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Regent Reads 2013 concludes with Fire Department visit

The Library’s third annual Regent Reads summer festival of children’s literature concluded on July 30 with a visit by members of the Virginia Beach Fire Department, complete with fire truck.

This year, 128 children and 195 parents, grandparents, and assorted staff came to five programs to hear stories about Bible and present-day heroes. Readers included Regent faculty and staff as well as a representatives from the heroic occupation featured each week. The programs also included songs & movement, coloring, a book drawing, and of course, a snack.

President Campo conceived Regent Reads in 2011 as an opportunity to invite the surrounding community onto the campus and to introduce young children to the joy of books. Most of the children in attendance this year were between the ages of 4 and 8, and we were particularly happy to receive comments such as:

What are your colleagues reading this summer?

The Library has just published our first list of recommended summer reading by Regent faculty and staff. The list is divided between fiction and non-fiction, and each book includes a brief explanation on why the faculty or staff member has recommended it. Click here to view the list. The Library will be displaying these books in the coming weeks on the new book shelves. Regent faculty or staff who wish to recommend books may still do so by sending titles along with a few sentences of explanation to Harold Henkel at harohen@regent.edu.

Regent Reads—summer children’s literature series at the University Library

Written by Sarah Wolverton, Assistant to the Dean

This July the Library will be hosting our third annual Regent Reads, a summer reading program for children ages five to nine. Each Tuesday morning, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, we will feature two illustrated books: one about a Biblical hero and one about a modern-day hero (such as a firefighter or missionary) read by members of the Regent and local communities. There will also be an interactive time with music and movement. Each program will conclude with snacks and coloring activities. We already have fifteen children signed up to attend, and the number rises almost daily—we are excited to share the love of reading with the children in our community!

For more information, see the Regent Reads webpage.

Regent Reads—summer children’s literature series at the University Library

Written by Sara Baron, Dean of the University Library

This summer the Regent University Library will be hosting our second annual summer literature program for children ages six to eleven. Regent Reads 2012 will feature award- winning books about everyday heroes from around the world. Join us in July and August for engaging sessions with University leaders, faculty and Library staff reading books about everyday heroes from Judaism, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Lively discussion, creative activities, healthy snacks, and a book drawing will round out each program. All books selected have received national recognition for well-crafted writing andor beautiful artwork. We look forward to sharing these stories with children and their families and friends who join them.

Sessions are on July 12th, 19th, 26th, and August 2nd from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. in the Library Gallery. All Regent Reads events are free, and no advanced registration is required. For a complete schedule of events, including times and book selections, see the Regent Reads webpage.

Library Book Club summer schedule

Summer (at least in the academic sense) begins on May 7. Have you thought about what reading material you will take to the beach? The Library Book Club is here to help, with two great novels, one classic, one modern.

During May, we are reading Jane Austen’s first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, which examines, among other things, whether our actions should be motivated by reason and judgment (sense) or feeling and emotion (sensibility). Dr. Susannah Clements, Chair of the Department of Language & Literature will lead our discussion of Sense and Sensibility on Friday, June 1 at 12:00 in the Library Conference Room.

During June and July, we will read The Help (2009), Kathryn Stockett’s acclaimed and controversial novel about black maids working in white households in Mississippi during the early 1960s. We will discuss The Help in July at a date to be determined.

For more information about the Library Book Club contact harohen@regent.edu.

 

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