Summer Library Program

SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAM: A Universe of Stories! FOR THE KIDS: The cow jumped over the moon! This summer as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, the children's library will have a variety of activities, games, lego programs, music, playtime, board game nights, and of course READING! Sign up and play along and be sure to get your moon pies and other rewards for participating! Also look out for space-related activities at the Monday Night Music concerts and bookmarks with links to really interesting space-related websites. The Tilton Summer Library Program is brought to you by the Friends of the Tilton Library.

SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAM: A Universe of Stories This summer  we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Upstairs at the library there will be some drop-in self-directed activities as well as a Book Review Challenge, which asks you to submit a very brief book rating and review card for a small prize and a ticket for a chance to WIN a $100 Gift Card to Atlas Farms or Greenfield Games! Tell us if a book brings you to the moon and back, or leaves you lost in space. Also look out for space-related activities at the Monday Night Music concerts and bookmarks with links to really interesting space-related websites. The Tilton Summer Library Program is brought to you by the Friends of the Tilton Library.

GET YOUR NAME ON THE MARS ROVER 2020: www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-public-to-submit-names-to-fly-aboard-next-mars-rover   WRITE TO AN ASTRONAUT: www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/astronaut_faq.html#1   ASTRONAUGHTS READ STORIES FROM SPACE: https://storytimefromspace.com/   2019 BLACK HOLE PHOTOS: www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47891902

This summer  we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Upstairs at the library there will be a drop-in craft for teens and adults: Make Your Own LUMINARY! All materials and instructions provided upstairs in the computer area. After you complete your luminary, bring it home home, put a tea candle, LED candle, or battery-operated string of lights inside and light up your world! The Tilton Summer Library Program is brought to you by the Friends of the Tilton Library.

ATTENTION! Exciting new opportunity for Tilton patrons and community...   Imagine All the People: A Literary & Art Journal Published by Tilton Library, Deerfield, MA As part of the 2020 Summer Reading Program: "Imagine Your Story," we want to share our own stories for others to read. This a community writing and reading project. In the midst of this challenging time, when most of us would love to be back in our wonderful library, browsing the stacks, and connecting with neighbors about our new favorite books and movies, we are instead pushed to find new ways to build literary and creative community.   A Call for Entries: This summer, in service of building community, Tilton will publish a literary and creative arts journal called Imagine All the People. We will accept all submissions for publication, though we reserve the right to edit submissions. If we need to edit your piece for length or content, we will work with you. Fiction / memoir / personal essays / poetry - on a variety of topics* - should be a maximum of 3,000 words. If your full work is longer, we will publish an excerpt with a link to the full story online. We will also accept photography, drawings, prints, and photographs of paintings or other artwork. Comics! Graphic short stories! Parodies! This is a chance to be creative and share your creativity with our wonderful community. Submitted work can be newly created for this project, or previously written / made / published / exhibited. Imagine All the People will come out in print and online versions. We will provide order forms on our website once the journal is ready to print. Each person who will be mailed a FREE copy! Donations are accepted to cover printing costs.   Submission details: Age group: Adults and teens (though we will consider work from older children) Submit all work to: tiltonlibrary@cwmars.org. Submit high resolution art in pdf or jpeg format. Submit writing in Word format. All work is due by June 23. Please email tiltonlibrary@cwmars.org with any questions. Please include with submission a short bio and a picture of yourself. Looking forward to working together! Erika and Sadie Ross, Editors Candace Bradbury-Carlin, Creative Director Tilton Library staff   *PLEASE NOTE: This journal - Imagine All the People - will be a general collection of writings and art from our community. We are also running a project which collects our community stories of life during the pandemic, called "A People's History of COVID-19 Pandemic," and those stories can be submitted to this link on our website.