• A picnic in Chautauqua Park (one of Georgetown’s hidden jewels, just a few blocks west of the library ) was the scene on Tuesday morning of the “finale” for the little kids. Sullivan’s Ponies provided two ponies and a donkey for the kids to make friends with and ride and the Farm Zoo brought a barnyardful of gentle animals to caress and cuddle. Although the lines were long, kids and caregivers were patient, and the park’s big trees provided welcome shade in which to enjoy Ms. Rosa’s usual generous refreshments.
• The Bubble Lady started the Wednesday finale in great style. She began with little bubbles but ended with bubbles so big that people could stand inside them! Then the Sun City Sundancers livened things up with music and dances that inspired the crowd to want to learn how. And the whole time the entertainment was going on, volunteer Sunshine Flower painted little hands, arms, and faces with the design each child requested. As usual, Ms. Rosa didn’t let anyone leave hungry–60 pizzas were consumed, along with gallons and gallons of ice cream.
• The whole purpose of the library’s summer reading program is to keep children reading over the summer. Judging from the online logs that the kids kept, there should be some good readers returning to school. While the library staff believes that every child who reads during the summer is a winner, nods were given to three kids: Abby Kirk, who read the most books overall; Raul Garza, who read the most hours overall, and Cody Hullum, who read (or listened to) the most books of anyone younger than 5. See those three smiling faces at the end of the final week photo album!

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• Tuesday morning Coach Robyn came back to keep the youngest library-goers moving. The adults got into the action, too. Moving is good for everyone!
• At the same time, Ms. Laura helped the older kids make puppets out of wooden spoons. Check out the pictures of some of the finished products–lots of imagination!
• There’s not much flash to Jungle Jim Klinger, but he can tell you worlds of information about such things as tarantulas, snakes, and lizards. He helps kids learn to respect these animals, not fear them.
• On Thursday Dan Gibson kept things lively with his banjo music and entertaining stories about Texas.

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• Devo the (Princess) Clown kicked off Week Six of the summer program by entertaining the little kids on Tuesday morning. She brought animal puppets with her and recruited members of the audience to help with the fun.
• The older kids assembled with Laura Snyder Tuesday morning to make sit-upons to use on their Texas excursions. Their designs were unique and brightly colored.
• Hey Lolly Productions brought toe-tapping, heel-kicking music to the crowd on Wednesday. Lots of kids got into this act!
• On Thursday a large audience got to see Tim Cole’s reptilian friends. This was an opportunity to get up close and personal with lots of critters many people usually give wide berth.
• Thursday and Friday the tweens made jewelry with Linda Wilde. On Thursday they rolled fabric beads and on Friday they created necklaces from them. See them modeling their beautiful handiwork!

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• Sue Young kicked off the week Tuesday morning by treating the younger kids to an hour of bilingual stories and songs.
• Rodney Rash, magician par excellence, entertained a large crowd Wednesday morning. (The adults were as entranced as the kids!) He loves to appoint assistants from the audience to help him. Some seemed to really enjoy their roles, others were a bit hesitant.
• Mary Beth Huba told another entrancing tale on Thursday morning.

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• On Tuesday Coach Robyn got the little kids moving in all kinds of ways. They had a great time and so did the adults who were watching and helping.
• In Laura Snyder’s craft session the older kids made Texas symbols using the “mola” technique.
• Thursday Lucas Miller, the singing zoologist, made his annual summer appearance. He’s updated his performance and uses bright visual images to illustrate his songs. Afterward the kids got to spin the Wheel of Fortune and answer Texas-themed questions for prizes.

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