Tween Book Discussion

Next Friday, July 16th at 3pm, Tweens are invited to join us for an informal book discussion and activities related to the first annual Youth Reading Across Rhode Island book, Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise. Book discussion will take place in the Children's Program Room and around the fountain in the Children's Department.

Copies of Regarding the Fountain are available at the Children's Desk. No registration is required for the Friday afternoon activity however Tweens must be registered for the Children's Summer Reading Program, Make a Splash! to attend. To register for summer reading, call the library, visit the Children's Desk or go online.

In Regarding the Fountain, the Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal Walter Russ dashes off a request to Flowing Waters Fountains, Etc.

Soon the fountain project takes on a life of its own, one chronicled in letters, postcards, memos, transcripts, and official documents. The school board president is up in arms. So is Dee Eel, of the water-supply company. A scandal is brewing, and Mr. Sam N's fifth grade class is turning up a host of hilarious secrets buried deep beneath the fountain.