3D Printing Design
Learn multiple ways to create three-dimensional designs for a 3D printer.
Week 2: July 18-20, 2-5pm
Apps and Raspberry Pi
Learn the basics to designing your own app
and programming Raspberry Pi computers.
Week 3: July 25, 26, & 28, 4-6pm
Teen Podcasting
Work with local writer and publisher, Connor
Coyne, to develop and create a podcast for the
teen library website!
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 3:30pm
Stop-Motion
Animation Workshop
Alex Thomas (teen program)
Build your own custom, stop-motion puppet,
then bring it to life using the art and magic
of stop-motion animation. Participants can
choose from a variety of puppet templates or
create one of their own.
Week 4: August 1-3, 2-5pm
Green Screen Effects
Explore video editing and create
special effects using “green screen”
technology.
For more information on any of our programs see our web site
at www.fpl.info or our Facebook page. Email us at [email protected]
Teen Writers Summer Workshop
Writers, aged 11-17, join us for a week of writing activities!
Learn about literature, publishing, critiquing and share your
work with teen peers! Facilitator is Connor Coyne, call to
register: 810.249.2569.
SATURDAY, JULY 15,
3:30pm, UPSTAIRS
MEETING ROOM (205)
Zombie Makeup 101
with Tish Delano
Learn the art of applying
foundation, face contouring,
bruising and wounds to create
the Zombie look. Limited to
25 participants, to register call
810.249.2170.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 6pm,
UPSTAIRS MEETING ROOM (205)
Pottery To Go Painterly Pottery
Construct a city silhouette by painting
a skyline along the bottom of mugs
and bowls in this easy to follow stepby-step process. Parents welcome, to
register call 810.249.2170.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, AUGUST 16-17, 2-4:30pm
Babysitters Academy
Brush up on babysitting
skills and earn a Red Cross
CPR & FIRST AID Certificate
for infant and child care.
Participants must attend both
days to earn the Babysitters’
Academy Certificate.
Registration required: call
810.249.2170.
1026 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503
810.232.7111
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 11am-8pm • Friday and Saturday, 9am-6pm • Closed Sunday and Monday • www.fpl.info