Read Under the Big Top @ Your Library

2011 SUMMER READING PROGRAM


Dates: June 4-July 8

Place: 417 W. Main St.
Morristown, TN 

Phone: (423) 586-6410

Ages: 0-12 years


What is Read Under the Big Top @ Your Library?

Read Under the Big Top @ Your Library is a program where children can earn incentives for either listening to or reading books from the library and at home. At the end of the program, the top readers/listeners will be entered into a grand prize drawing. There will also be weekly programs scheduled with stories, games, and songs. There will also be special guests, movies, and events throughout the program. At the end of the program, there will be a carnival for the children to celebrate their hard work reading this summer.

How do I register for the program?

Registration begins on May 4. Each child who registers will receive a Chick-fil-A coupon for a free sandwich, and a bingo card, with a log sheet on the back to record and mark off his/her books. The bingo cards have reading/listening/activity requirements for each of the 25 squares marked. To receive credit for incentive prizes and to be entered in the grand prize drawing, all bingo cards/log sheets must be filled out and presented to the librarian. Incentives will not be given once a patron leaves the library. The library is not responsible for lost/missing bingo cards, but will have new cards available if needed.

Carnival Event—July 9, 2011

To celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Program, there will be a carnival in the back parking lot of the Library from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. There will be game booths, concessions, balloons, face painting, a watermelon seed spitting contest, and a pie eating contest. Five tickets will be awarded for the carnival for each child who enters the Grand Prize Drawing. Additional tickets can be purchased at the carnival. Also, if children have read at least 20,000 books by Friday, July 8, Ms. Christina will have a slime bucket poured on her at the carnival. All proceeds will go toward new shelving in the Children’s Room. 

List of Games and Activities at the Carnival on Saturday, July 9

Rocket Toss
Football Toss
Basketball Toss
7/11 Challenge Toss
Golf Putting Challenge
Bean Bag Toss
Coke Bottle Ring Toss
Bounce Houses
Face Painting (Free by Girls Incorporated)
Health Department Game Booth

**Kiddie Corner (2-5 year olds)—In the Community Room/Outside the Community

Duck Pond Matching Game
Lollipop Tree
Balloon Animals (For older kids too! by Stephen Smith)

**Ice Cream Eating Contest—11:00 a.m. for children ages 5-12 years (Free)

**Food for Sale
Hot Dogs by Jimmy’s Dog House
Kettle Corn
Candy

**Ticket Prices 

$1.00 each
$4.00 for 5 tickets
$8.00 for 10 tickets
$15.00 for 20 tickets


Prize Incentive Levels:

Two prize packs—including coupons, stickers, tattoos, pencils, etc—will be awarded (while supplies last) for children who earn the following: 

3 Bingos (Any Direction): Prize Pack 1
1 Card: Prize Pack 2 
2 Cards: Entry in the Grand Prize Drawing and 5 Tickets for the Carnival.
3 or More Cards: Extra Entry in the Grand Prize Drawing.


Grand Prize Drawing

The grand prize drawing will be held on Monday, July 11. To be entered in the drawing, each child must complete two full bingo cards by Friday, July 8 at 5:30 p.m. NO EXCEPTIONS! Children do not need to be present at the drawing to win. All winners will be notified by phone. 

Weekly Programs/Guests

All programs will meet in the Community Room (across from the Children’s Room) at the times stated. For safety concerns, we ask that a parent or caregiver remain with their child(ren) throughout the program. Any child left unattended will have his/her parent called and will not be allowed to attend. If you arrive late for a program, please enter the Community Room quietly. 

Please note that there will be two separate programs on Tuesdays. A program for children ages 0-5 years will be at 9:30 a.m. A program for children ages 6-12 will be at 10:30 a.m. Children are welcome to attend any program, but the content and activities will be for the ages specified.

  
Sponsors Give to Support Reading!
The word on the street is that these companies support literacy and the community by donating money, prizes, and more to the Morristown-Hamblen Library. Tons of really cool stuff and free food that you can earn just by reading!  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!


American museum of science and energy
Applebee’s Restaurant
Briarwood Safari
Carmike Cinemas
Chick-Fil-A
ETSU Natural History Museum
Flav-O-Rich
Friends of the Morristown-Hamblen Library
Golden Corral
Hands on Regional Museum
Mayfield Dairy
Morristown Utility Systems
Museum of Appalachia
Ober Gatlinburg
Pal’s Sudden Service
Pizza Cottage
Pizza Inn
Professor Hacker’s Lost Treasure Golf
Rainforest Adventures
Ryan’s Restaurant
Shoney’s Restaurant
Sonic
SunTrust Bank
TCBY
Tennessee Valley Railroad
Titanic Museum
The Track Family Recreation Center
Villa Pizza
West End Bowling Lanes
WonderWorks
Zaxby’s