Spend July with Syracuse Public Library
News Release
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Public Library, 115 E. Main St., will be hosting a number of events through the month of July, and all are welcome to attend. Activities that can be expected:
Silly Safaris’ Animal Show To Visit Syracuse Library
The whole family won’t want to miss Silly Safaris’ Animal Show at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 8, in the Syracuse Public Library’s downstairs meeting room. Silly Safaris is known for its live animal shows that promote animal conservation education. Be surprised by what special guests will come. Silly Safaris has a variety of reptiles, mammals, birds and bugs.
Family Night Out will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12. Children will dig out treasures for a chance to uncover gift cards from Coffee Depot, Brook Pointe Resort and Pizza King. These finds will be limited to one per family. While digging for treasure, children will also learn about sunken ships and enjoy snacks.
Escape Room Expands Hours
The Superhero Escape Room at SPL will expand its hours. Until the end of July, swing by the Rosalyn Jones/Teen Room during library hours to solve Loki’s clues and help S.H.I.E.L.D. retrieve the tesseract. Each group has 45 minutes to escape the room with the tesseract.
Adult Book Club July Pick
Both the adult book club and SPL’s “In the Garden” group will read and discuss “World of Wonders” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil during the month of July. “World of Wonders” is a collection of essays about the natural world and the way its inhabitants can teach, support and inspire. Warm, lyrical and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, it is a book of sustenance and joy.
Discussions will occur at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, via Zoom, and 1 p.m. Thursday, July 21, in the downstairs meeting room. Copies of “World of Wonders” are available at the Syracuse Public Library.
Young Adult Book Club
“Stain” by A. G. Howard is the July young adult book club pick. “Stain,” a high-fantasy Gothic fairy tale inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea,” takes place in an alternative medieval world split apart by magic.
To win back her kingdom of perpetual day, save her night prince and reunite the sun with the moon, a princess incapable of speech or sound must prove herself everything a traditional princess is not: tough enough to sleep on a bed of nails and loud enough to be heard without a voice.
The group will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, in the Rosalyn Jones/Teen Room for discussion and to create a book journal. Sign up for the club upstairs at the library; copies are also available for checkout.