Measuring Up at Wrestling Club

At our last Wrestling Club, we read about high-flying luchador, Rey Mysterio. Despite being only 5’6”, Rey Mysterio has defeated opponents much, much bigger than him. Just how much bigger than him? Wrestling Club decided to find out.

Check out the height chart the club worked on together to see how we stack up to Rey Mysterio and other wrestling superstars.

After reading about Mysterio and other luchadors, we used books and wrestling encyclopedias to look up his height and the heights of other wrestlers.We also measured ourselves to see how we stacked up!

Most of us were taller than Hornswoggle, but still shorter than Rey Mysterio. However, no one was as tall as wrestlers like The Big Show or the Great Khali. The tallest wrestler we found was Giant Gonzalez who was billed as 8 feet tall! The biggest surprise for us was that the Undertaker was "only" 6' 10" compared to his brother Kane who is 7 feet tall.We were expecting Undertaker to be taller.

After our experiment, we made lucha libre masks and watched Rey in action against another luchador we read about in our books, Eddie Guerrero!

Super Readers

Luis, age 15, has been visiting the library regularly since he was 8 years old. He’s read a ton of books from our library, especially comics. In fact, he’s such a huge fan of Marvel Comics that his nickname growing up was “Spider-man Luis.” 

So what does he recommend? 

Amazing Spider-man, of course! He suggests kids get in touch with the original Spider-man, the stories by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, before seeing the blockbuster films. 

 “Kids should see how the original writer intended Spider-man to be,” Luis said. “They can compare and contrast [to the films] and see which version they like best.”

Of all the superheroes out there, why Spider-man? 

“Spider-man is more relatable to kids growing up or teens having financial problems,” Luis explained. “Spider-man isn’t like Iron Man who is rich and has armor or the X-men who have powers and don’t have to worry about money. Spider-man doesn’t have a mentor. He just walks around in his tights with no money. He’s having a hard time trying to take care of his Aunt. The press and police hate him. He has no one to help him but himself."

Are you interested in finding some great superhero stories? Click the link to find some of the books Luis talked about: Spider-Man books in Berks County libraries

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Reading with the Reading Royals

The Kelly Cup champion READING ROYALS stopped by the popUP library for a special visit. The Royals read "Dino-Hockey," answered questions posed by kids, signed autographs, and even lent a hand while we made a hockey craft. Slapshot got in on the fun, high-fiving kids and posing for photos.

Reading is Reading: Mr. John

One of the first faces you see as you enter the library is Mr. John, the security guard. It’s his job to make sure everyone is safe and to help families when they need him. He’s also a big fan of non-fiction! What does he recommend from our library?

The DK Eyewitness Reader series is his favorite. “There’s so many of them,” Mr. John said. “I could get lost in them.”

  

Each book is about a different topic with lots of great photographs, tons of information, and even a CD of photographs for your computer. From gemstones and  Russian history to mummies and astronomy, the Eyewitness Reader series seems to have a book for everything.  

 “Even if you have background knowledge in a subject, you can always learn something new when you page through an Eyewitness Reader,” Mr. John said. 

More Lego Fun!

Here are more photos of some cool designs from our most recent Lego Club meeting. We were visited by an after school group who enjoyed learning how to make superheroes and build their own skyscrapers!

Superman watches over the Children's Dept. at the popUP.

 

Kids work together to find the pieces they need. 

Batman joins the party!

This is a dog with super long legs.

Wonder Woman joins this superhero team!

A new Super Mario joins the others at Lego Club!

Halloween Spirit

Halloween is slowly creeping up on us... Get into the spooky spirit with some scary stories. Visit our Pinterest board below for some of our library-tested and approved favorites:

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Spooky Story Contest

Are you a fan of spooky stories? Try writing your own and enter our Bunnicula-inspired Spooky Story Contest. The winning writer will receive 4 FRONT ROW tickets to see the Miller Center presentation of Bunnicula, a play based on a spooky novel about the scariest, spookiest animal you’ll ever read about: a vampire bunny!