Lyell Branch Library

Pictures from our t-shirt tie-dye session on Wednesday! 🌈

Summer has officially begun, and that means so has summer reading! This year's theme is "Unearth A Story." Lyell Branch has chosen a very special mascot to go along with the theme: introducing Perry the Parasaurolophus! He lived in the late Cretaceous period in modern-day Canada and the United States. Discover more about him and his dinosaur friends at the library this summer with this amazing book display and through our children's summer program series. Check our page for more information! 🦕🦖🔍🕵🏿🕵🏻‍♀️🕵🏽‍♂️

We had the great pleasure of having the -mobile at Lyell Branch today! They brought so many fun and interesting critters to share with us. Join us again on Wednesday, August 12th for another visit from the zoo-mobile!

Featured creatures:
1. The blue-tongued skink
2. The common degu
3. The African bullfrog
4. Hissing cockroaches
5. Bonus of the skink being silly 🤪

https://senecaparkzoo.org/education/zoomobile/

Stop by the Lyell Branch this afternoon 12pm to visit the animals from the zoo.

ZooMobile | Seneca Park Zoo Seneca Park Zoo's ZooMobile program has been providing educational outreach services to area schools & other institutions since 1986.

Details and extras of the new Lyell branch murals by and on Instagram! Post 2/2

It's finished! We welcomed our new mural designed by and (on Instagram) at the end of last week, and we couldn't be happier with how it turned out. See the artist's statement below to learn more about the mural. We hope you will come by to see it in person, soon! The next post will include photos of the mural's details, as well as some surprise extras the artists kindly threw in. Post 1/2!

"This mural tells the story of two boys as they grow from childhood, to adolescence, and into adulthood. The moments are meant to represent feelings of love, safety, and comfort.

The light sources present in each vignette loosely reference the idea of sharing your light with others. That meaningful relationships with others, allows us to be our most authentic selves and to be loved for that.

Representation is important especially on outdoor artwork. All of the characters have subtle nods to different disabilities including hyper mobility, hearing loss, and diabetes. I also wanted to represent inter-generational connections and non-traditional familial structures.

The natural elements are inspired by flowers and creatures that can be found locally. These elements are a nod to the library garden and the upcoming addition of plants and trees to the library."

Stay tuned... 👀

Thank you to GCCS and the Rochester Museum & Science Center for having the RPL Go! van this past week — we had a blast!