Grandview Summer School students watched intently Friday morning as Teresa Leonard of Bradford Memorial Library spoke about some of the spectacular summer events coming up.
Leonard introduced herself and began to explain her part in library activities.
“Have any of you been to the library?” asked Leonard.
Several children responded with noisy no’s.
“Well in the summer we do special things,” said Leonard.
She explained that being creative is not limited to certain professions.
“You don’t have to be an artist or a musician to be creative,” Leonard remarked. “There’s lots of ways to be creative.”
Leonard held up a bottle cap and told children of one of the library’s projects involving creativeness.
She said the library has an area on a wall with the word “read” on it.
Bottle caps have been placed to form the word.
The project is presented to represent art in the same vein as artists like Robert Indiana.
“There’s no way to do it wrong,” said Leonard.
She invited all children to contribute to the piece by visiting the library and gluing a cap to the work.
Another project Leonard spoke of was a paper chain project. Children can write on a colored piece of paper each book they’ve read during the summer months, bring it into the library and add it to all other childrean’s books that have been read.
“We’re making a huge paper chain,” said Leonard.
She then handed out cards with schedules and information and children scattered to find their classrooms and fill out paper for the library chain.
As children were leaving, a communal thank you was expressed.
