Greyt Readers

On November 18, 2009 the Greyt Readers came to the Lake Station New Chicago library. Greyt Readers is a program where children can read to Greyhounds. The program was in celebration of Children's Book Week.

Pet Show

The Lake Station New Chicago library had a real live pet show on Wednesday July 29th. The the library was invaded by 3 cats, 3 bunnies, and 11 puppies/dogs, and 43 humans. Below are some pictures of them.

Pre-School Pet Show

The Lake Station New Chicago library had a stuffed animal pet show. Pre-schoolers were able to come and bring their favorite stuffed animal to parade around. From the pictures below you can see that they had a dolphin, a duck, a chicken, a monkey and much more.

Tie Dye T-Shirts

This summer school age children got to tie dye t-shirts at the Hobart Library and at the Lake Station New Chicago Library. Hobart did theirs on June 18th and LSNC did theirs July 22nd. Each participant had to bring their own t-shirt or other clothing to tie dye. The rest was provided by the library. We didn't tie dye in the normal fashion, we did something different and used sharpies. You read that correctly, we used sharpies. Who knew, I certainly didn't. What a cool and less messy way to tie dye.

What you need: rubber bands, sharpies, rubbing alcohol, water, and clothing to tie dye.

How do you do it: First start by rubber banding off sections that you want to color. Color in the sections with whatever color sharpie you want. Then you spray the colored sections with rubbing alcohol. This makes the color spread. Dip it or spray it with water and then let dry.

To try varied methods click on the links: www.instructables.com/id/TYE-DYE-made-with-sharpies/ and http://blog.sharpie.com/tag/tie-dye/

The pictures below are from the LSNC program. We forgot to take pictures at Hobart.

American Greyhounds

Who let the dogs in? The Lake Station New Chicago Library let the dogs in, American Greyhounds, to be exact on July 15, 2009.

Mr. Jeff Coggins came with his Greyhounds and educated the audience about the breed, the rescue process, and the adoption process.

These dogs were well behaved and will be back in November for Greyt Reading, for Children's Book Week. Kids get to read to the dogs. How fun will that be? The dogs names are Billy, Logan, Curtis, and Parker.

Low Tech Games

On July 1st the Lake Station New Chicago Library hosted a Low Tech Games party for families. They had a variety of games to choose from: Twister, Uno, Jenga, Trouble, Sorry, Scrabble, and Bingo. From the pictures below you can tell everyone had a good time.