Who's New at the (Niabi) Zoo? - 11:00 am to noon , Monday, June 15, Rock Island Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Road, Rock Island. Meet some of the stars at Niabi Zoo with a live animal presentation by a Niabi zookeeper. What is each animal's superpower? How does the zoo keep the animals in top shape? Learn more with a free family presentation.
Jeanie B! Music & Dance Show - 10:00 am to 11:00 am, Thursday, June 18, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. Jeanie B! is a Chicago-based singer, songwriter and pre-school music teacher who has won acclaim for her fun, entertaining and educational kids music. Her "heroes" show puts a spotlight on real-life heroes with a playful and interactive look at the different kinds of heroes in our lives. Audiences will help Jeanie write a superhero song, and kids will get their creative juices flowing while singing, playing, and saying thank you for heroes.
Jeanie B! is the creator of several award-winning CD music releases. Titles include an upcoming release, I Love Music, along with Sugar Buzz (2011), Joy (2008), Mommy Knows Best (2006) and I'm a Kid (2005). When not performing at one of more than 150 concerts per year, she teaches music to pre-school and special needs children at five Chicagoland area schools.
Activities are free and open to the public, and are part of the Every Hero Has a Story and Escape the Ordinary summer education offered until July 18. The reading incentive contests and more than 60 free events are designed to help keep children, teens and adults active, productive and learning over the summer. More than a century of research shows that students who don't read and learn over the summer score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same tests at the beginning of the summer.
For more information, visit the library's online branch at www.rockislandlibrary.org, pick up a summer reading guide, call 309-732-READ, or follow the library on Facebook or Twitter
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