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Summer Reading
Events Schedule
June and July 2022
All Ages
Sign up, start reading, and enjoy
the free events and programs!
Table of Contents
School-Age Children
Tweens & Teens
Adult & Family
If you would like to participate in these activities
and require disability-related accommodations,
please contact 843-918-1113.
Storytimes
Babytime
Thursdays • June 9 - July 21 • 9:30am
2nd floor Children’s Department • Walk-ins welcome!
Designed for infants and pre-walkers.
Music & Movement Storytime
Fridays • June 10 - July 8 • 10:00am
1st floor Meeting Room • Walk-ins welcome!
Designed for toddlers and preschoolers.
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays • June 7 - July 19 • 10:00am
2nd floor Children’s Department. Walk-ins welcome!
Designed for ages 3-6.
School-Age Storytime
Thursdays • June 9 - July 21 • 11:00am
2nd floor Children’s Department. Walk-ins welcome!
Designed for K-3rd.
Storytimes in the Park
Weather permitting
Savannah's Playground
Wednesdays • 10:00am
June 15, 29 & July 13
McLeod Park Playground
Wednesdays • 10:00am
June 8, 22 & July 6
Family storytimes are for children of all ages.
Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays.
Family Event Schedule
Sea Turtle Patrol
Monday, June 6 • 2:30pm • All Ages
Presented by North Myrtle Beach Sea Turtle
Patrol, this educational program will dive into
the preservation and conservation of
endangered sea turtles along the Grand
Strand.
Family Movie - Encanto
Monday, June 27 • 2:00pm • Grades: PreK-12
Join us for the story of a Colombian teenage girl who has to face the
frustration of being the only member of her family without magical
powers.
Dance Party
Tuesday, June 28 • 2:30pm • Grades: PreK-5
Join us for a fun time of music and movement.
Get the arms, legs and bodies moving!
Tiny Art Show
Friday, July 1 • 11:00am-4:00pm
1st floor Non-Fiction area • All Ages
Take a look at everyone’s art work that
was created this summer.
Puppet Show
Tuesday, July 5 • 2:30pm
Grades: PreK-5
A fun-filled show presented by our Youth Services Department.
Explore an Ocean of Possibilities
with Beanstack this summer!
Log into chapinlibrary.beanstack.org to register for an account
or sign-in if you have previously made an account at Beanstack.
Earn 6 reading badges to win the Summer Reading Challenge!
School-Age Children’s Goals & Prizes
Badges are earned by the total minutes spent reading or listening
to books. It doesn't matter how many pages you turn or the total
books you complete. Read short stories or read epic novels.
Read fast or read slow. What and how you read is up to you,
just read and keep track of the time you spent doing it.
Prefer the traditional paper/sticker logs? These are available for
those who prefer this tracking method.
Complete your Summer Reading Challenge by July 22 to be
eligible for the Grand Prize drawing.
REWARDS
• 250 minutes: Receive your Reading Certificate!
• 500 minutes: Receive a Summer Reading T-shirt
• 750 minutes: At our final party, receive a South Carolina
Summer Reading Medal and an entry into our Grand Prize
drawing!
Celebration of Readers
Party to be held at the
Gen. Robert H. Reed Recreation Center
800 Gabreski Lane • Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Tuesday, July 26 • 4:30pm-6:30pm
You’ve done the reading, and now it’s time to party!
Bring the whole family for snacks, cake, and fun as we award
the South Carolina Summer Reading Medals to those
who have read 750 minutes or more by July 22.
School-Age Children’s Event Schedule
Registration is not required unless stated.
Space may be limited due to room capacity.
Miss Lynn Sings
Tuesday, June 7 • 2:30pm • Grades: PreK-5
Join us for singing and dancing with Miss Lynn!
School-Age Storytime
Thursdays, June 9 - July 21 • 11:00am • Grades: K-3
This 45-minute program includes longer stories and songs with some
dancing mixed in, perfect for children with longer attention spans.
Parents and caregivers must remain in the library during the program.
Kids S.T.E.A.M. - Tiny Art
Monday, June 13 • 2:30pm • Grades: K-5
Registration is required.
Sharpen your S.T.E.A.M. skills! Activity: Draw,
paint, and create a tiny canvas expressing your cre-
ativity. All completed canvas projects will be dis-
played at the library’s own Tiny Art Show on July
1 and in the Children’s Department until the end of
August.
The Fisherman and His Wife
presented by Porkchop Productions
Tuesday, June 14 • 2:30pm • Grades: K-5
An updated adaptation of this classic tale finds a hardworking fisherman
at the mercy of his wife who is never happy with anything at all! Will a
magical fish, who can grant wishes, finally make her happy? Or will she
find out the hard way that less is sometimes more? Big laughs,
audience participation and an important lesson on what is REALLY
important highlight this action-packed performance.
South Carolina Aquarium
Tuesday, June 21 • 2:30pm • Grades: K-5
Join the South Carolina Aquarium as we uncover the mysteries of the
deep! Learn about the unique adaptations of the deep sea animals and
the technology scientists use to study them. Then “dive” in with us as
you meet and touch marine animals!
School-Age Children’s Events (continued)
Dance Party
Tuesday, June 28 • 2:30pm • Grades: PreK-5
Join us for a fun time of music and movement.
Get the arms, legs and bodies moving!
Wagsters Magic
Tuesday, July 12 • 2:30pm • Grades: K-5
Join us for magic and illusion with Brandon and
Hannah Wagster!
Kids Cooking
Thursday, July 14 • 12:00pm • Grades: 1-5
This program will teach kids the importance of safety
in the kitchen while allowing them to create their very own snack!
This program will show kids that healthy snacks can be delicious
and nutritious!
Paws for Reading
Registration required • Register with Youth Services
Grades: 1-12 • 2nd floor Children’s Department
Thursdays, June 9, 23 & July 7 • 12:00pm
Practice your read-aloud skills by reading to a certified therapy dog.
These 15-minute sessions are great for beginning readers and those
who want to build confidence reading in a relaxed atmosphere.
Explore an Ocean of Possibilities
with Beanstack this summer!
Log into chapinlibrary.beanstack.org and register for an
account or sign-in if you have previously made an account at
Beanstack.
Earn 6 reading badges to win the Summer Reading Challenge!
Badges are earned by the total minutes spent reading or
listening to books. It doesn’t matter how many pages you turn
Tween and Teen Goals & Prizes
or the total books you complete. Read short stories or read epic
novels. Read fast or read slow. What and how you read is up to
you, just read and keep track of the time you spent doing it.
Badge completion will make you eligible for weekly prize
drawings during the Summer Reading Challenge. The more you
log, the better the chance of winning a weekly prize!
Complete your Summer Reading Challenge by July 22 to be
entered in the Grand Prize drawing.
REWARDS
• 250 minutes: Receive a goody bag
• 500 minutes: Receive a Summer Reading T-shirt and a
paperback book
• 750 minutes: At our final party, receive a South Carolina
Summer Reading Medal and an entry into our Grand Prize
drawing!
Celebration of Readers
Party to be held at
The Train Depot
851 Broadway Street • Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Friday, July 29 • 4:30pm
You’ve done the reading, and now it’s time to party!
Enjoy some snacks, dessert, games, and dancing as we
award the South Carolina Summer Reading Medals to
those who have read 750 minutes or more this summer.
Prizes are distributed as available.
Combined Tween & Teen Events Volunteer Orientation Grades: 6-12 • Wednesday, June 8 • 11:00am Registration required Orientation is for all those interested in volunteering during the summer! You’ll be able to tour the library, meet some of our staff, learn about the importance of public libraries, and figure out how you can help serve our community. Pizza & Games Grades: 6-12 • Wednesday, June 8 • 2:30pm Registration required Kickoff summer reading with food and games. DIY Maker Mondays Grades: 6-12 • Mondays • 1:30-5:00pm June 13, 20, 27 & July 11, 18 Project materials will be available on the table in the teen hall adjacent to the Children’s Department. Work at your own pace for these self-directed make and takes. While supplies last. Teen Movie - Turning Red Grades: 6-12 • Friday, July 8 • 11:00am Mei Lee is a 13-year-old girl who is torn between being her mother's obedient daughter and the chaos of her youth. As if that were not enough, when she gets too excited, she turns into a big red panda. Teen Subscription Box Grades: 6-12 • Summer Season The book subscription box is a service designed to help readers in grades 6-12 find their new favorite book and to add some extra fun to everyday life. Ask for more details or sign up online at chapinlibrary.org/teen-reads-subscription-box
Tween Events Schedule
Registration required • Drop-off programs • 1st floor Meeting Room
Tiny Art
Grades: 6-8 • Wednesday, June 15 • 2:30pm
In this program we will paint tiny masterpieces! We’ll
leave the creative process up to you and you leave
your work with us. All artwork will be displayed in a
pop-up tiny art exhibit here at the library on July 1.
Lost at Sea
Grades: 6-8 • Wednesday, June 22 • 2:30pm
Do you have what it takes to survive being lost at sea? At this program
you will team up and learn what you really need to survive out in the
open ocean.
Tween Cooking
Grades: 6-8 • Wednesday, June 29 • 2:30pm
This program will explore healthy snack options. Tweens will get to
create their own smoothie combination using fresh and healthy
ingredients.
Tween Gator Tank
Grades: 6-8 • Wednesday, July 6 • 2:30pm
Do you have what it takes to survive the gator tank? Come find out, as
we create our own products and try to market them to gain the judges to
“invest” in your product! The idea deemed most worthy of an investment
will win a prize!
Book Bites!
Grades: 6-8 • Wednesday, July 13 • 2:30pm
Book: Measuring Up by Lily Lamotte
Join us for Book Bites! The book club that brings together books and
food! We’ll be discussing the book and creating a dish that pairs
perfectly with the book!Teen Events Schedule
Registration required • Drop-off programs • 1st floor Meeting Room
Tiny Art
Grades: 9-12 • Wednesday, June 15 • 4:30pm
In this program we will paint tiny masterpieces! We’ll leave the creative
process up to you and you leave your work with us. All artwork will be
displayed in a pop-up tiny art exhibit here at the library on July 1.
Finding Your Core
Grades: 9-12 • Wednesday, June 22 • 4:30pm
This hands-on program will have activities, snacks, and book recs based
on some of TikTok’s most popular cores. Come dressed to represent
your aesthetic!
Teen Cooking
Grades: 9-12 • Wednesday, June 29 • 4:30pm
This program will include the importance of budgeting and healthy eating
habits! Teens will create chicken tacos using fresh, healthy ingredients
all while having to watch their budgets.
Teen Gator Tank
Grades: 9-12 • Wednesday, July 6 • 4:30pm
Join us for this competitive marketing exercise! Gator Tank is the place
where you create completely made-up products, come up with a
marketing plan, and try to convince the judges to invest in your work.
Winner gets a prize and bragging rights!
Book Club Café
Grades: 9-12 • Wednesday, July 13 • 4:30pm
Join us for this Teen book club that incorporates
food and books! We’ll be making Bobo Tea from
scratch and discussing our favorite books and
what we’re reading next!Explore an Ocean of Possibilities
with Beanstack this summer!
Log into chapinlibrary.beanstack.org and register for an
account or sign-in if you have previously made an account at
Beanstack.
Earn 10 badges to win the Summer Reading Challenge!
Badges can be earned by reading or listening to books,
attending events at Chapin Library, or using online activities on
the Chapin website. Six (6) of the ten (10) required badges are
for reading. How you earn the remaining 4 badges is up to you.
The reading badges are earned by the total minutes spent
Adult Goals & Prizes
reading or listening to books. It doesn’t matter how many pages
you turn or the total books you complete. Read short stories or
read epic novels. Read fast or read slow. What and how you
read is up to you, just read and keep track of the time you
spend doing it.
Log your activity and badge completion frequently to be eligible
for weekly prize drawings during the Summer Reading
Challenge. The more you log, the better the chance of
winning a weekly prize!
Complete your Summer Reading Challenge by July 22 to
Celebration of Readers
Party to be held at
The Train Depot
851 Broadway Street • Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
“Invitation Only” Party
Thursday, July 28
Summer Reading Challenge final entry date is July 22.
Each individual must have earned 10 badges themselves.
Guests are not permitted.Adults Events Schedule
Registration required unless otherwise stated. • Age: Adults
Friday Films
Select Fridays • 1:30pm
Registration not required • 1st floor Meeting Room
Please check our website at chapinlibrary.org/calendar for movie
dates and titles.
Chair Yoga
Mondays • 11:00am
June 6 & 20 • July 11 & 25 • August 8
1st floor Non-Fiction Area • Limit 20 participants per session
Recreation Leader, Wendy Bass, leads chair yoga. Stretch the joints and
muscles through deep breathing and gentle movement. No experience
necessary.
Sea Turtle Patrol
Monday, June 6 • 2:30pm • All Ages
1st floor Non-Fiction Area
North Myrtle Beach Sea Turtle Patrol will dive into
the preservation and conservation of endangered
sea turtles along the Grand Strand.
Wellness Wednesdays
Wednesdays • 11:00am
June 8 — August 10
1st floor Non-Fiction Area
How we deal with life is determined by our choices. We choose what
and when to eat; whether we should exercise; how to calm our mind;
and who surrounds us. Join Wendy Bass, an instructor from the City of
Myrtle Beach Recreation Centers, and learn to make positive choices
while enhancing awareness and increasing your wellness.
Name That Tune
Thursday, June 9 • 4:00pm
1st floor Meeting Room • limit 25 participants
Theme: Beach, Summer, Water. Listen to a short music clip spanning
the 1950s through the 1980s. Select an answer from a multiple choice
list. Final round is fill in the blank. Prizes for players with the most points.Adults Events (continued)
Registration required unless otherwise stated. • Age: Adults
Chapin’s Craft Corner: Decorated Beach Jar
Thursday, June 16 • 2:00pm
1st floor Meeting Room • Limit 15 participants
Wanda will demonstrate how to create this beautiful beach jar out of
sand, seashells, twine and a glass jar. Registration is required by
Monday, June 13.
Water Quality Monitoring Program
Monday, June 20 • 11:00am
1st floor Meeting Room
There are oceans of possibilities to get involved with water quality
monitoring in your community. Learn from the experts at Coastal
Carolina University’s - Waccamaw Watershed Academy, as they share
some of the citizen science programs happening in the Grand Strand.
See how volunteer collected data is used to make management
decisions to protect water quality and try some sampling methods
yourself in this interactive presentation.
Horry County Museum presents Hurricanes
Wednesday, June 22 • 11:00am
1st floor Meeting Room
Join Marian Calder, Public Education Specialist with Horry County
Museum, to learn about a few of the historic storms to hit coastal South
Carolina and the impacts that they’ve had on our area. From the
Spanish Repulse Hurricane in 1686 to Hurricane Florence in 2019,
hurricanes have played a major part in South Carolina’s cultural and
natural history.
Chapin’s Cooking Club: Instant Pot Chicken
Tacos
Thursday, June 23 • 1:00pm
1st floor Meeting Room • Limit 10 participants
Join us in-person for this fun event! Learn how to make delicious
chicken tacos in an Instant Pot during this interactive cooking class.Adults Events (continued)
Registration required unless otherwise stated. • Age: Adults
Adult Summer Reading Book Club
Thursday, June 23 • 5:30pm
1st floor Meeting Room • Limit 15 participants
Selection: Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Services desk or download
the eAudiobook with the OverDrive/Libby or Hoopla app. For more
information, please contact Carolyn at 843-918-1275.
Balance & Coordination with Wendy
Mondays • 11:00am
June 27 • July 18 • August 1
1st floor Non-Fiction Area • Limit 15 participants per session
Using a chair for support, this energetic class focuses on improving
balance, and fall prevention skills and also uses a ball to improve
coordination, range of motion and flexibility. Recreation leader, Wendy
Bass, leads the program.
Blank Slate
Thursday, June 30 • 4:00pm
1st floor Meeting Room • Limit 20 participants
Based on the TV show “Match Game.” Players try to match other
players by filing in the blank. Prize for player with the most matches.
Tiny Art Show
Friday, July 1 • 11:00am-4:00pm
1st floor Non-Fiction Area • All Ages
Registration not required.
To Participate: Adults pick up a 4x4 canvas at the
Customer Service Desk. Paint a subject of your
choice and return it to the library by June 27, 2022,
for display in our Tiny Art Show. Supplies are
limited. Include your name, age, phone number,
and title of work on the back of the canvas. Who
knows… we may have the next Picasso or Andy
Warhol!Adults Events (continued)
Registration required unless otherwise stated. • Age: Adults
Book Bingo
Thursday, July 7 • 4:00pm
1st floor Meeting Room • Limit 25 participants
Our theme for this game is Oceans, Fish and
Beach. Game is inspired by book titles instead of
numbers. Snacks and prizes will be provided.
Author Talk
Friday, July 8 • 2:00pm
1st floor Non-Fiction Area
Authors Mary Beth Whalen, Erika Montgomery and Kim Wright will be
here discussing their books. Reception begins at 1:30pm with light
refreshments followed by the authors discussion at 2:00pm. Book
signing will take place after the discussion. Come meet these
wonderful authors in person.
Estate Planning for Children with Disabilities
(Emphasis: Spectrum Disorders) Free Legal Clinic
Tuesday, July 12 • Time to be announced
1st floor Meeting Room
An Estate Planning Attorney and the Executive Director of Champion
Autism Network, will present information about estate planning issues
for families with children who have disabilities, particularly those with
spectrum disorders. The clinic will consist of the presentation followed
by an open question and answer session. Registration is required due
to limited seating.
If you would like to submit a general question on the
topic in advance of the clinic, please contact Laura
and the request will be forwarded to the attorney.
The attorney cannot get into specific legal aspects
as this is only for informational purposes.Adults Events (continued)
Registration required unless otherwise stated. • Age: Adults
Horry County Museum presents Coastal Tides
Wednesday, July 20 • 11:00am
1st floor Meeting Room
Join Marian Calder, Public Education Specialist with Horry County
Museum, to learn about the role that tides play in our local environment
and the cultural impacts that they have had throughout our area’s
history.
Chapin’s Craft Corner: Painted Flip-Flops on
the Shore
Thursday, July 21 • 2:00pm
1st floor Meeting Room • Limit 15 participants
Wanda will demonstrate how to transfer a picture on to a canvas and
then you can paint a cute picture of flip flops on the beach. Register by
Monday, July 18.
Topics Trivia
Tuesday, July 26 • 4:00pm
1st floor Non-Fiction Area • Registration is requested
Topics Trivia is a game that lets you show what you know. After the
question, teams choose and submit an answer before the allotted time
period ends. Correct answer scores points, with prizes awarded for
most points. Play as individuals or in groups of up to six players.
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DISCLAIMER All events are subject to change, cancellation and/or rescheduling. Please check our library webpage at chapinlibrary.org/calendar or call 843-918-1275 to verify the event and/or program is scheduled to occur prior to your arrival. Thank you for your patience as we resume our in-person events and/or programs.
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