Book Bundles are here! – We supplied 24 people with reading recommendations in August.
Don’t know what to read? Tell us a little about what you’ve been reading, and let us pick something out! The more you can tell us, the better the recommendation will likely be. Click HERE to get started.
Summer Reading ended August 31, 2020
This summer we used the Beanstack Tracker app for iOS or Android. We learned a lot about what works best for a mostly online program, and have a number of items we would change for a future online Summer Reading program. Hopefully next year we can have a hybrid online/paper program. Here are the numbers:
| Lib | Adult Enroll | Adult Finish | Teen Enroll | Teen Finish | Kids Enroll | Kids Finish | Preschool Enrolled | Preschool Finish |
| Sandy | 53 | 7 | 36 | 20 | 52 | 19 | 31 | 18 |
| Hood | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Upon completion, all participants received a $5 off library fine voucher. Kids and teens also got to select a book to keep for completing the program.
The adults had several components in order to complete the entire challenge. They had to read for 20 hours, write 8 book reviews, and do 9 activities. For the reading log completion: 4 at Hoodland, 11 at Sandy. For the book reviews: 4 at Hoodland, 9 at Sandy.
As part of the teen summer reading program, teens could pick up stem kits curbside. Here are the number of stem kits picked up: Sandy: Binary bracelets – 58, Marshmallow castle challenge – 46, Harry Potter light up wand – 62. Hoodland: Harry Potter light up wand – 5.
Grand Prize winners!
Baby – Preschool: Duplo Set
Julian Berry
Grades K – 5: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil
Annabelle Carey – pictured below!
Grades 6 – 12: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil
Kaitlyn Ameele – pictured below!
Adults – $100 cash + two $25 restaurant gift cards each for Sandy and Hoodland
$100 cash prize winner – Crystal Thornton (Sandy Library)
$25 gift card winners – Sandy – Rebecca Cassel & Mallary Hoefer
Hoodland – Mary Finnegan & Grace Schenkel (pictured below!)
Curbside pickup of holds Pickup at Sandy is 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday and 12-4pm on Sunday. At Hoodland 10am-12pm Monday and 12-2pm Tuesday-Friday. #s for August: Sandy – 1421 pickups in 31. This averages 45 pickups/day(up from 41 last month). Hoodland – 324 pickups in 21 days. Averages 15 pickups/day(down from 16 last month). We checked out a total of 5384 items through curbside pickup!
Kids Programs
Special
Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an Early Literacy Activity to do with kids, a storytime with a famous person, something about a current topic and a Library resource or other current available resource.
Virtual Storytimes and Crafts
All of the following videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group. Use numbers were recorded after 1 week.
Virtual storytimes
8/6 Rot, the Bravest in the World – Monica Smith – 1 reaction, 49 views
8/20 Is There is A Dog in this Book? – Monica Smith – 2 reactions, 41 views
8/27 A Big Mooncake for Little Star – Monica Smith – 1 reaction, 45 views
Virtual Crafts
8/4 Froggy Muffins – Maureen Houck – 1 reaction, 36 views
8/10 Sensory Play Spaghetti! – Maureen Houck – 7 reactions, 2 Comments, 49 views
8/24 Ice Rescue – Maureen Houck – 11 reactions, 60 views
Teen Programs
Ongoing
Inked Writing Prompt – 24 teens participated in the weekly online writing prompt workshop with Bree Bender.
Adult Programs
Ongoing
Book Clubs:
Women’s – Held a socially distanced meeting outdoors with 9 book club members to discuss Virgil Wander by Leif Enger.
Virtual – Our virtual Library Book Group on Facebook currently has 62 members. 3 members met to chat about what they’ve been reading.
Sit and Knit a Bit – virtual knitting group had 15 participants
Sandy Seed Library – We checked out 76 seed packets for curbside pickup. Fall seed bundles are ready for curbside pick up. They include beets, arugula, snap peas, radish, and Italian kale seeds.
Photography Group – 3 people met via zoom to catch up and talk about what they have been working on.
Public Notary – Hoodland 2 by appointment, socially distanced and outdoors!
Training – Library staff continue to do a lot of webinars/trainings.