3/8/2011 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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The Massachusetts Children's Book Award Book Club for 4th to 6th graders met on February 17th We had 11 out of the 14 registered members enjoy pizza (provided at cost by Zoe's Pizza) and book discussion. This was our final meeting and the members voted for their favorite book. The program is run by Salem State College who will tally all of the Massachusetts students' votes and announce the winner in April. We will be honoring the Mashpee participants in March. Each student will receive a certificate ofartici ation and then we will have a magic p p g show by Marcus the Magician. Since this book club was such a great success, I plan to start it up again in September. We had two special events during the February school vacation week: February 22nd Spanish Bingo 17 February 24th Pumpernickel PuppetShow—sponsored by the Friends 145 Preschool Story Hour has been held twice a week, Mondays and Fridays. Because the library was closed on Fridays in February, story hour was cancelled and many families were disappointed. February 7th Preschool Story Hour 10 February 14th Preschool Story Hour 18 February 28th Preschool Story Hour 9 Rosemary Modic, Early Childhood Specialist, is running two sessions of Toddle Time each week which is supported by the Coalition for Children (formerly the Upper Cape Family Network). The Coalition for Children is also supporting a weekly Creative Movement class and a Mixed Age Playgroup. The Mashpee Family and Community Partnership is sponsoring Lap Babies, a weekly story time for infants and their caregivers. Her attendance was: February 7th Toddle Time 1 27 Toddle Time II 12 February 14th Toddle Time 1 44 Toddle Time II 25 February 28th Toddle Time 1 44 Toddle Time II 25 February 2"d Mixed Age Playgroup 11 February 9th Mixed Age Playgroup 23 February 16th Mixed Age Playgroup 14 February 2"d Lap Babies 10 February 91h Lap Babies 18 February 16th Lap Babies 10