NATURE PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES

Vail Public Library will celebrate Earth Day with a nature hike! Are you ready? Cricket will have a Take & Make bag ready for you by Friday, April 16, or if you want, just email Cricket for the details at cpylman@vailgov.com. Otherwise, go on your own version of a nature hike and let us know what you found! Since Vail Public Library is still closed to in-person programs, we are going to offer several Earth Day activities for you to do on your own! The first one is to take a nature hike! Feel free to check out one of our kids backpacks! The library also has Colorado State Park backpacks: This includes a day pass to the park! 

The second activity is a virtual Earth Day story time and Take & Make at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 21, on Facebook Live.

The library's third Earth Day program will also be done virtually. Let's make a start-up indoor garden project to get you ahead of the season! Take & Make kits will also be ready on Friday, April 16. The video of the start-up indoor garden project will be available at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21, on the VPL Facebook page.

KEYNOTE AUTHOR EVENT WITH
HOPE JAHREN

SATURDAY, APRIL 17 | 10 A.M.

More than half a dozen Big Read communities from around the United States will join online for an insightful and inspiring lecture by
author, Hope Jahren.

This event is presented in partnership with the Academy of Lifelong Learning at Lincoln Land Community College; Chillicothe Public Library; Maryland Public Television; Morton Public Library District; One Book One Valley (Eagle County, Colorado); Miami Dade College and Orange County Library System.

HOW TO ACCESS THIS EVENT

Visit MiamiBookFairOnline, click on the green “Login/Register” button in the top right corner. Sign up for free using your email or Facebook account. Complete your profile and share your interests to receive personalized email notifications about programs and activities as they become available. Be sure to add Jahren’s keynote author event to your watchlist. For more information, send VPL an email at libinfo@vailgov.com

Vail Public Library is hosting a tween and teen poetry contest in celebration of National Poetry Month during April! The contest will be open from Thursday, April 1, through Friday, April 30, and is open to middle school and high school aged students! Submissions will be judged on originality, creativity and craft. Participants are asked to include their name, grade level, phone number and email address with their submission. The winner will receive a poetry collection along with a $20 gift card to The Bookworm of Edwards. Email questions and submissions to sunrein@vailgov.com.

Join Sandy for a special Zoom story time from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, April 30, when we'll celebrate books and children with stories, games, crafts and songs in English and Spanish. This event is aimed at children of all ages.

If you wish to participate, stop by Vail Public Library before April 30 for your kit that will include all of the activities for this event. Kits are limited.

Email Sandy at srivera@vailgov.com with questions.