ST. CHARLES CITY-COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT
Summer 2015 Featured
Children’s Performers and Events
• Register for programs online at www.youranswerplace.org
• Click on Programs & Events & choose Calendar of Events
featured performers for June, July, and August 2015
BABALOO — MUSIC & FUN
FUN! FREE! PRIZES!
SUMMER READING RETURNS JUNE FIRST!
SUPER KIDS and the HALL OF READING
with CHRIS McBRIEN
It’s all about fun as Chris
McBrien uses super hero
feats of strength, comedy,
ventriloquism, and amazing
magic to entertain his
audience. This fast-paced,
hilarious family comedy for all
ages includes interactive games and loads of
audience participation. You will be amazed and
laugh until your sides hurt!
Wednesday, June 10
Kisker Road Branch
10:00-11:00 am
K. Linnemann Branch
1:00-2:00 pm
Deer Run Branch
4:00-5:00 pm
Spencer Road Branch
7:00-8:00 pm
Thursday, June 11
McClay Branch
10:00-11:00 am
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
1:00-2:00 pm
Corporate Parkway Branch
4:00-5:00 pm
Babaloo is high energy, over-the-top FUN with
singing, drumming, stomping, dancing & shouting.
Kids will be out of their seats with bean bag
bopping and other types of loud and wild musical
mayhem. Every show is a
party & there’s laughing lots of laughing!
Corporate Parkway Branch
Monday, June 15 3:00-4:00 pm
K. Linnemann Branch
Tuesday, June 30 10:00-11:00 am
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Monday, July 13 2:00-3:00 pm
McClay Branch
Thursday, July 16 3:00-4:00 pm
Spencer Road Branch
Thursday, July 23 3:00-4:00 pm
Deer Run Branch
Thursday, July 23 7:00-8:00 pm
Kisker Road Branch
Wednesday, July 29 3:00-4:00 pm
SWORDS & ROSES: A HERO FOR HIRE
This super hero stunt show
contains the WHACK! BAM! and
POW! of the hand to hand, martial
arts style combat that you see in
most Super Hero movies. Once
our Hero is discovered, a sidekick
is chosen from the audience. This show covers
character development in addition to spotlighting
heroes that you can read about.
McClay Branch
Tuesday, June 16
7:00-8:00 pm
Corporate Parkway Branch
Thursday, June 18
10:00-11:00 am
Spencer Road Branch
Monday, July 6
2:00-3:00 pm
K. Linnemann Branch
Monday, July 27
7:00-8:00 pm
Deer Run Branch
Tuesday, July 28
2:00-3:00 pm
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Thursday, July 30
10:00-11:00 am
Kisker Road Branch
Thursday, July 30
2:00-3:00 pm
SUPERHERO SCIENCE
with MAD SCIENCE of ST. LOUIS
Super powers aren’t just
for superheroes. Summer
readers will see a child levitate.
Discover the secrets behinds
super strength through the
power of air pressure. Using
scientific principles things will go flying! See the
Mad Scientist perform amazing experiments which
will surprise the bad guys.
Thursday, June 18
K. Linnemann Branch
1:00-2:00 pm
Deer Run Branch
4:00-5:00 pm
Spencer Road Branch
7:00-8:00 pm
Friday, July 10
Kisker Road Branch
10:00-11:00 am
Corporate Parkway Branch
1:00-2:00 pm
Monday, July 27
McClay Branch
10:00-11:00 am
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
1:00-2:00 pm
ST. CHARLES COUNTY PLAY DATE:
GROW YOUR READER!
Get Your Play On! Drop in to
explore and create in play
areas featuring science, art,
music, movement and lots of
fun early literacy activities!
Meet and mingle with other
parents. Everyone will have
fun playing at the Library!
Saturday, June 20
Corporate Parkway Branch 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Monday, June 22
Spencer Road Branch
10:00 am-12:00 pm
K. Linnemann Branch
5:30-7:30 pm
Tuesday, June 23
Kisker Road Branch
9:30-11:30 am
Deer Run Branch
2:00-4:00 pm
Wednesday, June 24
McClay Branch
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Thursday, June 25
Middendorf-Kredell Branch 9:30-11:30 am
Photographs/video may be taken at events and used on the Library District’s social media sites, website, and/or printed marketing materials.
Identifying information is not used. Participants may request in writing that their image not be used by the library.
Additional accommodations may be made for persons with disabilities upon request at least seven days before the program.
At this program you’ll learn to care for and train
your new pet, and then get to read your favorite
book to the “Love on Leash” dogs! Families are
invited to join Executive Director of the Five
Acres Animal Shelter, Kim Brown, as she guides
you through being knowledgeable pet owners.
Get training tips and see a demonstration
from dog trainer, Lynsey Vance from Infinite
Pawsibilities, and one of the fuzzy friends from
the Shelter.
Then it’s time for some “doggie” crafts and for
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Register for programs online at www.youranswerplace.org or call the Library.
THE ADVENTURES of CHEDDAR
and MR. TRAIN with JUGGLING JEFF
Young Cheddar goes on a quest to become just like
his favorite super hero Mr. Train. Along the way he
discovers that being a hero
is not about being perfect,
but rather it’s about being
himself and always giving
his best. Get ready to enjoy
lots of comedy, juggling
and even a bit of magic
with Juggling Jeff.
Monday, June 29
Corporate Parkway Branch 10:00-11:00 am
K. Linnemann Branch
1:00-2:00 pm
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
4:00-5:00 pm
Tuesday, June 30
McClay Branch
3:00-4:00 pm
Thursday, July 9
Spencer Road Branch 10:00-11:00 am
Kisker Road Branch
1:00-2:00 pm
Deer Run Branch
7:00-8:00 pm
ANIMAL AVENGERS: AN EDZOOCATIONAL
ANIMAL TALES PROGRAM
Meet real live super heroes! Animal Tales will
introduce you to 5 extraordinary “Heroes of the
Wild.” Hands-on volunteers interact with live
animals which
include a baby red
kangaroo, a green
anaconda, Von der
Decken’s Hornbill,
an Egyptian Fruit Bat or Chinchilla, and a Saker
Falcon. This is a fun, educational, up-close and
personal learning experience.
Monday, July 13
Spencer Road Branch 10:00-11:00 am
K. Linnemann Branch
2:00-3:00 pm
Deer Run Branch
7:00-8:00 pm
Tuesday, July 14
Kisker Road Branch
10:00-11:00 am
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
2:00-3:00 pm
Corporate Parkway Branch
7:00-8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 15
McClay Branch
10:00-11:00 am
STORYTELLER EXTRAORDINAIRE:
WILL STUCK
Super Silly Stories & Songs
Stories, songs and general nonsense guaranteed
to tickle your funny bone.
K. Linnemann Branch
Monday, July 20
1:00-2:00 pm
BOOM! Stories and Science
A lively mix of science of experiments and stories
sure to get you excited about science and reading.
Spencer Road Branch
Monday, July 20
10:00-11:00 am
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Monday, July 20
7:00-8:00 pm
McClay Branch
Tuesday, July 21
7:00-8:00 pm
Monsters and Imaginary Friends
Hear some not-so-scary tales of things that go
bump in the night. See what type of outrageous
creature the audience can create with our
combined imaginations.
Deer Run Branch
Monday, July 20
4:00-5:00 pm
Kisker Road Branch
Tuesday, July 21
10:00-11:00 am
Corporate Parkway Branch
Tuesday, July 21
2:00-3:00 pm
BUBBLE BUS
The totally fun, unique,
awesome & amazingly cool
Bubble Bus is coming! Outdoor
bubble and music fun.
Monday, August 3
Spencer Road Branch
Library Express WingHaven®
Tuesday, August 4
Deer Run Branch
K. Linnemann Branch
Wednesday, August 5
McClay Branch
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Thursday, August 6
Corporate Parkway Branch
Kisker Road Branch
10:00-11:00 am
2:00-3:00 pm
10:00-11:00 am
2:00-3:00 pm
10:00-11:00 am
2:00-3:00 pm
Reading to dogs is a very positive and
welcome!
non-threateningFamilies
way to build
reading
skills and confidence in reading.
Scout troops are welcome. Registration is required.
Coming to the Library this summer.
Saturday, Feb. 2
2:00 – 4:00 PM
READ TO A DOG WITH YANKEE & LUCY
Spencer Road Branch
Meet CHAMP Therapy Dogs, Yankee
427 Spencer Road
636-441-0522
and Lucy. They love to listen to
children
a book to read
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at youranswerplace.org
to them or read them one of ours!
Coming to the Middendorf-Kredell
Branch this summer.
MEET THE AUTHOR: BILLY STEERS;
TRACTOR MAC NEW FRIEND
Meet Tractor Mac Children’s Book Author and
Illustrator, Billy Steers! When a new red tractor
named Daisy joins the team at Stony Meadow
Farm, she has trouble adjusting to all of the
different chores that must be done. She realizes
that she has much to learn. Can she do all of the
work on her own?
Luckily, Tractor Mac
and his friends chop,
pull, haul, and drag
alongside Daisy until
she gets the hang of
it. With the help of
everyone on the farm,
Daisy thinks she will
fit right in!
Corporate Parkway Branch
Saturday, June 13
3:00-4:30 pm
Books will be available for purchase from
Main Street Books St. Charles.
10:00-11:00 am
2:00-3:00 pm
BRANCH LOCATIONS & PHONE NUMBERS
BOONE’S TRAIL BRANCH
#10 Fiddlecreek Plaza; New Melle - 398-6200
KISKER ROAD BRANCH
1000 Kisker Rd; St. Charles - 926-READ
MIDDENDORF-KREDELL BRANCH
2750 Hwy. K; O’Fallon 63368 - 978-7997
CORPORATE PARKWAY BRANCH
1200 Corporate Pkwy; Wentzville 332-9966
LIBRARY EXPRESS at DISCOVERY VILLAGE
378 Shadow Pines Drive; Wentzville - 332-6476
NORTH COUNTY BRANCH
1825 Commonfield Road; Portage des Sioux - 753-3070
DEER RUN BRANCH
1300 North Main; O’Fallon - 978-3261
LIBRARY EXPRESS at WINGHAVEN®
7435 Village Ctr. Dr.; O’Fallon - 561-3385
SOUTH COUNTY BRANCH
198 Jackson St; Augusta - 228-4855
KATHRYN LINNEMANN BRANCH
2323 Elm Street; St. Charles - 946-0789
McCLAY BRANCH
2760 McClay Rd.; St. Charles - 441-7577
SPENCER ROAD BRANCH
427 Spencer Road;St. Peters - 441-0522
If a sign interpreter or any special assistance is needed for a program, please call the branch at least seven days in advance.