Ferst Readers of Putnam County hopes you are participating in our Storybook Character Contest, an online event running through the Month of May. Ten of our local citizens have given their time and talents to dress up in costume and present their favorite childhood books for our enjoyment and to raise money for books for kids.
Our participant standings as of May 10 are: 1st Place - Trevor and Pelar Addison as Papa and Mama from the Berenstein Bears, 2nd Place - Lynn Hudson with Kibby from the Kibby series, and 3rd Place - Mrs. Georgia Smith as Little Red Riding Hood. Our other characters are Reva Alexander-Hawk as Anne of Green Gables, Colby
Hunter as Piggie, Heidi and Bowie King as Mama & Baby Llama, Mrs. Becki Norrod as Pete the Cat, Hannah Parham as Pipi Longstocking, Coach Shaun Pope & Ava Kate as the Man in the Yellow Hat and Curious George, and Mayor John Reid as the Wolf from the True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. We’ll be counting the votes again on May 17 and will report them in next week’s paper.
You can go to our Ferst Readers Facebook page (https://www.facebook. com/ferstreaderspc) to see all the videos and use the link there to vote for your favorite or use the QR code here. There is also this link to vote: https://bit.ly/ PutnamReaderstoLeaders. Vote as many times as you want for $10! The more you vote the more books we can give our young Putnam County children.
Here’s a shout out also for the Eatonton/Putnam County Library’s summer reading program. They are having regular events for kids starting June 13 and ending July 23 with the End of Summer Reading Party. Every Monday from June 13 through July 18 there will be “Take and Make” activities which kids can come and do all day while supplies last. Every Wednesday from June 15 through July 20 will be “Movie Day” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon, enjoy “Craft Day” starting June 11 through July 2. On July 16, there will be a Library of the Year Celebration in honor of The Georgia Library of the Year award. Come celebrate your library from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m.
We are so grateful to all of you who support Ferst Readers of Putnam County in this important literacy endeavor.
If you’re interested in learning more about the work we do, go to ferstreaders. org. Good luck to all our contestants! - Contributed