Weekend

The “World’s Most Famous Pig” will trot into the Tyler Public Library today, bringing a curly twist to reading.

“Daisy the Pig” lives in Connecticut half the year, but travels around the country during the spring and summer months encouraging kids to “pig out on reading.”

Daisy’s friend, “Farmer Minor,” will share some of her favorite pig books and will help her sign up for her very own Tyler Public Library card.

Families are invited to come meet Daisy at 10 a.m. today, and the Chick-Fil-A Cow has even promised to visit and “kiss the pig.”

Throughout June and July, Tyler Public Library hosts exciting free events for adults and kids to beat the heat.

Movies, story hours and lively family entertainers will fill the long hot days of summer.

All activities are free and open to the public.

Other upcoming events include:

“Fables and Films” featuring books, stories, and a short film based on classic children’s book characters. The story hours for preschoolers are Monday through Thursday from 10:30 -11:30 a.m.

Upcoming Fab Fridays include a magician, a children’s author and a balloon artist.

Celebrate Reading

As part of its mission to encourage people of every age to become life-long readers, the Library participates in the Texas State Library’s Summer Reading Program — this year celebrating 50 years of Texas Reading Clubs.

Using time logs provided by the Library, children, teens and adults track the hours they spend reading in June and July.

After logging fifteen hours, readers turn in completed time logs to the Library Information Desk and pick a free book from the “Jubilee” book cart.

Children who are not reading independently may still participate by being read to for 15 hours.

All summer programs take place in Taylor Auditorium at the Tyler Public Library, 201 S. College in downtown Tyler.

All events are free and open to the public.

Summer Reading Club programs are made possible through the Friends of the Tyler Public Library, with additional support from Target Distribution Center-Tyler.

For more information, call the Library at 903-593-7323 or check out the Summer Reading Club Jubilee page online at www.tylerlibrary.com.