1/8/2008 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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The Mashpee High School Key Club had planned a series of Pajama Story Times to be held every two weeks. The first event in October was very successful and many families were looking forward to the next Pajama Story Time. The teens have discovered that it requires a lot of work and preparation in order to provide a successful story time and have decided to plan the events for once a month. on December 6th I met with 4 teens to assist them with planning and preparation for the December story time. They all practiced reading their stories aloud and requested suggestions from me to enhance their storytelling skills. Unfortunately, the Pajama Story Time scheduled for December 13 th was canceled due to inclement weAther.` Mrs. Greene's first grade class scheduled a walking field trip to the library on December 7 . Where were 23 participants who had a tour of the library, story time and checked out .books. The Mashp ee Christmas Parade was held on December 8h. Bob Lakatos and his crew created a wonderful float for the library depicting the story of The Polar Express. There were children on board the train and the adults, dressed in chef s attire, included Helene DeFoe, Rosemary Modic, Claudia Hinkle, Danny Burke and myself On December I&I visited the K. C. Coombs School to help kick-off the-new BEAR Be Excited About Reading) Cards. Mrs. Motta, the new vice-principal, and I did a presentation for each of the four grade levels (Pre-I , K, 1 and 2 'in the Coombs School. We spoke to a total of 463 children to encourage them to visit the library and obtain their own BEAR Card. Children have their BEAR Card punched each time that they visit the library. When they have received 10 punches, they.bring the card to the Coombs School and receive a prize. I attended the Children's Librarians Roundtable Meeting on December 1 in Cotuit. We had two guest speakers from MatchBook.org. MatchBook.orgis a public service provided by New England Foundation for the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. It is a variable tool for libraries to research performers for library programming Rosemary and I held a Holiday Drop-In Craft activity on December 19,h. This event was well-attended by 50 people. Where were 74 children who participated in the Candy Kisses Guessing Contest for the month of December.