Classic Book Month: Wizard of Oz
April is Wizard of Oz month at the Library!
Special storytimes, online readings, coloring and writing contests… we’re ready for adventure here at the library!!
Wizard of Oz Activities
80’s Movie Club: Return to Oz
April 11
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Movie @ the Library: Wicked (PG)
April 12
10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Family Book Club: Wizard of Oz
April 24
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Wizard of Oz Writing Contest: "Another World"
Stretch your imagination and win a prize with your writing! Enter our writing contest!
Writing Contest Rules:
- One Entry Per Person
- Open to ages 10 – 18 years old
- Last day to turn in is Saturday April 26, 2025.
- 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 “Another World” Entry to josie@ebranch.lili.org
Writing Prompts
Prompt 1:
You are walking in the woods one day and you stumble upon a signpost with wooden arrows pointing in different directions. Each of the arrows are labeled with names of other worlds from books: Narnia, Middle Earth, Wonderland, Oz, Hogwarts…etc. Do you pick a new direction to go? Where would you go? What adventure would you go on in the new world? Who would you meet?
Prompt 2:
There are 3 roads in front of you: one that is a dirt path that leads into a dark gnarled wood, one is a cobble stone path that leads to a small village, and one is a concrete paved road that leads to a large city in the distance. You can’t turn around and go back the way you came. So, which way do you choose to go? Is it familiar? Are there strange creatures? What happens in this new place?
Poem Prompt:
Use one of your favorite books to read and sum it up in poem form. Example:
Wonderland by Miss Josie
A girl, a rabbit, a cat, and croquet,
She never thought it would end up this way.
The queen and the trial,
A tea party and mouse,
Shrunk tiny, bug sized,
Then grew big as a house!
Poor Alice decided it was home that she missed,
Awake then she wondered: Did that really exist?
Wizard of Oz Art Contest: "Winds of Change"
Do you like to color? Are you the next young Rembrandt or Michaelangelo? Then enter the Wizard of Oz coloring contest! Open to children ages 0-9. Pick up a color sheet from the library today!
Art Contest Rules
- One Entry Per Person
- Open to ages 0 – 9 years old
- Last day to turn in is Saturday April 26, 2025.
- Please include name, age, and contact information on entry
- Color pages available at the Burley Library
