Classic Book Month: Alice in Wonderland
April is Alice in Wonderland month at the Library!
Special storytimes, online readings, coloring and writing contests… we’re ready for adventure here at the library!!
Storytime Videos
Alice in Wonderland at the Burley Public Library Chapters 1 & 2
Alice in Wonderland at the Burley Public Library Chapters 3 & 4
Alice in Wonderland at the Burley Public Library Chapters 5 & 6
Alice in Wonderland at the Burley Public Library Chapters 7 & 8
Alice in Wonderland at the Burley Public Library Chapters 9 & 10
Alice in Wonderland at the Burley Public Library Chapters 11 & 12
Writing Contest
Are you Mad as a Hatter? Do you have a flair for the silly, uncanny, dramatic, or macabre? Then try your hand at the “Mad as a Hatter” writing contest.
Writing Contest Rules:
- One Entry Per Person
- Open to ages 10 – 18 years old
- Last day to turn in is Saturday April 30, 2022.
- Please include name, age, and contact information on entry
- Entry may be a short story (3 – 4 pages) or a poem.
- Use one of the prompts – interpretation is up to contestant
- Turn in at Burley Public Library or email entry with “X Marks the Spot” Entry to josie@ebranch.lili.org
Writing Prompts
Prompt 1:
Re-write/re-tell a true story as a fantastical, or wacky adventure or poem.
Prompt 2:
Write from a character in Alice in Wonderland’s perspective. About anything.
Poem Prompt:
Non-sensical poem about something mundane or simple.
Art Contest
Do you like to color? Are you the next young Rembrandt or Michelangelo? Then enter the library’s “Alice in Color” coloring contest! Open to children ages 0-9.
Art Contest Rules
- One Entry Per Person
- Open to ages 0 – 9 years old
- Last day to turn in is Saturday April 30, 2022.
- Please include name, age, and contact information on entry
- Color pages available at the Burley Library
