For The Cortez Journal
“Superheroes Finale” is the August theme of the Raising Readers Storytime at the Cortez Public Library, located at 202 N. Park St., Cortez, Colo.
The preschool Storytime program is held every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Older children are welcome to join us for a craft at 11:15 a.m.
The library offers a Storytime at the Cortez Farmers Market on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m., weather permitting. It follows the same theme as the Thursday Storytime.
Villains, a Superhero’s Reason for Being: Thursday, Aug. 6 and Saturday, Aug. 8
Community Heroes: Thursday, Aug. 13 and Saturday, Aug. 15
Sidekicks : Thursday, Aug. 20 and Saturday, Aug. 22
Environmental Heroes: Thursday, Aug. 27 and Saturday, Aug. 29
Raising Readers Storytime offers songs, stories, crafts and silliness and uses the Early Childhood Literacy Initiative program. For more information, contact the library at 970-565-8117.
There’s still time to join the Cortez Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, which runs until Aug. 19. Drop by and pick up a reading log and read for books and prizes. There will be a drawing for seven prizes at the end of the program.
Also, listen to the library’s radio program Library on the Go! for a half-hour and then add an hour on their reading log. You may listen to the show every Sunday at 3:30 p.m. on KSJD, 90.5 and 91.5 FM radio, or listen to archived shows on ksjd.org/programs/library-go or monteloresecc.org.