Reach for the Stars at Mayo Library

The Summer Stars is back at Mayo Library.

First launched in 2015, nine years on, 14 of Mayo Library’s branches now participate annually.

‘We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars…’ so goes the famous quote from Oscar Wilde, but those at Mayo Library, have ensured that ‘none of [them] are in the gutter, but will all be looking at the stars for the next couple of months’. 

Mayo Library described Summer Stars as ‘the best free thing to do with your kids this summer to avoid the dreaded words ‘I’m bo-o-o-o-o-red’’.Children who sign up for the programme this year will receive a booklet in which they can record details of their reading adventure, information about them and their favourite book, different places they like to read, and the different types of things they like to read. They can also draw a favourite character and give star ratings to their books. 

Each visit to the library, participants will have their booklet stamped, and the last page of the booklet can be cut out and returned to their local library where they will receive their Summer Stars certificate in September.

Mayo Library ‘loves’ summer stars.

“We love it because we get to see lots of shiny, happy faces as the boys and girls enjoy choosing their books and finding different places to read over the summer. We love it because there’s nothing like the joy of sharing a love of books and stories with the readers of the future, and we love it because we are not forcing frazzled parents to part with exorbitant sums of money for a few hours of manufactured entertainment.”

With new books arriving regularly at the library, there is plenty to choose from to please every child.

Summer Stars events will run throughout the county over the summer, so keep an eye on Mayo Library’s social media and in your local library branch for full details.