Even as regular programming slows just a bit at Perry Memorial Library as the holidays inch ever closer, the library staff is still providing a variety of opportunities to encourage people to read.
Take the Holiday Book Sale, for example. Youth Services Librarian Melody Peters said the sale takes place on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nothing’s more than $1, Peters told WIZS’s Scout Hughes on Tuesday’s segment of The Local Skinny!
Stick around downtown and stake a spot along the parade route to view the Henderson Christmas parade, which begins at 3 p.m.
The fun continues on Tuesday, Dec. 9 with Family Fun Night at the library. Come in your pj’s and enjoy some hot cocoa and cookies as you snuggle in to watch the ever-popular Polar Express, a beloved holiday classic.
“I like to bring back traditions that bring people joy,” Peters said.
She and library staff are trying out something new this year that perhaps will become a tradition – caroling downtown.
It’s taking the place of the December Community Read-In, she said. “It’s a new thing we’re trying,” she explained. The group will head out from the library at 4:30 p.m. and visit area downtown businesses to sing some familiar holiday tunes and then end up back at the library by about 5:30 p.m.
It’s all part of the library’s efforts to reach more people in the community to demonstrate the power of literacy and the importance of reading, she said.
And when you visit the library, whether to check out some reading materials of your own or to participate in some of the programming, Peters welcomes donations of warm hats, gloves and mittens that will decorate the annual Hat and Mitten Tree at the library. Drop off items at any Service Desk, she said, and help make someone else’s winter a bit warmer.
Visit www.perrylibrary.org to learn more.
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