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We READ, We TALK Book Club Zoom Discussions

OFPL’s Book Club is reading Canyon Dreams: A basketball season on the Navajo Nation by Michael Powell.

The moving story of a Navajo high school basketball team, its members struggling with the everyday challenges of high school, adolescence, and family, and the great and unique obstacles facing Native Americans living on reservations.

Zoom discussions will be held:

Thursday, June 17^th at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 26^th at 3:00 p.m.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Walk on the Wildside – Preschool Songs & Activities

Join us outside by the playground at Octavia Fellin Public Library Children’s Branch every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. for bilingual animal songs and stories.

For the continued safety of our neighbors, we do ask attendees to continue social distancing and mask-wearing.

June 2^nd, 2021 – Dr. Doolittle and Friends
June 9^th, 2021 – Bookish Beasts
June 16^th, 2021 – At the Zoo!
June 23^rd, 2021 – No Place Like Home
June 30^th, 2021 – Read Connect Protect

We’re also offering a preschool activity book available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Dial-A-Story – June 2021

Storytime anytime!

Call (505) 862-9177 to hear a story any time of the day or night. Stories will change daily, at the end leave us a message to let us know what stories you want to hear.

Summer Reading 2021

Summer Reading 2021
Theme: Tails & Tales

Summer Reading is back with three different ways to win prizes!

1

Read four (4) hours to win a book and a small gelato.
Courtesy of Fratelli’s.

2

Vote in the Land of Enchantment Book Awards to win a personal pizza or a round of mini gold.
Courtesy of Pizza 9.

3

Complete a Summer of STEM kit to win a LEGO prize.
Courtesy of Kiwanis.

Do one, two, or all three!

Request a Summer Reading Paper Log HERE

Challenge begins June 16th and the last day to receive prizes is July 31^st. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Summer Reading 2021 Sponsors

Spill the Tea Fes-tea-val

Join us for an interactive workshop to celebrate National Tea Day Wednesday, April 21st at 1:00 p.m. on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library.

We will spill the tea and learn tea facts, history, and health benefits of this flavorful experience. Create some authentic matcha green tea, Jasmine tea, and a DIY Stress Relief Tea and learn about tasseography, a pseudoscience art of reading tea leaves to predict the future.

Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Every Child Ready 2 Read – April 2021

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. to view episodes of OFPL’s Every Child Ready 2 Read series where we focus on the five practices of early literacy: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing.

Premiere Dates:
● April 7th, 2021 – Rhyme and Repetition
● April 14th, 2021 – Informational Books
● April 21st, 2021 – Talking about Books
● April 28th, 2021 – Making it Fun!

Every Child Ready 2 Read

Join us on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. to view episodes of OFPL’s Every Child Ready 2 Read series where we focus on the five practices of early literacy: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing.

Premiere Dates:
● March 3rd, 2021 – Sounds
● March 10th, 2021 – Letters
● March 17th, 2021 – Descriptions
● March 24th, 2021 – Questions and Conversations
● March 31st, 2021 – Concepts and Ideas

Together We Read

Borrow the featured title ‘Love Lettering” by Kate Clayborn with no waitlists or holds from our digital collection February 10^th through 24^th by visiting http://nm.lib.overdrive.com or downloading the Libby app.

Enjoy this witty romance about Meg, whose hand-lettering skill has made her famous by designing custom journals for her New York City clientele. She has another skill too: reading signs that other people miss. Readers can then participate in the online discussion. OFPL joins nearly 16,000 public libraries and tens of thousands of readers across the United States in offering the latest Together We Read: US digital book club selection.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.

OFPL On the Books: Black History Month

Visit YouTube, @galluplibrary to view episodes of the On the Books: Black History Month where we’re exploring Black History through the authors and works in our collection Videos are posted Fridays at 11:00 a.m.

Premiere dates:

February 5^th, 2021 – Christopher Paul Curtis
February 12^th, 2021 – Mildred D.Taylor
February 19^th, 2021 – Jacqueline Woodson
February 26^th, 2021 – Nikki Grimes

OFPL Every Child Ready 2 Read

Visit YouTube, @galluplibrary to view episodes of OFPL’s Every Child Ready to Read where we focus on the five practices of early literacy: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing. Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.