Fizz! Boom! Read! reading program coming to the library

Get ready for an explosion of excitement at Emmet O’Neal Library’s Summer Reading Kickoff Carnival on Sunday, May 18.

Start the afternoon at 3 p.m. with the Thomas Hughes Brinkley Memorial Fun Run, a 1-mile course open to bikes, strollers, skates, runners and walkers.  

After your run, experiment with games, concessions, food trucks and a train ride at the annual carnival from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The mad scientists of Emmet O’Neal Library will be available during the entire carnival to help young readers register for our Fizz! Boom! Read! summer reading program.  

Tickets and registration for kickoff events are available beginning May 1. All other summer reading programs and activities begin Monday, June 2. Our hypothesis? This will be a summer of discovery for kid readers at the library. Visit eolib.org for more details about programming and Xtreme Reads, the online summer reading option for upper elementary students.

The carnival and fun run are planned and manned by members of the Junior Women’s Committee of 100, a group of women who are dedicated to supporting and enhancing the EOL Children’s Department by volunteering their time and efforts. The kickoff events are made possible by Carnival Chair Elena Leonard, Carnival Co-Chair Bronwyne Chapman, Fun Run Chair Rebecca Patterson, Fun Run Co-Chair Katie Avery, JWC President Lauren Burgess and Vice President Lindsay Cutshall. Aside from putting together the carnival, which raises funds that are essential to the programs and services of the Children’s Department, JWC members spend more than 400 hours volunteering in the department during the year.