Beat the stress of returning to school with games, arts & crafts, music, dancing, and free school supplies for students while supplies last on Thursday, August 19 from 10:30 am-5 pm.

Be sure to take a tour of The Johns Hopkins Safety Care Mobile, 12-4 pm and get some safety tips.

Itsy-Bitsy Yoga, 3-4 pm, a fun way for caregivers and their children to explore yoga.

Call 410-396-0996 for more information.

Summer is almost over which means that Summer Reading Program is closing on August 7^th.  If you have not turned in your log sheet in and claimed your prizes, do so now.  Here are some of the programs that our readers participated in during the program at the Herring Run Branch.

T-Shirt Makeover	Jewelry Making
Create a Story Board	Book Discussion
Arts & Crafts	Face Painting

D. Lynne Distance is the branch manager of the Herring Run Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.  She met the lion from Between the Lions on her visit to the ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC in June 2010.  Between the Lions is an interactive games, stories, and printable character activities available on PBS Kids website.  Also, checkout what's available at your local library.  

Baltimore Reads, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in Baltimore city ,. teaches adults the literacy skills necessary to function in society, achieve goals, and develop individual knowledge and potential.  Its mission is to offer instruction to adults in basic reading, writing, mathematics and employment readiness skills, operate a Book Bank that provides FREE books to teachers, schools, community organizations and families, engage in community outreach, and raise awareness of the adult literacy crisis in the Baltimore region.  

The Enoch Pratt Free Library has partnered  with Baltimore Reads to offer these services to you so you can discover the joy of reading for yourself.  Download the survey or pick up a copy of the interest survey at the Herring Run Run Branch and drop it off at the nearest location listed on the survey with your area of interest.  Areas of study include reading, GED preparation, math, English as a Second Language and civics/citizenship study.   Call (410) 752-3595 for more information or visit the Baltimore Reads, Inc. 

Loved that book? Hated that book? Do you have something to say about the book you've been reading? Tell us what you 've been reading and join the Adult Summer Reading Program called Beach Blanket Bingo. Here's a review by Sharr’on S. Robinson on Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris. Ms. Robinson is a member of the Herring Run Adult Reading Discussion Group and a regular customer of the branch. She lives in the Belair Edison Community.

"I found the book to be a mystery/love story.  Basketball Jones was a page turner. Dray was bisexual, but on the low down. I was hurting for AJ when Dray got with Judi. AJ was left in the cold more often than before Judi came along.  Then the baby.  AJ never got a break, a black-mailed. Read it to believe it. BINGO! "