Each square on the Bingo sheet describes a library related activity, for example: “Check out a DVD,” or “Visit the Library’s web site,” or “Read a Best Seller.” Put an “X” through each completed square and try to complete a full row in any direction for “bingo.” Turn in your sheet by Friday of each week to be eligible for weekly prize drawings.

The program runs from June 22 through August 21. All registered participants will be eligible for the Grand Prize, which will be drawn on August 21.

For your convenience, you may link here to copies of the brochure and Bingo Sheet. To be eligible for weekly prizes, you must turn in your Bingo Sheet by Friday of each week, and to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing, you must register at the Reference Desk, Youth Room Desk, by email (wakefieldlibrary@noblenet.org) or by phone at 781-246-6334, x2.

Adult Summer Reading Program Brochure

Bingo Sheet

What We’ve Been Reading

(”Bingo Chips on a White Napkin” photo by Scott Ableman on Flickr.)

Summer Events & Programs for Preschoolers

More information about the 2009 Kids’ Summer Reading Program.

On Tuesday, July 14, at 7 p.m., let the artist in you shine! This workshop will focus on Romare Bearden. His career was greatly inspired by his cultural experiences, personal heritage and urban surroundings. While he practiced and studied many artistic mediums and styles, he is best known for his textured collages. We will observe the works of Bearden, including “The Dove” (1964) and create one-of-a-kind textural collages inspired by our own heritage and community.

On Tuesday, July 28 at 7 p.m., Norman Rockwell will be the source of inspiration. Rockwell captured our truest and most personal moments through his paintings. This workshop invites you to remember and reflect upon a moment in your life that holds great importance. Bring with you a variety of photographs of this time/moment as they will be our guide and inspiration for our project. We will be creating a “life quilt” of our own special moments and personal history.

Get your spacesuit on and climb aboard a rocket ship destined for Planet FUN. The theme of this year’s Summer Reading Program at Beebe Library is “Starship Adventures.” Registration for the summer-long event begins Monday, June 22.
Our annual talent show will be held on Wednesday, July 1, at 7 p.m. The show is for all ages and no act is too small and no talent is too young. The Talent show is largely musical, but other acts are needed too. Kids wishing to perform should register by Monday, June 29. The rehearsal takes place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30. You must attend the rehearsal to be listed in the program.

The Summer Reading Program has something for kids of all ages. Kids entering kindergarten and younger have their own summer reading club where they earn prizes for the time they spend listening to someone read to them.
There are special programs at the library for these kids as well. Mother Goose on the Loose story times will occur on several Fridays at 10:30. Beginning on Wednesday evening July 15, and continuing through August 19 at 6:30 p.m. look for Family Story time for all ages. Younger siblings are welcome to attend as well. Peter Sheridan will lead three family sing-a-longs on Saturday, June 27, Saturday, July 11 and Saturday, August 15. All performances will be at 10:30 a.m. and require registration. On Friday, July 17 at 10:30, Hugh Hanley will once again bring his “Circle of Songs”. Kidstock, original musical theatre performed by kids for kids, will be coming at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 31, and Friday, August 14. Kidstock programs do not require advance registration or tickets.

There are also great programs for kids entering grades one through four. These kids can register, track their reading and earn prizes. Every Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. from July 7 through August 18, these kids can join “Techno Scientists” to perform experiments and explore various aspects of science. In addition, there will be a program on Wednesday July 8 at 10:30 a.m. with the popular “Montana Mountain Mushers”, an opportunity to meet dogs trained to run the Iditarod in Alaska. And on Wednesday, August 5 Sparky’s Puppets will return at 10:30 a.m. A highlight of our “Starship Adventures” summer program is the rocket building and launch taking place on Thursday, August 20 at 3:30 p.m. Registration is required for this program.
The first event for middle school kids will be Slurpy Joe’s Café on Tuesday, June 30 at 6:30 p.m. Librarians Steve Conner and Gray Sawyer will serve smoothies in the program room and chat with middle school students about their choices from the required summer reading lists. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the books on the lists.
Kids in grades five and up will find something to do at the library on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. starting July 8, when they can tie-dye their summer tee shirts. There will also be events on Thursdays at 2 p.m. beginning July 9.

In all programs that require registration, preference is given to children who live in Wakefield. Non-residents will be placed on a waiting and if space remains, the staff will contact them the day before the program. Regretfully, Beebe Library does not provide library services, including the Summer Reading Program, to residents of communities without certified libraries.
Kids who read and are read to over the summer not only do better when they return to school in the fall, they have more fun all summer long, especially if they participate in the Summer Reading Program at Beebe Library.
For more information phone 781-246-6334, x3.

John A. Volpe died in 1994 and is buried in Forest Glade Cemetery in his hometown of Wakefield. The library at Wakefield High School is named in his honor, and maintains an extensive collection of material related to Volpe in its Volpe Archives.

The photos in Beebe Library’s digital collection highlight Volpe’s career and his influence on the national stage. Volpe is pictured with Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon and George H.W. Bush.

First Lady Jackie Kennedy chats with Volpe in one of the photos, and others show Volpe in the company of Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston and Dr. Henry Kissinger.
In yet another picture, Volpe and his wife Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe can be seen in a wide angle photo taken in 1955 at the 25th reunion of the Wakefield High School Class of 1930. Volpe’s wife was member of the WHS Class of 1930. This particular image came from the collection of Dr. Elizabeth Upham, another member of that graduating class, who can also be seen in the reunion photo taken at the University Club in Boston.

The library’s digital collection also includes a number of photos from the collection of Dr. Upham, whose career as a teacher and administrator at Wakefield High School spanned decades.

The Volpe and Upham photo collections can be viewed at www.wakefieldlibrary.org, along with the library’s extensive digital collection of Wakefield historical images.