Kansas Center for the Book Presents “Lightning Bug Jamboree”
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Join Hutchinson Public Library on Tuesday, November 24th at 6:00pm, to celebrate Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Month and read “Lightning Bug Jamboree” by Kansan Stephanie Brinkley and illustrated by Victoria Mikki. In addition to our story, we will delight in hearing live music, sing songs together, explore instruments, and make a craft!
This year’s book selection features a rhyming story brimming with friends and delight, lightning bug facts, an original “Lightning Bug Jamboree” song with music, and information about the author and the illustrator who helped bring this jamboree to life.
“Reading and rhyming with children are essential, enjoyable ways to nurture language, social-emotional skills, imagination and confidence in children of all ages,” said deputy state librarian and Center for the Book coordinator Valarie Lamoreaux. “The State Library of Kansas supports everyone who reads books with children.”
Earlier this year, the State Library of Kansas offered each public library across the state a free copy of “Lightning Bug Jamboree” so libraries could add the title to their collections and use it during Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Month in November.
Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Month is celebrated each November and encourages reading to all Kansas children from birth to age five. Kansas Reads to Preschoolers is a project of the Kansas Center for the Book, a program at the State Library of Kansas, the state affiliate of the Library of Congress’ Center for the Book. The mission of the Kansas Center for the Book is to highlight the state’s literary heritage and foster an interest in books, reading and libraries.
Visit Hutchinson Public Library to check out “Lightning Bug Jamboree” and other great picture books to read with the young children in your life. Learn more at www.hutchpl.org/youth
