The Perry Memorial Library is filled with books and other reading material for patrons to enjoy, but reading and literacy find their ways into so many aspects of summertime activities, books are just the beginning of the fun!
If you missed Tuesday’s 4 p.m. Color My World In Comics program with Curtis M. Harvey, Jr., there’s one more chance to learn about his book, “The Perfect Pair,” which he wrote and illustrated.
Harvey will be back for the finale of the Vance County Reads program on July 29, according to Youth Services Librarian Melody Peters. The event is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Please register at Signup Genius or simply go to https://www.perrylibrary.org/home and find the flyer that has the link and a QR code.
Peters reeled off a dizzying number of programs and events that are coming up in the next couple of weeks as summer stretches into late July and August.
“We are just having such a great turnout for our programs,” Peters told WIZS’s Scout Hughes on the Tuesday segment of The Local Skinny! program.
She prepared staff for the several hundred or so kiddos that were going to be coming through the library Tuesday for the various programs that are taking place.
She said she was expecting at least 50 young people for the Color My World in Comics, during which Harvey, who grew up in Henderson, would discuss how he came to write and illustrate the children’s book that was published in 2024.
The Vance County Reads programs culminates at the end of July with Harvey and local author Angie Ellington, author of “Autumn at Apple Hill.” Peters said multiple copies of both books were available in places all over the county for residents to pick up, read and either keep or return for others to enjoy.
Having homegrown authors come back and share their experience is important, she said. “They do want to give back,” Peters said. “It’s a good way to have an impact on your community.”
Families can come to the library on Sunday, July 20 for another installment of Family Story Time. The upcoming theme is Crayons, in keeping with the Color My World summer reading theme, and Peters said there will surely be creative crayon art activities following the story.
Thrilling Thursdays offers something for all ages at the library, Peters said.
There’s a 10 a.m. story time for groups and homeschoolers, then there’s a repeat at 11 a.m. during the Mother Goose Story Time for the general public.
Then, come 3:30 p.m., there’s a quick story time for busy families on the go – a story and bubbles and, boom! you’re back out the door, Peters said.
The LEGO Club cranks up at 4 p.m. and the Teen Space opens its doors at 4 p.m. for gaming and snacks.
And if that’s not enough, there’s one more free movie scheduled for Tuesday, July 22 at 11 a.m.
The final installment is Sonic3, another in the adventures and misadventures of that iconic video game character as he takes to the Big Screen once again.
A final hurrah happens not at the library but at the Community House at Satterwhite Point on Kerr Lake at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 31 – everyone’s welcome for freeze pops and Mother Goose story time.
Peters thanks the Kerr Lake State Parks folks for partnering again this year to make this event possible. There’s no entry fee associated with the story time – just tell the person at the gate that you’re coming to the Mother Goose Story Time!
Visit https://www.perrylibrary.org/home for a complete listing of programs, activities and more that the library offers.
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