Kids shouldn't have all the fun

READ AND WIN!

Adults (ages 18 and older) can join the summer reading fun by traveling the world with Novel Destinations.

Read for three hours & receive a free book
Play Bingo by reading and doing library activities and events
Each completed Bingo row enters you into the weekly AND Grand Prize nook color™ eReader drawing
Log reading hours on the Literary Map Around the World. Complete the entire trip and get another chance to enter the Grand Prize drawing.

Novel Destinations Reading List

Prizes

Weekly free book drawings
Grand Prize drawing at end of summer: color nook™ eReader

Summer Reading Programs (For ages 12 & up unless otherwise noted.)

50 Years of Peace Corps

Travel with a purpose. Talk with volunteers who lived and worked in Africa, Asia, the South Pacific, and other locales.

Downtown Bend | June 20, 1:00 p.m.
Sunriver Area | June 18, 1:00 p.m.

travel stickers

Dance Around the World (all ages)

Jingle Dancing
Molly Kubista of the Cree and Samish peoples, teaches the beautiful, tinkling jingle dress dance, which originated among the Ojibwe.

  Downtown Bend | June 28, 10:30 a.m.
  Redmond | June 28, 3:30 p.m.
  Sunriver Area | June 28, 1:00 p.m.

Belly Dancing Belly dancer Rasha entertains and teaches essential moves of this Middle Eastern dance.

  East Bend | July 12, 10:30 a.m.
  La Pine | July 12, 1:00 p.m.
  Sisters | July 13, 10:30 a.m.

Hip Hop: An All-American Dance Hip hop is an American dance full of self expression that began in New York City in the 1970’s. See a demonstration and learn some of the moves.

  East Bend | August 2, 3:30 p.m.
  Redmond | August 2, 1:00 p.m.
  Sunriver Area | August 3, 1:00 p.m.

Down Under With the Didgeridoo

Brennan Morrow plays and discusses the didgeridoo—created by Australian Aborigines 1500 years ago. Come and play it yourself.

East Bend | June 25, 2:00 p.m.
Redmond | June 18, 2:00 p.m.

grand canyon travel sticker

How To Tell Stories: The Basics

Heather McNeil will talk about story selection, how to learn and remember a story, how to use your unique talents to bring a story to life, and offer tips on the habits to avoid.

Downtown Bend | July 12, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Writing & Storytelling: A Workshop with Margaret Read MacDonald

Are you interested in writing children’s books or becoming a storyteller? Chat with Margaret Read MacDonald—world famous storyteller, and author of over 50 books.

Downtown Bend | July 30, 3:00 p.m.

More Events

Downtown Bend

Wandering Winds Ensemble
Musicians play, discuss instruments.
  Saturday | June 4 | 3:00 p.m.

KNOW AUTHORS
US Highway 20 Journey 2011
Michael Czarnecki shares his experience along our longest highway.
  Monday | June 6 | 6:30 p.m.

Telling It Slant: A Poetry Workshop
With writer Judith Montgomery.
  Sunday | June 12 | 11:00 a.m.

Second Sunday: Judith Montgomery
The author reads from her works.
  Sunday | June 12 | 2:00 p.m.

Listening to the Poem: Writing Workshop
With writer Maxine Scates.
  Sunday | July 10 | 11:00 a.m.

Second Sunday: Maxine Scates
The author reads from her works.
  Sunday | July 10 | 2:00 p.m.

Writing & Storytelling: A Workshop with Margaret Read MacDonald
Focus on writing children’s books and being a storyteller.
  Saturday | July 30 | 3:00 p.m.

KNOW BOOKS
Good Chair, Great Books

Half Broke Horses
  Monday | June 6 | 12:00 noon

A Confederacy of Dunces
  Monday | July 11 | 12:00 noon

Classics Book Club
Book of Job and Ecclesiastes
  Tuesday | June 28 | 6:00 p.m.

The Awakening
  Tuesday | July 26 | 6:00 p.m.

East Bend

Varieties of Friendship: Philosophy, Theology, and Technology
Courtney Campbell & Lani Roberts discuss the role that friendships play as the foundation in our lives and societies.
Thursday | June 23 | 6:30 p.m.

La Pine

KNOW BOOKS
Good Chair, Great Books

Little Bee
Thursday | June 16 | 12:00 noon

Half Broke Horses
Thursday | July 21 | 12:00 noon

Redmond

Sisters

Sunriver

Deschutes Public Library