Who wouldn’t want a beautiful Eric Carle print quilt to snuggle up in while reading Eric Carle books to children or grand children? Here is your chance to win just such a quilt and 4 board books.

The quilt is 50 x 60 inches, features loveable characters from his books and is machine quilted. The four books are The Very Lonely Firefly, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Quiet Cricket and the Very Hungry Caterpillar, which also includes a plush toy caterpillar.

Stop by the library to see for yourself this beautiful quilt

                Proceeds from the raffle will go towards hiring performers and bringing programs to the library for Summer Reading.

Chances are $1.00 each or 6 chances for $5.00. 

Chances can be purchased at the Library, Cornerstone Coffee Haus or at Seneca Variety.

 The drawing will be held Wednesday December 21.

Just in time for gift giving…if the winner can part with it!

What is that quote? A picture is worth a thousand words? I can’t come up with 9,000 words to describe the fun everyone had at our pool party August 4th. Here are a few pictures of summer readers from Centralia, Corning and Seneca libraries having a wonderful time at the Seneca Aquatic Center. Keep reading everyone!

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Our summer reading sign up begins Tuesday May 31 when we open at 10:00.  The theme this year is One World, Many Stories. We have programs for all age groups from Preschool to 12th grade and even adult.

Look to the calendar at the left of this page. Scroll over the dates in red. A tag line will pop up, click on the date and the post for the event will open. There are 2 events for most Wednesdays, we don’t want you to miss anything!

The last day to sign up is July 1. All completed reading logs and BINGO cards must be turned in by July 30 to be eligilble for prizes.  The earliest we will accept completed logs will be June 15.

When you sign up for Summer Reading, there will be calendars available for you to take home listing all the events and activities.

There are activities for for all age groups. We ask that in fairness to all participants that you bring your child to the age appropriate event.

BINGO cards are filled with fun things to read. As you read and cross off  books, you have BINGO! Turn your completed cards in for a prize.

Ask the librarians for details.

There is no ‘event’ with this program. The time shown on the calendar is simply the time we open. This is a reminder to continue reading through the BINGO card.

Read Along with Me will be held every Monday in June from 10:30 to 11:30 AM.
This is a new program for our library, for children in 4th and 5th grades. Bring a snack and drink and enjoy listening to a world story or bring your own book to read.

There are activities for all ages. We ask that in fairness to all participants that you bring your child to the age appropriate event.

Our last presenter of the summer will be Eric Vaughn Tuesday July 12 @ 10:30 am.