Malden Public Library

Friday, August 1, 10:30 a.m.
Maccario Room

This Friday, Animal Adventures will bring a number of (live!) wild creatures to the library. Learn more about these interesting reptiles and mammals as you see them up close. The program will offer opportunities for touching some of the animals. Most appropriate for children ages 3 and up.

This program is generously funded by Preotle, Lane & Associates, Ltd.

Monday, July 28, 2:30 p.m.
Maccario Room

Experience the excitement and joy of live theater as student actors from Kidstock! Summer Theater perform the original mini-musical “The Emperor’s New Kangaroo.” In this “down under” version of the Grimms’ classic tale about ego and trickery, two cunning tailors from the Australian Outback prey on the Emperor’s love for exotic pets in his royal zoo…already filled with spectacular beasts played by audience members.

This FREE 40-minute show involves audience participation and is recommended for ages 3 and up.

Attention all students in grades 5-12:

Stop by TODAY, Thursday, July 24 from 2-4pm in the Maccario Room for board games.
We’ll be playing chess, checkers, Uno, Cranium, Scrabble and many more games!

No registration required - just stop by!

Friday, July 25, 10:30 a.m.
Maccario Room

Why? How? That’s what science is all about! From owl pellets and slime to breaking sound barriers, Keith Michael Johnson makes science fun as he amuses kids with stunning demonstrations and challenges them with outrageous questions, raucously reinforcing what they learn in school. Recommended for ages 5 and up.

This program is generously sponsored by Preotle, Lane & Associates, Ltd.

Monday, July 21, 3:00 p.m.
Maccario Room

Children who love to dance, act, and use their imaginations will enjoy Susan Paino’s Barefoot Arts program featuring creative movement and dramatic play, with music. This FREE program is open to all children, but is most appropriate for ages 4-7. Sponsored by Preotle, Lane & Associates, Ltd.

Friday, July 18, 10:30 a.m.
Maccario Room

Children (ages 6 and up) are invited to learn fascinating facts about owls as Wingmasters presents The World of Owls. This program shows how owls use their specialized powers of sight, hearing and flight to survive and thrive. A wealth of fact and folklore about these masters of the dark explains the natural and unnatural history of owls. A variety of live owls provides the focus of the presentation.

This FREE program is generously funded by Preotle, Lane & Associates, Ltd.

Join us to show us your game from 2:00 to 4:00 pm in the Maccario Room on
Tuesday, July 22 and Tuesday, August 12.

This program is open to all students in grades 5-12. Socks are required for DDR!

NO registration required – just stop by!

The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line’s leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. Visit the Library’s database page to use this service in the Library.


This service is available through Value Line’s Web site only and includes full subscriptions to:
• The Value Line Investment Survey
• The Value Line Investment Survey – Small and Mid-Cap Edition
• The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey
• The Value Line Daily Options Survey
• The Value Line Special Situations Service
• The Value Line Convertibles Survey

On July 16, at 7:00 p.m., in the Malden Public Library, Mr. James A. Chiavelli II will speak on his experiences in Kabul, Afghanistan.

In 2005-2006, under NATO supervision in Kabul, Mr. Chiavelli managed the news, photography and production of a 310,000-circulation newspaper in English, Dari, and Pashto for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Beginning 2006, he also wrote features for Afghan Scene, a monthly targeting the expatriate community in Afghanistan.

Since leaving Harvard in 1984, Mr. Chiavelli, a Malden resident, has been a journalist and editor of several area newspapers in eastern Massachusetts. Currently, he works as editor-in-chief of Northeastern Voice—both university and community editions.

Children (through grade 5) are invited to register for the Summer Reading Program and receive a reading log. Readers are eligible for an incentive prize for each week (7/11-8/17) that they read for two hours or more. (For pre-readers, being “read aloud to” counts!) Registered readers may also enter a weekly raffle by writing a mini book report. Come to the Children’s Room for more information and to pick up the schedule of FREE weekly programs. Questions? Call 781-388-0803.

The Children’s Summer Reading Program is generously funded by Preotle, Lane & Associates, Ltd., with additional support from the Friends of the Malden Public Library, Target, Staples, the Massachusetts Regional Library System and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.