The Washington County Public Library Association brought Mad Science of Iowa to the Kalona Library for our Make a Splash 2010 Summer Reading Program. We had a great time participating in our mad scientist's experiments- just take a look below!


Here's one of our volunteers 'making a splash'!





The volunteer "dinosaurs"



You can guess what happened next...

As a part of the Kalona Library's Teen Summer Reading Program, Youth Services Librarian Marissa prepared candy sushi for the teen Anime Night.

Here are some pictures of how it turned out:




The candy sushi in the above picture is made with:
fruit roll ups, red licorice, gummy worms, and rice crispies.
 




Here are a few pictures of the teens picking up
"sushi" with their chopsticks:






Thank you to Bright Futures Chiropractic in Kalona
for making this event possible!

Here are some pictures from the June 7, 2010 Summer Reading Program Kickoff!



Trying to win prizes at the duck pond




Volunteers Drena Scheppler and Christina Grier did
sea creature face painting at the Kickoff




We went through an entire bag of balloons
during the water balloon toss!



Volunteer Donna West organized the parachute games
at the Kickoff

Thank you to all who attended, volunteered and to
Waterfront HyVee for donating drinks and cookies!