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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 30-June 2, 2020 B-7 The Park Record Summit County Library circumvents coronavirus shutdown with virtual fun A L P A C A T E A P O T T A T T L E A G I L E W S W E G E R A R A I N A W N B E G E S E E N D R Y A G T S O A T H T H E O H I P P A N O I M I N N C U N Y B E E R S T A M P A N O N I K E A N A F L I A R P E D I S H S O P P L H E A E T S T E R O M A N I A R E V E L I N A V E D A C I R C G N U A G A G M A C U M Y M N A S I S E N E S W E A P R U T O T H E O N E V M I T E K A R E L L E N R E A L I S A M L O N U O F F U A N V A T A S K W E O T R E E N S P E C I E S F A N O S M O S E D S C A B R E N G T A O R R A R K A S M H I O R R T O A T S T I K I E G R E T S M O R E F R A T A M I T Y M I N I O N E N T E R O N O O S E S S O W S R E A D E S L A T I M C E N E A N A S N D S T T V S C H E T H E R E O U S E S S E L E A D Y It’s the Place the Locals Choose PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Kirsten Nilsson, left, Summit County Library youth services librarian, engages toddlers with a plush puppy during a story time. Due to COVID-19 protocols, Nilsson will restart the weekly story times and rhyme times on the Summit County Library’s Facebook page starting Tuesday, June 2, and Thursday, June 4. Weekly story and rhyme times will occur on Facebook SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The Summit County Library branches at Kimball Junction, Coalville and Kamas Valley have been dark since March 11 due to the health department’s COVID-19 protocols. But the guidelines aren’t preventing Youth Services Librarian Kirsten Nilsson from starting weekly virtual summer story and rhyme times. Story times will begin on Tuesday, June 2, and rhyme times will begin on Thursday, June 4. Both sessions will start at 10:30 a.m. and will be accessible through the Summit County Library’s Facebook page, Nilsson said. “We’re super excited to be back in a way,” Nilsson said. “It’s too bad we can’t connect in person, because I miss all my little people, but this is the next best thing.” As they were when Nilsson led the sessions in person, the story times and rhyme times are designed for preschoolers, toddlers, babies and their caregivers, she said. “Hopefully families will sit down in front of whatever screen they can find to sing, dance and have a lot of fun,” she said. The health and safety of library patrons are the reasons why Nilsson wanted to move the sessions online. “When we would host the Continued from B-5 Films showcase Utahns “He’s only a junior, so it will be interesting to see what he will do next,” she said. Orschel is also interested in hearing about Neff’s creative process during the Q and A. “He finished the film during the COVID isolation, and I wonder how that affected his filmmaking,” she said. “El Desierto” and “Cuffs,” which both clock in at nearly 20 minutes apiece, are the perfect fit for the Filmmaker Spotlight series, Orschel said. A few months ago, she and Park City Film executive director Katharine Wang brainstormed ways to expand the annual Filmmakers Showcase, an program that screened short- and medium-length films. “We wanted to keep the showcase contained to one night, because we wanted the audience and all the filmmakers to be there together,” Orschel said. “The problem was there were only so many films we could show in 90 minutes, and there are many longer short films that we wanted to screen.” The two came up with the Filmmaker Spotlight that was story times in person, we would get between 20 to 30 people, including parents, in one room,” she said. “And you know young kids aren’t good at social distancing.” The rhyme times would attract up to 60 people, Nilsson said. “We actually had to do two, one for younger kids, and one for toddlers, so we could accommodate the crowds,” she said. In addition, Nilsson would head to the Coalville Branch every Wednesday to lead another story time. “We would get about 20 people in the room out there, so I’m hoping our Coalville people will join us on Facebook on Thursdays,” she said. For the story times, Nilsson draws up a list of different themes and topics she thinks would be fun and engaging. “I make this list in August and then plug those themes in our story times throughout the school year,” she said. “Then a week before the story time I would go through our children’s books collection and ones that match the theme of the week.” The story times usually included a craft, but at the present there won’t be crafts offered during the virtual sessions, she said. The story time theme for June 2 will be award-winning books, according to Nilsson. She chose this theme because the Children’s Literature Association of Utah announced its Beehive Book Awards a few weeks ago. Nilsson will read “Can I Be Your Dog” by Troy Cummins, which was one of the nominees, and “This Is the Nest that Robin Built” by Denise Fleming, which won the poetry award. “These awards are chosen by Utah children, and the library was closed when this year’s awards were announced,” she said. “I’ll also read a Caldecott Winner, and I plan to pick one of my favorites from this year.” Rhyme times are presented differently than story times, according to Nilsson. “Every month I’ll make a different handout that will include the lyrics of most of the songs and rhymes we will cover that month,’ she said. “During each session, we sing each song two times so the kids can learn it, and parents can follow along.” The handouts will be posted online at the library’s website (thesummitcountylibrary.org) for the virtual sessions, Nilsson said. “I’m working on putting those together now,” she said. Nilsson will also introduce Pippi, a puppy who was named after the heroine in Astrid Lindgren’s “Pippi Longstocking” children’s books. “We are going to train her to be a read dog for the library, and she’ll make some appearances from time to time during the story and rhyme times.” In addition to the virtual story and rhyme times, the Summit County Library will further kids’ love for books through its Picture Book Kit request program. The program is based on a system set up by Katrina Kmak at the Park City Library, Nilsson said. “The trouble with coronavirus is that parents can come into the library to browse the shelves, which is mostly what the children’s section of the library is about,” Nilsson said. “So we set up a form where parents and caretakers can choose a library branch, a category — including goodnight stories, animals, fairy tales and more.” The adults can access the form at thesummitcountylibrary.org and fill in the ages of the children, and Nilsson will personally select some of her favorite age-appropriate books for pick up. “The fun thing is I’m able to give families books that aren’t checked out a lot,” Nilsson said. “These are all great books, and I know families will love them once they read them.” Nilsson started the Picture Book Kit request program May 22, and has kept Nilsson busy this past week. “We’re going to do something similar for adults in the next few weeks,” she said. going to debut this spring in the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium, but then the coronavirus pandemic hit, Orschel said. “Katy and I continued our talks, and in the wake of Park City film starting up its virtual cinema screenings, we decided to add this to the program,” she said. “Park City has done an amazing job with this program, because it takes a lot to learn the technology to do this.” Virtual Summer Story Time When: 10:30 a.m., Tuesdays Where: Summit County Library Facebook page Cost: free Web: facebook.com/SummitCountyLibrary Virtual Rhyme Time When: 10:30 a.m., Thursdays Where: Summit County Library Facebook page Cost: free Web: facebook.com/SummitCountyLibrary Welcome Back! 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