Quick Tips to Keep Your Kids Reading

We’ve picked out a few of our favorite tips from around the web and rounded them up here.

6 Simple Ways to Encourage Reading

  1. Let your kids have their very own library card.
  2. Let your kids pick out their own books.
  3. Have a “no electronics” time set aside for creative play or reading.
  4. Sing a book together.
  5. Be reading buddies. Take turns reading out loud.
  6. Read to your pets or find a ‘read to a dog’ program.

How do you keep your kids involved in reading?

Annual Wiley Post Festival

Every summer we like to come together and celebrate one of our own heroes – Wiley Post. This year we have a whole bunch of fun things happening.

Lockheed : 5B-5C : Vega

When and Where

Saturday, August 29, 2015 on Williams Street in Maysville.

Schedule

  • 10 am – Opening Ceremony
  • 10:30 am – Crowing of the 1st Annual Wiley Post Queen and Princess
  • 11 am – Parade
  • 12 noon – Adventure package and freezer full of meat drawings
  • 1 pm Water games for kids
  • 2 pm Fire Department gun drawing

Plus, performances by Maysville cheerleaders and Band.

We’ll also have craft vendors, music and delicious food!

Download the Wiley Post Festival Flyer (PDF) >

Vendor Inquiries

For vendor and booth space questions, contact Janet Dinwiddie, Library Director.

P.O. Box 599
Maysville, OK 73057

Phone: (405) 867-4748
Email: maysvillepl@gmail.com

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