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Library hosts pirates and princesses
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Princesses and Pirates was the theme for Canfield library's summer reading activity July 20. Kids were encouraged to dress up in costumes and participate in the interactive story time.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Children at the Canfield library passed around an improvised cannonball to each other during Princesses and Pirates story time. The ball was passed until the music stopped which meant the ball exploded.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Canfield library princesses had to take turns kissing a frog while blindfolded July 20. They placed lip-shaped stickers where they thought the frog's mouth would be.
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Canfield children's librarian Jane Adams read books with a pirate theme to children July 20. The event, Princesses and Pirates, included games, crafts and a scavenger hunt.
Pirates and princesses took over the Canfield Library July 20, as Valley kids dressed the part for a summer reading program.
The library hosted a Princesses and Pirates story time for kids of all ages. Participants showed up dressed in their favorite pirate or princess costume. The story time included a book reading from children’s librarian Jane Adams, pirate jokes from SpongeBob SquarePants, a scavenger hunt, a catapult competitions and frog kissing.
For the arts and crafts portion, boys decorated pirate hats, while the girls decorated crowns. More than 30 kids attended the summer reading program.
The next summer reading event, “I Got Hooked on a Book” is Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. The event is a library-style beach party with reading and crafts for all ages.