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During this year's Get Caught Reading program, the Friends of the Library will donate 50 cents to help rebuild our sister library in Petit Goave, Haiti for each child who meets his or her reading goal.
Children's librarian Rachel decided to promote this year's theme - One World, Many Stories - and our partnership with Haiti by making Tap Tap Buses to display at the Library. These are models of the colorful buses which Haitian people use to get around much of their country. Their name comes from the sound made when passengers tap on the inside of the metal bus to signal that they want to be dropped off.
The students' buses will be on display all summer in four library locations ? Central, Shirlington, Westover and Columbia Pike.
- Last Day To Sign Up For Summer Reading
Wednesday, Aug. 31 is the LAST day to sign kids up for our Get Caught Reading summer reading program - and to help raise money to rebuild the Petit Goave Library in Haiti. Statistics for Aug. 30, 2011Did you know that over 7000 kids and teens signed up...
- Video: We Read For Haiti
As of July 30, 6811 kids have signed up for summer reading, and to help send money to rebuild the Petit Goave Library in Haiti. Desiree, youth services librarian at the Columbia Pike Branch Library, wrote up the full story for IFLA's June...
- 6000+ : A Record Breaking Summer Of Reading
Anyone who thinks kids don't read definitely hasn't visited the Arlington Public Library recently. As of today, over 6,000 Arlington youth have registered for our summer reading program. That breaks last year's record of 5,311 - and we still...
- Haitian Tap Tap Bus Arrives At Shirlington
The Shirlington Branch Library is the proud owner of a Haitian Tap Tap Bus, designed by children at the Drew After School Center. The young artists from Drew worked for 2 months to create the bus, which is their contribution to the Summer Reading club...
- Helping Haiti--a New Partnership
Arlington Public Library is reaching out to Haiti with the goal of helping rebuild the municipal library in the coastal town of Petit-Goâve a year after the devastating earthquake and aftershocks. Destroyed Petit-Goâve Library A year ago on Jan. 12,...
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What are Tap Tap Buses doing at the Library?
During this year's Get Caught Reading program, the Friends of the Library will donate 50 cents to help rebuild our sister library in Petit Goave, Haiti for each child who meets his or her reading goal.
Children's librarian Rachel decided to promote this year's theme - One World, Many Stories - and our partnership with Haiti by making Tap Tap Buses to display at the Library. These are models of the colorful buses which Haitian people use to get around much of their country. Their name comes from the sound made when passengers tap on the inside of the metal bus to signal that they want to be dropped off.
The students' buses will be on display all summer in four library locations ? Central, Shirlington, Westover and Columbia Pike.
The idea to have kids make Tap Tap buses to put on display in the Library came from a piece of artwork I received from my Haitian brother-in-law many years ago ? a small papier maché Tap Tap bus. I knew I wanted large (at least 4? long) buses, and I knew it would be a lot of work. I also knew that PRCR has art instructors who work with the kids in its after school programs. That seemed like a great opportunity to give the kids an art project to work on that would help promote summer reading. The Library provided the paint, and four centers, Carver, Drew, Langston Brown and Lubber Run, provided the creativity and hard work:
Rachel's paper maché Tap Tap Bus
- Last Day To Sign Up For Summer Reading
Wednesday, Aug. 31 is the LAST day to sign kids up for our Get Caught Reading summer reading program - and to help raise money to rebuild the Petit Goave Library in Haiti. Statistics for Aug. 30, 2011Did you know that over 7000 kids and teens signed up...
- Video: We Read For Haiti
As of July 30, 6811 kids have signed up for summer reading, and to help send money to rebuild the Petit Goave Library in Haiti. Desiree, youth services librarian at the Columbia Pike Branch Library, wrote up the full story for IFLA's June...
- 6000+ : A Record Breaking Summer Of Reading
Anyone who thinks kids don't read definitely hasn't visited the Arlington Public Library recently. As of today, over 6,000 Arlington youth have registered for our summer reading program. That breaks last year's record of 5,311 - and we still...
- Haitian Tap Tap Bus Arrives At Shirlington
The Shirlington Branch Library is the proud owner of a Haitian Tap Tap Bus, designed by children at the Drew After School Center. The young artists from Drew worked for 2 months to create the bus, which is their contribution to the Summer Reading club...
- Helping Haiti--a New Partnership
Arlington Public Library is reaching out to Haiti with the goal of helping rebuild the municipal library in the coastal town of Petit-Goâve a year after the devastating earthquake and aftershocks. Destroyed Petit-Goâve Library A year ago on Jan. 12,...