Summer Reading Program Concludes With a Big Party

Local Kids Read 7,082 Books This Summer

This year, nearly 400 children and adults participated in the summer reading program that the Fayette Public Library hosted from June through August. With a whopping 7,082 books read in total, the participants blew last year’s total, 3,772 books, out of the water. As school draws near, the reading program came to a close, with all the participants’ hard work culminating in an end of summer party hosted at the library park on Thursday, August 4. Booths and vendors at the party included Big Time Bubbles, Jimmy’s Roasted Corn, R&R Shaved Ice, Domino’s Pizza, Villa Farms Mobile Petting Zoo, Ms. Whitney’s Balloon Animals, Kat’s Caricatures, and a dunk tank from A-1 Party Rentals. Above: Children run around in a mountain of bubbles provided by Big Time Bubbles. Below: Kelly Ceder-Ryba, a staff member of the Fayette Public Library, is dunked into a tank of water after a child hits the target.

Photos by MaKenzie Givan