This club is perfect for the artist who enjoys working in the company of other like-minded folks or who neglects a project because there’s no time to work on it. SUMMER READING PROGRAM for ADULTS Begins in June, 2022

For a real challenge, complete more than one bingo sheet – you can do as many as you’d like! If you are not interested in the prizes, pickup a bingo sheet for topic ideas to inspire you to read something out-of-your-usual.

It’s the winter favorite reading game for grownups – Cozy Up and Read Bingo! January thru February, pick up a bingo game sheet at the Library (or print the PDF – Winter Reading BINGO Game Sheet 2022), complete 5 challenges in a row, and submit your completed sheet to the Library to earn a small prize and to be eligible for a grand prize drawing March 1. While we have a few programs and clubs that meet monthly, we also include additional events for life enrichment, personal growth, and inspiration.Ĭlick for the printable version in case you can’t make it in to the Library! Book Challenge printable Treat yourself to some fireside reading and capture the holiday spirit with a bit of old-fashioned storytelling from Christmas past.The Library strives to provide interesting programs for an adventure in life-long learning. Some include illustrations as well! If you prefer to listen to these Christmas stories, you’ll also find a link to the audio version, if available. You can read these Christmas stories online for free, print them out, or download them for free to your e-reader. And I’ve included New Year’s stories as well, since Christmas was historically seen as a twelve-day period, beginning on December 25th and ending on January 5th, or Twelfth Night. There’s also a range of “takes” on Christmas in these stories: from traditional Christmas stories to fantastical, funny and humorous to serious or sweet. Frank Baum–author of The Wizard of Oz–wrote a Christmas fantasy story about Santa Claus getting kidnapped by daemons? Or that Washington Irving–the man known for his Halloween tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”–also wrote Christmas stories that would serve as inspiration for A Christmas Carol? Some of the authors on this list might surprise you, as they did me. I had so much fun rounding up a few of these Christmas stories from famous authors for you to enjoy here!

Since that first Christmas story from 2,000 years ago, the holiday season has grown up with hundreds of Christmas stories both religious and secular that reflect what the season means to us. Between them, the first few chapters of these books cover the birth of Jesus, and the familiar stories of the angels, shepherds, and wise men that we see depicted in Christmas pageants and ornaments and nativity scenes today. The most classic Christmas story can be found in the books of Mathew and Luke, from the Bible.

Printable short stories for seniors