NJ Libraries Promote Literacy

Exciting Initiatives at New Jersey Libraries
“Own the Night” at “The Real Jersey Shore” - The YA Summer Reading Program @ the Ocean County Library The Ocean County Library’s 2012 Teen Summer Reading program will focus on two themes, “Owning the Night” and “The Real Jersey Shore”. With the popularity of the Jersey Shore television program, it’s our goal to let people know that Ocean County is more than the gym, tans, bars and laundry facilities. We are a county rich with beauty and culture. Read More
Woodbury Public Library Encourages Kids to Dream Big this Summer Parents teasingly lament summer and delight in fall when the kids go back to school, but we all know that kids can get bored, quick! Fortunately, Woodbury Public Library offers a free and cool respite for parents and kids. With five children’s summer programs and a reading contest for tweens, teens and adults, there’s a lot to keep everyone occupied. Read More
Passport to Adventure at Middletown Public Library Working on the "One World,Many Stories" and "You Are Here" reading themes last year, we did a Passport to Adventure Day. Kids of all ages attended through young teens. We had kids get a passport (from Oriental Trading) and they had their pictures taken with a Polaroid camera (mini-pics) so they could paste it to their passport inside cover. Read More
Act Like a Kid Day! at Middletown Public Library Last year, our kick-off for the "You Are Here" Summer Reading Program was "Act Like a Kid Day" which included old -fashioned games (spin-art, potato sack races, water balloon-toss, tug of war, pie-eating contest, chicken in a basket (rubber chickens tossed over head where the partner has to catch them in a bushel basket, hula hoop game where the hoop has to be passed from one partner to another while holding hands) and sum Read More
Belleville library introduces us to Dr. Seuss' world Thursday, July 28, 2011 Last updated: Thursday July 28, 2011, 1:23 AM BY AMANDA LEHRMAN COLUMNIST Belleville Times Read More