Paul Szmal: Good morning, it's 8.38, it's FLX Morning Wednesday and we're Zooming with Brandi Roselle, Youth Services Librarian at the Geneva Public Library, GenevaPublicLibrary.net. Good morning and welcome back.
Brandi Rozelle: Good morning. There's always a ton of things happening for kids at the library, but I want to back up for a second. How was the summer reading program this year?
Paul Szmal: The theme was Adventure Begins at your library. It was very good. We had a great time. We had so many kids out this summer reading and exploring all the different programs we have for them. It was just a lot of fun.
Brandi Rozelle: This month is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, so remind us the advantages of getting a card and what that opens you up to through the OWL system and some of the different apps and things.
Paul Szmal: Yes, so they can check out books, movies, video games, and then you can also go online to our online catalog, which is Libby, and that gives you audiobooks through your phone, computer, whatever device that you do use, as well as being able to read books online.
Brandi Rozelle: A couple of events here. I was going to say, a couple of events, and then I'll let you go wherever you want to go on the calendar, because like I said, there's always a ton of them. One is Musical Moments. You've got a classical guitar player on Friday, September 13th at 7.30. Tell us about that.
Paul Szmal: Yes, so those are very popular, and they come in, they play different music, we have the room set up for everyone to come and listen, and they're just really, really good. Everybody loves them, and they can't wait for them to always come back around.
Brandi Rozelle: And for people who didn't hear us at 7.50, Spike and Deb were here, and they'll be back again right before the fall book sale, but the book sale's September 19th through 27th, and I always say it's a great chance to try something out. If you're not sure if you want to spend 25 or 30 bucks on a book, here's your chance to get them cheap, and if you don't like them, put them back in the sale next year.
Paul Szmal: Yes, yeah, they're super cheap, better than any bookstore. You've been doing a lot more multicultural programming over the year. You have on Friday, September 13th, Grupo Cultural Latinos, with Bernardo Mercondes and Eleven Evelyn DeAugustino. Tell us about them.
Brandi Rozelle: Yes, so that's the South American Sounds, and we collaborated with the Arc of Ontario County and Teaching Artists for ROC, and they are going to come, they're going to play some music and share some dances with us, and we're just going to explore different South American stories and music.
Paul Szmal: And then on Thursday, September 19th, ARRRR, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Brandi Rozelle: It is! We are really excited for Talk Like a Pirate Day. We've got some different pirate snacks that we're going to make, we're going to learn some pirate lingo, and then we also have some pirate swords to hand out.
Paul Szmal: So then, if you go to GenevaPublicLibrary.net, you'll be able to find the event link, and it takes you to the calendar, and like I said, there's anywhere from one or two to about eight things on any given day, so what else are some of the highlights for September?
Brandi Rozelle: So, this Friday, we have our first Friday's Crafts and Stories, so we'll be listening to a story, and then we'll be painting some birdhouses that we can put up outside.
Paul Szmal: Oh, that's neat. Now you've got, on Saturday, you've got Dungeons and Dragons, is this the old school style rolling the dice?
Brandi Rozelle: It is, it is the old school Dungeons and Dragons, and this one, the Saturday One Shots, they kind of do it all within a three-hour session instead of multiple days.
Paul Szmal: Oh, wow.
Brandi Rozelle: Yeah, and we kind of encourage teens to adults to come in and play the game together and learn from each other, so it's kind of enriching that way.
Paul Szmal: Coming up on Monday, September 9th, one of my favorite things for the little kids is the messy story hour. They can make a mess and get stuff all over their hands, and it's okay.
Brandi Rozelle: Yes, and that begins again next week, September 9th, on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10, so we'll do anything from painting to playing with chocolate cake mixed as mud, painting with curio syrup, and we do messy car wash, which is whipped cream and chocolate syrup, we play in the rice bins, so all sorts of different activities, a lot of food-based ones, so that way it makes it taste safe.
Paul Szmal: Now this is for the really little kids from birth through PK.
Brandi Rozelle: On September 10th, you do your sensory shenanigans. They get a chance to just test out all the different senses. That's pretty cool.
Paul Szmal: Yep, yep. We have multiple stations set up for the different age groups, and they can come in and they can just explore different stations and go wherever they want to. So it's their choice.
Brandi Rozelle: And then one of my favorite things is the Girls Who Code. I love you. You have all these STEM and STEAM programs. That is Thursday, September 12th. Tell us about Girls Who Code.
Paul Szmal: Yeah, so Girls Who Code, they will be teaching different beginning codings, they start off with Scratch and then move on, and it kind of teaches them the beginnings of how to program a computer. And they learn all lots of different things, and then, kind of neat, they get their own little book, and they learn from that, and they have different skill sets that they achieve.
Brandi Rozelle: Now one of the things you do that people might not know is you work with homeschool parents. You have a homeschool meetup program. That'll be on Friday, September 20th. Talk about what you do with homeschool kids.
Paul Szmal: Yes, so we kind of use the STEAM, the science, technology, engineering, art, and math, and we pick off of that different activities that we will do and teach on those days. And that gives the kids a chance to get together with other homeschoolers and meet different kids and different families who are homeschooled, so they can all get together and talk about homeschooling or challenges or find different information that they need. And then we also get to learn different things.
Brandi Rozelle: On Wednesday, September 25th, you have Creators Club. That's at 4 o'clock in the story room. What's that?
Paul Szmal: So that is our after-school program for school-age kids. They get to come and do a different weekly activity, whether it's a craft or we build with Legos, do some art, and it's a nice little get-together for after-school kids.
Brandi Rozelle: Are there any programs that you've thought about, gee, I'd really like to have, but we need somebody with the skills in case somebody's listening who might be able to do it?
Paul Szmal: Yeah, we've always kind of wanted to look into some yoga as well, and then some different dance classes.
Brandi Rozelle: All right, if you're listening, call Brandi at the library and can help out. GenevaPublicLibrary.net is the website. September is a great month, any month's a great month to get your library card. Tons and tons of activities, as always. The book sale for the Foundation begins on September 19th. Thanks for taking the time out, and keep providing all these great services for the kids and the community.
Paul Szmal: Les, thank you.
