June 2008
The school year ends mid June…
Summer vacation and summer concerts all will begin, First Friday Gallery Walk
and Father’s Day celebrations..
We begin with our local artist. We feature Glenna Livingston this month.
She will be at our First Friday Gallery Walk guest on June 6 from 7-9 p.m.
Refreshments served. Bring your friends.
Here is one of her paintings
Guess what else…
That’s right, a few good books are waiting for you. We will kick off
our Summer Reading Fun. Here is the description:
Summer Reading Fun
What:- Buy & Read 4 books on our list each month June – Aug and
win prizes; your receipt is entered into the
Grand prize bowl.
- Summer Book Club Discussion - second Saturday of Month 3-4 p.m.
When:
- Begins June 14, 2008
Ages 2-5
- Mandy & Pandy Play, Let’s Count $12.95 (bilingual-English and Mandarin Chinese)
- My Very First book of Words - Eric Carle $5.99
- My Very First Book of Numbers - Eric Carle $5.99
- My Very First Book of Animals - Eric Carle $5.99
- My Very First Book of Colors (Bilingual-English and Spanish) $8.99
- Please, Baby Please - Spike Lee
Ages: 6-8
- Chowder - Peter Brown $15.99
- My Big Green Teacher: Conserving our Energy $19.95
- Walter the Farting Dog - William Kotzwinkler $15.95
- Samsara Dog - Helen Manos $17.95
- See How They Run: Campaign Schemes, Election Dreams And The Race To The White House - Susan E. Goodman $9.95
Ages 9, 10-12
- Chachaji’s Cup by Uma Krishnaswami $16.95
- Sachiko Means Happiness by Kimiko Sakai $7.95
- Remember Me? Alzheimer’s Through the Eyes of a Child by Sue Glass $16.95
Bilingual - English and Spanish)
- The Riches of Rangoberra by Jane Weber $16.95 Bilingual - English and Spanish)
- H is For Horse: An Equestrian Alphabet $7.95
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull $
6.99
- Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull $6.99 and $17.95
- Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague - Brandon Mull $18.95
- Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo - Obert Skye $8.99
- Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret - Obert Skye $8.99
- Pillage -
Obert Skye $17.95
- The 13th Reality - James Dashner** $17.95
- Two Moon Princess - Carmen Ferreiro Esteban $15.95
- We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball - Kadir Nelson $18.99
Ages 14 and up
- When I Was A Soldier - Valerie Zenatti $7.95
- An Inconvenient Truth (Juvenile edition) - Al Gore $16.00
- Hurt Go Happy - Ginny Rorby $17.95
- Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer $22.99
Adults
- The Last Lectures - Randy Pausch $21.95
- Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen $13.95
- Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver $14.95
- Eclipse of The Heart - Helen Canty $19.95
*Advanced Readers
** New for Summer 2008
For Father’s Day information, check out these sites:
http://www.fathers.com/
http://www.quotegarden.com/fathers.html
http://www.fathers.net/historyoffathersday.htm
Some recommended books for Fathers include: George Foreman’s
memoir,
God in My Corner
Tony Dungy’s, Quiet Strength
Well, hot off the press!
Can you spell the guerdona? Well, 13 year old Sameer Mishra did and won the Scripps National Spelling Bee for 2008. This photo was taken by Pablo Martinez Monsivais of the Associated Press. It’s not too early to begin studying for the 2009 Spelling Bee! A Bloomfield Hills, MI student from Country Day, a private school, came in second place. Congratulations to all participants, especially the top 3 finishers.
Before we go, perhaps we should mention a few other events around Metro Detroit besides our Summer Reading Campaign.
For Canton and Northville local events, check out our web link page.
Do you like Jazz? Well, go to www.wvmv.com and http://www.musichall.org/events.php for the Summer Concerts.
How about Art ? Check out our web link page (top of page) for the art happenings.
You say Theatre, I say Theater. Well, try these venues at this link for information:
http://olympiaentertainment.com/venues/foxtheatre.jsp
