Imaginarium Summer Camp
Spread your wings and let your inner fairy, griffin and dragon fly, or keep your feet on the ground and explore your inner gnome or elf! Over the week we will read about these wonderful beings and bring them to life with crafts, poetry, writing and through exploring the hidden wonders along the creek. Children will also create their own small garden for their chosen beings to live in. Facilitating this week of fun is Grace Stearns-Fiorito, a Frenchtown local and mother of two. Grace is a poet and lover of the written word and all things colorful, imaginary and adventurous. Please join us at the Book Garden and let your young ones imaginations bloom. Our campers will be spending time outdoors so please make sure your child has weather-appropriate clothing, sun screen and bug repellent. All of the materials for a fantastic week as well as snack will be provided. Campers will enjoy a special luncheon at the Lovin Oven on the last day of camp but are asked to bring a bag lunch the rest of the week. When: July 10-14; hours are 10:00am to 2:00pm (drop off at...
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We are honored to welcome back author Laurie Wallmark to celebrate her second children’s book continues her exploration of women pioneers in math and science. Grace Hopper was a pioneer in computer programming whose accomplishments have had lasting influence. Wallmark’s debut story, Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine is a picture book biography about the world’s first computer programmer-over a hundred years before the invention of the electronic computer. At a time when girls and women had few options outside the home, Ada followed her dreams and studied mathematics. Join us for an afternoon celebration of all three of these amazing...
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The Book Garden will host its monthly first Friday poetry on Friday, March 3 at 7:30pm. On Saturday, March 25th at 1pm the shop welcomes author Kay Rock for a reading and book signing. You don’t have to be retired to appreciate the stories in Over the Hill and Gaining Speed. Sunday, March 26 at 2pm, the traveling poets come back to The Book Garden with their Poets for Peace movement of hope and inspiration. The shop’s World Explorers kids club will meet on Friday, March 24 at 4pm for a Free to Be You and Me-themed afternoon of...
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