Laz of "Gemini" will be playing music tomorrow at the Bayliss Public Library at 1 p.m.

“Dream Big—Read!” is the Theme for 2012
Summer Reading Program

Calling all dreamers! Readers of all ages will explore the night

this summer as Bayliss Public Library presents “Dream Big—

Read!,” their summer reading program. The 2012 Summer Reading

Program is open to young people, preschool through grade six, with

programs, prize drawings, art activities, and more. Four weekly

sessions will be offered beginning June 13.

Preschoolers are invited to attend on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. or at

1 p.m. Elementary students are encouraged to attend on Thursdays

at 1 p.m. or Saturdays at 1 p.m.

A special musical guest this year will be Laz of “Gemini” on Saturday,

June 30, at 1 p.m. Laszlo Slomovits is one of the twin brothers

in Ann Arbor’s nationally known musical duo Gemini. Gemini

has won numerous awards from

American Library Association,

Music Web. Laz jokes that when he plays music alone, not

as part of Gemini, “It’s just a Gem of a show!”

Summer Reading will run for six weeks. Children may be enrolled

by calling Debbie Lehman at 632-9331, emailing her at debbiel@

baylisslibrary.org or by stopping by the libraryParents Choice Magazine, theEarly Childhood News and the Children’s

SUPERIOR CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL

A new festival will be coming to Sault

Ste. Marie this summer and will be offering

free activities and family fun for children

of all ages. The Superior Children’s

Book Festival will be held July 21, from

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at venues across the

Soo, including Bayliss Public Library, the

atrium in the Avery Center, and the campus

of LSSU. According to Janice Repka,

the festival coordinator, this will be the

first children's book festival ever held in

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “This is a

huge undertaking” says Repka. “But I'm

confident the community will come together

to create a festival that children,

parents and educators can really look forward

to.”

Events planned include a picture book

party, a graphic novel celebration, art activities,

writing opportunities, and even a

poetry slam.

The picture book party will coincide

with the finale of Bayliss Public Library’s

Summer Reading Program and will be

held on July 21, at noon, in the Community

Room.

This event is open to all area children

and is free of charge. Children need not

be enrolled in Summer Reading to attend.

At 1 p.m. attendees are invited to join

summer readers in their Ice Cream Social

and prize drawings in the Children's

Room of the library.

Anyone interested in helping with the

festival should contact Janice Repka at

906-635-2448 or jrepka@lssu.edu.