Big Read

 Come to the Gordon Cooper Branch Library on the fourth Tuesday of each month for popcorn and a movie! In February, Movie Day will be related to The Big Read and feature cartoons from the 1930's, including Mickey Mouse!

For Kids in Grades K-5.

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 This month's Story Art will be related to The Big Read. Led by an instructor from the Aspen Art Museum, Story Art combines learning to read with art-making and activities that build visual literacy. This popular program introduces children to the basic foundations of art through engaging storybooks, looking activities, and hands-on art projects. The Big Read 2013 book is "The Grapes of Wrath," which is set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930's. Story Art programs are held on the second Tuesday of each month and are for children in grades K-5.

 The Gordon Cooper Branch Library presents a Big Read storytime for preschoolers on Wednesday, February 6th at 10:30 a.m. with age-appropriate songs and stories from the Dust Bowl era. Come hear songs from the Woody Guthrie “Grow Big collection.” Children will even get to make and play tambourines. This program will be led by Sue Schnitzer, the Gordon Cooper Branch Youth Services Librarian, and an award winning children’s musician.

 The Gordon Cooper Branch Library presents a Big Read storytime on Thursday, February 7th at 10:30 a.m. with age-appropriate songs and stories from the Dust Bowl era. Come hear songs from the Woody Guthrie “Grow Big collection.” This program will be led by Sue Schnitzer, the Gordon Cooper Branch Youth Services Librarian, and an award winning children’s musician.

 Did you know that Monopoly was created during the Great Depression as a way to make light of the terrible economy, allowing people to revel in the opportunity to "travel" to Atlantic City, become a millionaire, and purchase real estate?

Get in the Big Read spirit, and come to the Silt Branch Library on Saturday, February 9th at 10:30 a.m. for the Great Depression Game Day to try your luck in Monopoly. Other toys and games for kids to play will be available. Light refreshments will be served.

The Silt Branch Library will be offering two showings of the movie "The Grapes of Wrath” starring Henry Fonda on Thursday, February 7th starting at 1:30 and at 6 p.m. Popcorn will be provided. Don’t’ miss this Big Read event.

The Silt Branch Library will be offering two showings of the movie "The Grapes of Wrath” starring Henry Fonda on Thursday, February 7th starting at 1:30 and at 6 p.m. Popcorn will be provided. Don’t’ miss this Big Read event.

 Don’t’ miss this viewing of the classic film “The Grapes of Wrath,” starring Henry Fonda. This Big Read program will be at the Rifle Branch Library on Friday, February 15 at 6:30 p.m.

 As part of the Big Read celebration, travel back to the 1930s by learning how to make homemade rock candy.

Grade schoolers and middle schoolers are welcome to join us at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library on Friday, February 22nd from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. for a free afternoon of fun. After making rock candy, we’ll enjoy depression era games such as Hopscotch, Yo-yo’s, and popular board games. So come listen to Big Band music, eat freshly popped popcorn, and enter into a raffle for a 1930s-themed prize! The library is located at 413 9th Street. 

 The Glenwood Springs Branch Library is hosting a book discussion on “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck on Wednesday, February 27th at 7:00 p.m.