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INSIDE! • 100 BOOKS TO READ ALL ABOUT THE CONCEPT RECTANGLES, ACTIVITIES ON PAGES 2-3 • KID SCOOP INSIDE. READ MORE ON PAGE 4

Concept of the Week

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Check out our FREE interactive literacy app! Kids games, puzzles & much more!

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100 Books to read together MADELINE BY LUDWIG BEMELMANS Pick up a copy at the Natrona County Public Library!

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1, 2, JUST FOR YOU! PATTERNS AND RECTANGLES Each row of colored shapes forms a pattern. Say the name of each shape. Use a pencil or crayons to draw the next shapes in the pattern. If you don’t have something to draw with, just tell someone what shapes come next in the patterns. Can you identify and complete all four patterns? Great job!

3, 4, ASK FOR MORE!

While you take a breath of fresh air this summer, be sure to find some time to read with your child. Even a small amount of time, 20 minutes a day, makes a world of difference.

SHAPE OF THE WEEK: RECTANGLE Rectangle Song (Sung to “Old McDonald”) My rectangle has four sides, EIEIO!

Four right angles all around, EIEIO!

But all four sides are not the same, EIEIO!

With two sides short and two sides tall,

With two sides big and two sides small, My rectangle has four sides, EIEIO! On my rectangle can be found, EIEIO!

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Yes, two sides big and two sides small, My rectangle has four sides, EIEIO!

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HOW TO PLAY BACK TO SCHOOL BINGO: 1. Make copies of the Back to School Bingo Game and pass them out among a group of kids around your age. These could be classmates, teammates, members of a club or even kids who live near you.

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A Make-New-Friends Game Favorite subject:

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Favorite color:

Birthday:

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Favorite team:

Favorite ice cream:

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Favorite book:

Where I was born:

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Favorite movie:

2. Each kid completes the information in each this, the Bingo Cards will have a lot of information all about each of YOU! 3. Share your cards with other kids and spot kids with similar answers. 4. When you spot a match, put your initials on each

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Pencils or pens?

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Dogs or cats?

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Place you want to visit:

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Something you’re good at:

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The Secret of

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

CHAPTER Five: More Noises in the Night STORY SO FAR: Clemmie’s been

banished, the cement truck’s tires have been damaged and Mom has found what could be a page from a Revolutionary War diary.

hat we need,” Mom s aid after putt ing t he smudged p age caref u lly away, “ is a nice quiet e vening. How ab out Monop oly? D o es anyone know w here it is? ” “I do.” James b ounded up t he st airs to his ro om; it was his favor ite game. A fe w minutes later, James, Kelly, Mom, and D ad were a ll in t he living ro om, sitting around t he card t able, concentrat ing on t he game, w hi le C or y s at on t he f lo or, concentrat ing on pi ling his a lphab et blo cks into a tower. Sphinx sno oze d comfor t ably on t he s ofa. It was quiet and p e acef u l, wit h t he s ound of cr ickets chir ping outside and a s of t summer bre e ze coming in t hroug h t he window. “

“ This is t he life,” s aid D ad, st retching. “Q uiet, cozy count r y living.” “You wouldn’t have s aid t hat e arlier,” James s aid, passing GO. “ Two hundred dol lars, ple as e.” D ad counted out t he play mone y. “No,” he s aid, “but I have a feeling t hings are going to get b etter f rom now on. May b e f inding t hat old diar y page is a go o d omen. And may b e t he cre w ran over g lass and it to ok a w hile for it to work its way into t he cements tr uck’s tires and f latten t hem. There’s a log ical explanation,” he s aid wit h a yawn, “for e ver yt hing if you on ly lo ok hard enoug h.” “S ee!” C or y s que a le d. “S e e b oks!” The y al l le ane d down. The game was almost over anyway, and James, as usua l, was obviously going to win. C or y had piled ab out ha lf his a lphab et blo cks on top of e ach ot her. “ That’s a lovely tower,

C or y,” Mom s aid. “G o o d b oy.” “Well done, kid.” D ad picked C or y up and s at him on his kne e. “May b e we shou ld wait ti ll you can bui ld us t hat she d.” “It’ ll go smo ot hly now,” Mom s aid, smi ling. “I know it will. C ome on, let’s f inish t his game, have s ome nice hot co coa, and go to b e d.” Much later t hat nig ht, Kelly woke wit h a st ar t. For a moment, she couldn’t tell w hy ; t he hous e was quiet, except for D ad’s gent le snoring. But t hen she he ard a muf f le d t apping nois e: Tapt ap-t ap. Paus e. Tap-t ap-t ap. She got up and switched on t he lig ht. Tap-t ap-t ap. Paus e. Tapt ap-t ap. It s eeme d to b e coming f rom t he wa ll b etwe en her ro om and James’s ne w ly painted one. She put her e ar against t he wall. Tap-t ap-t ap. Paus e. Tapt ap-t ap.

Gr inning, she t app e d on t he wall hers elf, only she did it faster : Tapt apt ap. Paus e. Tapt apt ap. Then she did Tapt apt ap. Pause. Tap. Tap. Tap. Pause. Taptaptap. That was Morse code for the distress signal “SOS,” and she knew James would answer it; they’d both learned Morse in Scouts. James didn’t answer, so she went into his room, ready to say something like “You sure have a short memory!” But James was sound asleep. Kelly heard the sound again: Tap-tap-tap. Pause. Tap-taptap. In Morse, if that were a little faster, it would be SS. But that didn’t make any sense. “Pssst, James!” she said, shaking him. “Wake up!” “Huh?” James turned over and rubbed his eyes. “Listen. Do you hear it? The tapping?” for it had just started again. James sat up. “We’d better get Dad.” “It’s Morse,” Kelly said quickly, before James got to

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the door. “It could b e S S .” “ It c o u l d a l s o b e a t r i c k , K e l l y ! It c o u l d be someone!” “ T h e r e i t i s a g a i n ,” K e l l y i n t er r upted. “In

t he hall. I’m going to go s ee.” She dar ted out of James’s ro om and, wit h James clos e b ehind her, followed t he s ound: Tap-t ap-t ap. Paus e. Tap-t apt ap.

It went on moving. It went down t he ha ll, p ast t heir p arents’ ro om, p ast t he bat hro om, down t he st airs, and into t he living ro om, w here it

s e eme d to stop, r ig ht ne ar t he t able w here t he y’d b e en playing Monop oly e arlier. Kelly switche d on t he lig ht and gasp e d.

There was no one in sig ht, but t he blo cks f rom C or y’s tower were ar range d in t hree rows on t he f lo or.

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“I don’t like this.” Wooly said. The sock crew carefully approached the next set of boxes to investigate.

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Aug 18 –24 August 24: National Maryland 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 18 Summer Reading Performer: Musical Robot Concert 10 AM & 1 PM, Crawford Room, Ages 3+ THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 Summer Reading Performer: Musical Robot Concert 10 AM & 1 PM, Crawford Room, Ages 3+

MONDAY, AUGUST 23 Summer Reading Challenge Prize #3 Pickup Starting August 23, All ages Take & Make for Kids & Tweens: Straw Airplane Children’s Desk, Grades K-6 Tween Monday: Fluffy Slime 3 PM, Crawford Room, Grades 4-6

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 Tiny Tots StoryTime 10 AM, Crawford Room, Babies & Toddlers WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 Reads & Rhymes StoryTime 10 AM, Crawford Room, Ages 3+ Summer Movie & Popcorn 3 PM, Crawford Room, Grades K-6

CALL 577-7323 OR VISIT OUR NATRONACOUNTYLIBRARY.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION. The Library is now offering a service called tutor.com. It provides free online tutoring for all ages, from young children all the way up to adult learners. It’s a free online service (all you need is a library card to access it through the library’s website - natronacountylibrary.org). For more content like this, visit: https://bit. ly/390PHXA

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Zimmerman Family Foundation

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