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INSIDE! • 100 BOOKS TO READ ALL ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF DIAMOND SHAPE, ACTIVITIES ON PAGES 2-3 • KID SCOOP READ MORE ON PAGES 4-5

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Diamond

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1, 2, JUST FOR YOU! DIAMOND Most kites are shaped like a diamond. Use a crayon, marker, or a pencil and design what your kite should look like.

3, 4, ASK FOR MORE!

Children learn through play. So before you toss out the next shoe box, cereal box, or the paper towel roll, let your child have a chance to imagine and explore. Maybe they want to wear it as a hat or turn it into a space shuttle. Perhaps it makes a great vehicle for their favorite stuffed animal. Paper rolls might become a looking glass or an animal horn. Ask questions, sit down next to them, and enjoy the fun.

SHAPE OF THE WEEK: DIAMOND

I’m a Diamond (sung to “Clementine”) I’m a diamond, I’m a diamond. I’m as pretty as can be. I have four sides and four corners, And some kites look just like me. You can turn me onto one side, And I may not look the same. But I always am a diamond. Diamond always is my name. August 25-31, 2021

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The Secret of

Smith’s Hill Written by Nancy Garden | Illustrated by Marilynne K. Roach

CHAPTER Six: Is This House Haunted STORY SO FAR: Kelly heard a tapping sound in the night. The twins followed it and have just found Cory’s alphabet blocks arranged in three rows on the living room floor.

or once, Kel ly felt as shaken a s Ja m e s l o o k e d when they stared d ow n at t h e n e at r ow s o f b l o c k s . B u t a l o u d s h e s a i d , “May b e i t w a s a m o u s e o r a s q u i r r e l . Yo u k n ow, l i v i n g i n t h e w a l l s . A f t e r a l l , i t’s a v e r y o l d h o u s e . May b e w h at e v e r i t is ran through the walls to the living room, where it g o t o u t a n d s m a s h e d C o r y ’s t ow e r.” “O h , r i g ht ,” Ja m e s s a i d s a r c a s t i c a l l y. “ We h av e a m o u s e t h at k n ow s h ow t o c o u nt o u t t h r e e t ap s , p au s e , a n d t h e n c o u nt t h r e e m o r e t ap s a m o u s e t h at c a n a rr a n g e b l o c k s i n r ow s .” “A r a c c o o n t h e n ,” Ke l l y s a i d hu f f i l y. “A f t e r a l l , w e’r e i n t h e c o u nt r y. A n d t h e y h av e h a n d s .”

“ Ye a h , b u t I b e t t h e y c a n’t c o u nt , a ny m o r e t h a n m i c e c a n ,” Ja m e s r e t o r t e d . “B u t p e o p l e c a n c o u nt , Ke l l y. A n d I s t i l l t h i n k . . . w h at ? ” Ke l l y, w h o h a d b e e n s t a ri n g at t h e r ow s o f b l o c k s , h a d g r i p p e d Ja m e s’s a r m . “Look!” she exclaimed. “ L o o k .” S h e p o i nt e d t o t h e t o p r ow. It s a i d : L E E A P S H E P L E M “S o ? ” s a i d Ja m e s . “ Ye a h , b u t l o o k at t h e o t h e r r ow s ,” Ke l l y s a i d . T h e s e c o n d r ow s a i d : Z J K L Q B C A F And the third said: A O U Y I “ T h e o t h e r r ow s d o n’t m a k e a ny s e n s e ,” Ke l l y s a i d s l ow l y. “L e e ap s h e p l e m m a k e s sense?” “No. B u t y o u c a n s ay i t . It looks sort of like someone w a s t r y i n g t o m a k e s e n s e .” “S o m e o n e ,” Ja m e s s a i d . “S e e ? Yo u t h i n k i t’s a p e rs o n , t o o.” “I ’m n o t s u r e .” Ke l l y s at d ow n o n t h e f l o o r. “B u t . . .

well...I guess I agree. A lot o f w e i r d s t u f f ’s s u r e b e e n going on. The crashes. The broken dishes. The stone. The horseshoe. The truck. Now t h e t ap p i n g a n d b l o c k s . It c o u l d b e s o m e k i n d o f c o d e ,” s h e mu s e d . “No t Mo r s e , b u t . . . .” “D a d w o u l d s ay t h e r e’s a l o g i c a l e x p l a n at i o n . A n d the most logical one I can think of is someone broke i n , m a d e t ap p i n g s o u n d s , and rearranged the blocks. A n d p u n c t u r e d t h e c e m e nt t r u c k’s t i r e s , t o o. “ “ Ye a h , b u t I b e t n o o n e from the old neighborhood c o u l d g e t h e r e . A n d w hy would someone from here d o a l l t h at ? ” “ To s c a r e u s a n d g e t r i d o f u s ,” Ja m e s r e p l i e d . “L i k e b a c k i n B o s t o n w h e n t h at g u y f r o m t h e P h a nt o m s b e at u p t h e n e w k i d w h o w o u l d n’t j o i n t h e g a n g , a n d s t o l e t h e k i d’s b i k e .” He s hu d d e r e d . “B u t n o o n e’s a s k e d u s t o j o i n a g a n g h e r e . We h av e n’t

e v e n m e t a ny o t h e r k i d s ! B e s i d e s , w h at a b o u t t h e stone and the horseshoe? A n d S p h i n x a n d C l e m e nt i n e being so spooked?” Ja m e s s h r u g g e d . “P r o b a b l y t h e y s m e l l e d a s t r a n g e r.” “ D o n’t y o u s e e ? ” Ke l l y s a i d i mp at i e nt l y. “A n i m a l s a r e a f r a i d o f a ny t h i n g s u p e r n at u r a l .” Ja m e s s t a r e d at h e r. “ Yo u mean like ghosts?” he said v e r y s l ow l y. Ke l l y f e l t h e r s e l f s h i v e r. “ I m e a n l i k e g h o s t s .” “ Yo u m e a n l i k e m ay b e t h i s h o u s e i s h au nt e d ? ” “ Ye s . It’s t h e o n l y t h i n g I c a n t h i n k o f t h at c o u l d e x p l a i n y o u k n ow, e v e r y t h i n g .” “ Ke l l y,” Ja m e s s a i d , “ I l i k e t h at i d e a a l o t b e t t e r t h a n t h e i d e a t h at s o m e o n e’s t r y ing to scare us off. But most peoplemost i nt e l l i g e nt p e o p l e w o u l d s ay t h e r e’s n o s u c h t h i n g a s g h o s t s .” Ke l l y s t o o d u p a n d b e g a n p a c i n g . “ T h e t h i n g w e h av e

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to d o i s f i g u r e o u t h ow e v e r y t h i n g’s c o n n e c t e d . We n e e d t o w r i t e e v e r y t h i n g d ow n” “ Yo u n e e d ,” c a m e Mo m’s v o i c e f r o m t h e s t a i r s , “t o g o t o b e d .

W h at o n e a r t h a r e you doing up?” She l o o k e d at t h e b l o c k s o n t h e f l o o r. “O h , n o ! Yo u d i d n’t k n o c k d ow n C o r y ’s t ow e r, did you?” “No.” Ke l l y h a s t i l y

piled blocks on top of each other again. “No, w e h e a r d a n o i s e a n d c a m e d ow n a n d f o u n d t h e t ow e r l i k e t h i s . S o, u m , w e t h o u g ht w e s h o u l d f i x i t s o C o r y w o n’t b e

upset in the morni n g .” Mo m s m i l e d . “G o o d i d e a ,” s h e s a i d , a n d headed back to the s t a i r s . T h e n , a s Ke l l y put the last block o n t h e r e b u i l t t ow e r,

s h e t u r n e d . “ W h at noise?” she asked. At t h at v e r y m o m e nt t h e r e w a s a t r e mendous crash from the kitchen.

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“We're searching for “The Attack,” Smelly Sock said. “'The Attack?' Never heard of it.” The bat said. “We

just like to have a little fun and scare folks. BOO!” The sock crew jumped.

Argyle spoke, “Lets check out the next set of boxes.”

“Gooble, Gooble, Gooble!” The sock crew froze in their tracks.

“Did you hear that?” Dot asked. “Catch that bird! We have company coming! Hurry

up!” The sock crew heard voices from behind a box.

“That man is trying to attack that big bird!” Argyle said. “We have to help it!”

“What if it’s 'The Attack?'” asked Chex. “Then we save a life and solve the mystery!” Smelly Sock said.

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Aug 25 –31 August 31: National South Carolina Day Natrona County Public Library Hours: Summer Hours (May 30-September 6) Monday-Thursday: 9am-6pm, Friday-Saturday: 9am-5pm, Closed Sundays

STORYTIMES WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 Reads & Rhymes StoryTime 10 AM, Crawford Room, Ages 3+ Summer Movie & Popcorn 3 PM, Crawford Room, Grades K-6 THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 StoryTime Dance Party 10 AM, Crawford Room, Ages 3+

MONDAY, AUGUST 30 Take & Make for Kids & Tweens: Fire-breathing Dragon Children’s Desk, Grades K-6 Tween Book Club: “Aru Shah and the End of Time” by Roshani Chokshi 3 PM, Crawford Room, Grades 4-6 TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 Tiny Tots StoryTime 10 AM, Crawford Room, Babies & Toddlers Summer Reading Ends Today! August 31 is the last day to log reading for the 2021 SUMMER CHALLENGE. Prizes can be picked up through SEPTEMBER 30, or as supplies last. WEDNESDAY, SEPT 1 Reads & Rhymes StoryTime 10 AM, Crawford Room, Ages 3+ Afterschool @ the Library: Aboriginal Clapping Sticks 4pm, Crawford Room, Grades K-6

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