Magicians, musicians, storytellers and street performers will gather at Lee and Gordon’s Mills on Saturday to encourage children to read.
“Every single moment is going to be full of activity,” said Chelsea Kovalevskiy, children’s specialist coordinator for the Cherokee Regional Library system. “There’s going to be craft tables, a water pingpong table and a storyteller.”
Ms. Kovalevskiy, who works at the LaFayette-Walker County Public Library, is one of several library officials hosting the system’s summer reading club called “Make a Splash — Read!”
The Cherokee Regional Library system includes libraries in LaFayette, Rossville, Trenton and Chickamauga. However, the “Make a Splash — Read” theme is shared by libraries nationwide.
Ms. Kovalevskiy said summer reading programs help children maintain reading skills over summer vacation. They especially are important to elementary school students who just started reading the previous school year, she said.