Springtime is just around the corner, and Perry Memorial Library’s Youth Services Director Melody Peters is gearing up for a busy time, filled with themed programs wedged in between the regular favorites.
“We will be getting really busy,” Peters said on Tuesday’s segment of The Local Skinny! February was filled with programs to observe Black History Month and April’s calendar is shaping up to be busy, if not busier.
Not only is April National Poetry Month, but there’s Week of the Young Child and National Library Week, it’s a time when students will be enjoying Spring Break so they may have extra chances to visit the library.
But before April, there’s Women’s History Month, and Peters said she’s invited a female author to come speak toward the end of March.
The Sunday afternoon Family Story Time will be held on Mar. 16, which is just one day away from St. Patrick’s Day, when mischievous leprechauns roam around and have some innocent elfin fun.
Peters said she feels the luck of the Irish all year long as she plans and creates programming for young people.
“I talk to kids all the time,” she said, “and I listen to what they’re saying.”
From those interviews have come programs about teen mental health and the Crochet Club, among others. “I want to find out what’s exciting to them and try to make it happen,” she said.
Peters said she visited Pinkston Street Elementary on Monday and a youngster came in with her grandmother after school was out – it was the 6-year-old’s first visit to the library.
“It was just great!” Peters exclaimed. “That’s why you do what you do.”
Visit perrylibrary.org to learn about all the programs and services the library offers.
CLICK PLAY!
