Superheroes at the Library

Here at Avon Lake Public Library, we’re celebrating the Summer Reading Season with a superheroes theme.  Come see our superhero decorations in each department and join one of our summer reading contests – we have them for all ages, all with great prizes!

Of course librarians have long been associated with superheroes.  Take a look at this old Brady Kids episode featuring Ms. Prince, aka Wonder Woman:

Two More Days to Picture You Reading!

We’ve got a new set of contest photos (real cute ones!) posted on our flickr page.  The deadline for our contest is this Friday, August 15, and we’d love to have more entries!

Here are the contest rules.  Show us how creative a reader you are.

Still Picturing You Reading

 

Thanks Amy and Spencer for your great entry to our Picture You Reading contest.

The rest of you still have 17 days (until August 15) to contribute your photo of reading “on site” – vacation site, local site, most on-the-spot site.  Just take a picture of you or a friend or family member reading a book at a title-matching site and submit it to us at refdeskATavonlakeDOTlibDOTohDOTus, along with your name and address.

 Here are the contest rules.

Rock ‘n Read

 

The High Strung played here last night to an enthusiastic crowd.  When told of our Picture You Reading Contest, the band members took a moment out for some reading of their own:

Join them in our contest.  Just take a picture of you or a family member reading a book in a setting appropriate to the book and send it to us to add to our Library flickr account. Read the rules here.  See the photos already in our collection here.  And send us your entry at refdesk@avonlake.lib.oh.us.

 

Rockin’ at the Library!

 

This Tuesday evening, June 17, this Library will be rockin’!  Detroit Garage band The High Strung will be here to lead off our summer reading program with a few hot guitar licks!  There will be no shhshing going on here that night (the concert will actually take place on our south lawn – bring your blanket or lawn chair).

  With an opening act by Avon Lake’s own sensation, Alana Bilancini, this concert promises to be one of the big acts of the summer here in Avon Lake and is suitable for all ages.  The audience will participate in improvising and performing a premier rock ‘n roll composition. 

 

 Check out The High Strung music here, and download a few favorites here at their MySpace page,

While you’re here, be sure to sign up for one of our three, count them, three, summer reading contests. We’ve got contests, and prizes, for children, teens and adults!  And don’t forget our Picture You Reading Contest.

Picture You Reading Contest Starts June 2

Send us a picture of yourself reading a Library book in a favorite or unusual setting and we’ll post it on Avon Lake Public Library’s flickr page. A selection of photos will also be displayed at the Library and here on our blog. You might be reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson while on the Appalachian Trail or The Ohio Gardening Guide by Jerry Minnich out by your tomato patch. Use your creativity and sense of fun.

Send your photo as an attachment to refdesk@avonlake.lib.oh.us before August 15 with your name and address in the message. Photos must be no larger than 2 MB. Here at the Library, Adult Service librarians, with your permission, can TRY to help you in copying your photo from a memory stick/CD/USB. We’ll post pictures as we receive them.

After August 15, prizes will be awarded for:

• The photo taken the farthest away from Avon Lake (as evident from the photo itself)
• The best photo featuring an identifiable setting in Avon Lake
• The best match between the book and its setting or activity
• The best overall photo

Winners will be chosen by a random panel of Library staff and patrons. We do not guarantee that panel members know anything about photography or art or will make their selections based on any objective criteria, though all members will be chosen for their well-developed senses of fun. Winners will receive a fancy certificate, suitable for framing (depending on your standards), and bragging rights.

Contest Rules:

By submitting your photo to refdesk@avonlake.lib.oh.us you agree to the following:

• I grant permission to Avon Lake Public Library to use depictions and reproductions of my photograph or portion thereof, including electronic formats, for non-commercial purposes.
• This photograph is my creation, and I have the right to grant this permission and the consent of all individual(s) featured.
• I also understand that I will not receive compensation in any form for the use of my likeness in the photograph or for the photograph itself.
• I do hereby certify that I am 13 years or older.
• Further, I release the Avon Lake Public Library from all claims of any kind arising from such production, use, distribution or broadcasting of the photograph.
• I give this consent voluntarily.

Further rules:

• The title of the book must be clearly visible in the photograph.
• The Library reserves the right to refuse any photographs it deems unsuitable.
• Library staff and their families are not eligible for prizes.

I’m looking forward to seeing your picture!