Season 1, Episode 22

Kecia Sandusky

Kids' librarian ready for summer reading program

I dropped by the Columbia County Library Tuesday morning and found Kecia Sandusky, the children's librarian, up to her elbows in babies and toddlers. They had come for the reading time and for 15 minutes, she kept their attention. It wasn't just reading--the kids took turn ringing the starting bell, making flowers from tissue, and of course following along in the story.

I had come out to find out about the Summer Reading Program that kicks off this week. Sign up starts Thursday, June 1 and continues through the Kickoff Party on June 8 from 11 until 1. Pick up your book bag with a book you can keep, enjoy a hot dog and get ready to start reading this summer. Kids (and adults!) can log their reading on the READsquared app to complete missions and earns prizes during summer reading. 

Lots of activities are scheduled at the library this summer, so if you have little ones, plan to involve them in one of the following:

• Babies and toddlers Storytime, Tuesdays at 10:15
• Preschool Storytimes for 3-5s, Wednesdays at 10:30, includes craft
• School-age Storytime, Tuesdays at 1:30, includes craft
• Robb Holladay's Magical Balloon Show, June 15 at 2 p.m.
• The Kinders in Concert, July 20 at 2 p.m.

Visit the library on North Jackson street to pick up your calendar of summer activities and learn more about the many resources Kecia mentions in the podcast.

And as always, click the play button below to hear Kecia tell "the rest of the story" of how this well-traveled lady became the Children's Librarian at the Columbia County Library. You may even hear her tell the difference between Pickles Gap and Toad Suck!