The Big Ideas Club is a makerspace for grade school-aged children that meets every Tuesday from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Explore low-tech and high-tech projects and gizmos to fuel your curiosity in science, technology, engineering, and math!
Celebrate the beginning of summer and our 2017 Summer Reading Program, Build a Better World, with us and Boeing! Have fun with some great science activities. Learn about Boeing and what they do. Anyone who attends and registers for the Summer Reading Program that night will get a raffle ticket to win a Cardinals ticket voucher!
Join us at the Ferguson Public Library on the fourth Tuesday of each month for a chance to discuss and respond to this month’s featured selection! For more information about the club and this month’s selection, please contact Ally at (314) 521-4820.
Kids ages 9 and older are invited to meet on the fourth Wednesdays of the month (unless otherwise noted) after school from 3:30-4:15. Each meeting includes a game, craft, or activity, and usually includes a snack (please let us know if your child has allergies). Please join us if you have read the book or are interested in joining for future meetings.
This month’s Brentwood Bookworms selection will be Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley:
/* Starred Review */ Gr 4 – 6 — Fifth-grader Micah Tuttle has been living with his Grandpa Ephraim since his parents died when he was very young. The two are close; Grandpa Ephraim teaches Micah how to tie complicated knots and tells him fanciful tales about the magical Circus Mirandus and its many performers, including a powerful illusionist called the Lightbender. When Grandpa Ephraim becomes gravely ill, his sister, the strict and dour Aunt Gertrudis, comes to take care of the household. She severely limits Micah’s time with his sick grandfather, and the boy is distraught at the idea of losing the only important person in his life. In a stolen moment, Grandpa Ephraim surprises Micah by revealing that the Circus Mirandus is real, and that the Lightbender promised him a miracle when he was a child. The protagonist begins to hope that his grandfather will get well. The Circus Mirandus arrives in town on the wind, and Micah, with the help of his classmate Jenny Mendoza, seeks out the Lightbender and tries to retrieve the miracle that Grandpa Ephraim has requested. During a whirlwind adventure in the Circus, Micah learns about his family and discovers that the miracle that Grandpa Ephraim asked for might not be the one that Micah had in mind. Circus Mirandus is not a simple story, but readers will be rewarded for delving into its intricacies. VERDICT: This gripping fantasy tale will have readers hooked from the opening scene to the breathtaking—and unexpected—conclusion.—Sarah Reid, Broome County Public Library, Binghamton, NY –Sarah Reid (Reviewed April 1, 2015) (School Library Journal, vol 61, issue 4, p144)
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Dogs make the best listeners! Stop by the library to read your favorite book to dogs from Support Dogs, Inc. Event is free and open to children and families.
