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Greenville
Public Library
Darke
Rural
Electric Sponsors Jim Gill
The
Greenville Public Library is very happy to host nationally known
children’s
musician and author Jim Gill at Family Fun Day Wednesday July 25th. Jim has released six
award-winning CDs of
music & play for young children that are favorites in family
rooms,
classrooms, playrooms - and our storytimes! His musical recordings and
picture
books have received honors and awards from, among other organizations,
the American
Library Association.
Jim is also
a child development specialist. He
completed his graduate studies in child development at the Erikson
Institute of
Chicago with special emphasis on the study of play.
For this reason each of Jim’s recordings and
books is created as an opportunity for playful interactions between a
child and
a caring adult.
Jim travels
throughout the country speaking to early childhood educators about the
role of
play in children’s lives, as well as leading family concerts with his
banjo.
Anyone who has experienced one of his concerts knows that rather than
performing for children and parents, Jim leads them to sing and play
together.
As always
the program starts at 11:00 on the Library lawn. In case of bad weather
we meet
at the First Congregational Christian Church Activity Building on Fifth
Street. Since this
is the last Family
Fun Day of the season and the conclusion of the Summer Reading,
drawings for
prizes will take place. The
Grand Prizes
are a bicycle and four tickets to King’s Island!
The
Library wishes to thank Darke Rural
Electric for their very generous donation which made this special
program
possible. Darke Rural Electric Cooperative is a non-profit,
member-owned
electric distribution system serving the energy needs of 5,067 homes
and
businesses in three counties in west central Ohio. Their community
minded
activities include awarding scholarships,
the Youth Tour essay contest, and various
other sponsorships. They were major
donors to the Library’s Capital Campaign
in 2005.
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