Prime Time Family Reading Program

Prime Time, designed for children six to ten and their families, promotes literacy for all Kentuckians.

Storyteller Mary Hamilton reads to participants at Breckenridge Co. Public Library.

Fleming County librarians register families for Prime Time.

Families discover the story together at Prime Time.

Click here to go to photo gallery for more pictures of Prime Time programs.

By this time next year, scores of young Kentuckians will be reading better and enjoying it more. That's because the Kentucky Humanities Council, in cooperation with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, is bringing an award-winning family literacy program to sixteen Kentucky counties.

Prime Time Family Reading Time is supported by We The People grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, the Scripps Howard Foundation, and by contributions from donors like you.

The application deadline had passed for libraries to host a Prime Time Family Reading Time Program during the 2010 calendar year. However, if you are interested in hosting a program in 2011 you can complete the form and we will keep it on file. Click here for application form.

For more information, please contact Kathleen Pool at the Kentucky Humanities Council at 859-257-5932. E-mail: kathleen.pool@uky.edu

Louisiana Endowment for Humanities Prime Time web site

Click here to download the Prime Time Family Reading Time brochure.

Click here to download the 'Finding the Humanities in Children's Literature' PDF

Prime Time Family Reading Time Schedule
Mason County Public Library 2/28/10 – 4/4/10 Valerie Zempter 218 E. Third St., Maysville 606-564-3286 masoncolibrary@bellsouth.net Scholar: Isaac Larison Storyteller: Martha McLeod Translator:	William B. Harlan Memorial Library 3/23/10 – 4/27/10 Regina Holland/Brandi Stewart 500 W. Fourth St., Tompkinsville 270-487-5301 wbhmlib@alltel.net Scholar: Joe DeSpain Storyteller: Kathy Milby
Louisville Free Public Library - Shively/Newman Branch Begin week of 4/11/10 Patricia Watson/Crystal Britton 3920 Dixie Hwy., Louisville 502-574-1690 watson@lfpl.org Scholar: Jay Stottman Storyteller: Cynthia Changaris	Woodford Co. Public Library 4/13/10 – 5/18/10 Becky Watson 115 N. Main St., Versailles rwatson@woodfordlibrary.org 859-873-5191 Scholar: Vicky Middleswarth Storyteller: Mary Hamilton Translator: Jennifer Hubbard-Sanchez
McCreary Co. Public Library 4/19/10 - 5/24/10 Tracy Lumley 6 N. Main St., Whitley City 606-376-8738 mccrearypride@yahoo.com Scholar: Melissa Gibson Storyteller: Rhonda Kendziorski	Pike County Public Library - Elkhorn City Branch 4/22/10 – 5/27/10 Scarlett Stewart 150 Main St., Elkhorn City 606-432-9977 pcpldao@pikelibrary.org Scholar: Sydney England Storyteller: Misti Johnson
Grant County Public Library 6/3/10 – 7/8/10 Cheryl Clemons 201 Barnes Rd., Williamstown 859-824-2080 c.clemons@fuse.net Scholar: Kim Spratt Storyteller: Mike Spratt Translator:	Nelson County Public Library June/July Sharon Shanks/Dominque Lydian 201 Cathedral Manor, Bardstown 502-348-3714 shanks200@hotmail.com Scholar: Storyteller:
Cassidy/Morton Family Resource Youth Services Center 6/14/10 – 7/19/10 Christen Bouchard 1225 Tates Creek Rd., Lexington morton.frysc@fayette.kyschools/us Scholar: Sharon Youssefi Storyteller: Diane Sumney Translator:	Carroll County Public Library 8/17/10 – 9/21/10 Patricia Hersey/Leslie Sutherland 136 Court St., Carrollton 502-732-7020 patricia@carrollcountylibrary.org Scholar: Bob Brocious Storyteller: Cara Lutrell-Jimenez
Lawrence County Public Library Begin week of 8/15/10 Deanna Nelson 102 W. Main & Jefferson St., Louisa 606-638-4497 deanna3699@yahoo.com Scholar: Mary Shortridge Storyteller: Christie Cook	Union County Public Library Begin week of 8/22/10 Laura Wildey 126 S. Morgan St., Morganfield 270-389-1696 unionlib@roadrunner.com Scholar: Scott Vander Ploeg Storyteller: Sandy Harmon
Bracken County Public Library 9/7/10 – 10/12/10 Valerie Clark 310 W. Main St., Brooksville 606-735-3620 vclark15@gmail.com Scholar: Isaac Larison Storyteller: Martha McLeod	Owen County Public Library Begin week of 9/19/10 Jennifer Nippert 118 N. Main St., Owenton 502-484-3450 jennifernippert@bellsouth.net Scholar: Kim Spratt Storyteller: Mike Spratt
Harry M. Caudill Memorial Library 10/5/10 – 11/12/10 Lina Tidal/Legina Adams 220 Main St., Whitesburg 606-633-7547 letcolib@bellsouth.net Scholar: Angie DeBord Storyteller: Jenay Hall	Henderson County Public Library Begin week of 10/10/10 Emily Irby 101 S. Main St., Henderson 270-826-3712 eirby@hcpl.org Scholar: Shirley Wathen Storyteller: Linda Spillman Bruns
Madison County Public Library 10/26/10 – 11/30/10 Ari Fritts 507 W. Main St., Richmond 859-623-6704 arifritts@madisonlibrary.org Scholar: Vicky Middleswarth Storyteller: Cynthia Changaris	Rowan County Public Library 11/1/10 – 12/6/10 Sandy Fleshman 175 Beacon Hill, Morehead 606-784-7137 sfleshman@rowancountylibrary.org Scholar: Mattie Decker Storyteller: Cynthia Changaris

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