It had been years since John Hernandez last played “Candy Land.”
Yet he had a chance to sit down and play the familiar Hasbro children’s board game Monday with the Chocolate River, Candy Cane Forest and the Gum Drop Mountain with his young daughter, Savannah, and her friend, Katie Kotch. The two girls are first-grade students at Shasta School.
“We’re playing for push-ups,” Hernandez jokingly said during the ‘You Got Game’ event at the Manteca Branch Library.
The family-type function is the brainchild of young adult librarian Rebecca Hill Long.
“We used to have game night with relatives when I was in the Bay Area,” she said. “As a family, we also had movie night.”
Not too long ago, she got the OK to implement the ‘You Got Game’ function at the local library, getting help from the likes of Friends of the Library in purchasing some of the board games and Best Buy to bring in the video games.
“It’s been great having Best Buy as a co-sponsor,” said Long, who praised the efforts of Cameron Bashaw for the use of the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii games and consoles coupled with the large flat screen televisions.
Among the board games were chess, checkers, and backgammon.
The children’s games included “Guess Who?,” “Hangman,” “Jenga,” “Taboo,” “Clue,” “Hippos,” and, of course, “Candy Land.”
The ‘You Got Game’ event, according to Long, had been ideal for teens, pre-teens and their families. The turnout was strong for the recent one – the third installment in the past few months – especially with this being held on the last day of the spring break vacation.
In the first 15 minutes, she counted at least 30 people playing the various games situated inside the McFall Room.
Long is planning another ‘You Got Game’ function on May 14.
Hernandez, in fact, stumbled upon the event while taking his daughter to the library. “She wanted to come here and read books (when we heard the announcement on the intercom),” he said.
Maricela Villagomez was urged by her children, Jessica and Alejandro Carrasco, to come out to ‘You Got Game.’ One of the youngsters kept a flyer advertising the event folded up and tucked away in a front pant pocket.
Events such as this one continues to showcase the Manteca Branch Library as being place that features more than just books.
Yet he had a chance to sit down and play the familiar Hasbro children’s board game Monday with the Chocolate River, Candy Cane Forest and the Gum Drop Mountain with his young daughter, Savannah, and her friend, Katie Kotch. The two girls are first-grade students at Shasta School.
“We’re playing for push-ups,” Hernandez jokingly said during the ‘You Got Game’ event at the Manteca Branch Library.
The family-type function is the brainchild of young adult librarian Rebecca Hill Long.
“We used to have game night with relatives when I was in the Bay Area,” she said. “As a family, we also had movie night.”
Not too long ago, she got the OK to implement the ‘You Got Game’ function at the local library, getting help from the likes of Friends of the Library in purchasing some of the board games and Best Buy to bring in the video games.
“It’s been great having Best Buy as a co-sponsor,” said Long, who praised the efforts of Cameron Bashaw for the use of the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii games and consoles coupled with the large flat screen televisions.
Among the board games were chess, checkers, and backgammon.
The children’s games included “Guess Who?,” “Hangman,” “Jenga,” “Taboo,” “Clue,” “Hippos,” and, of course, “Candy Land.”
The ‘You Got Game’ event, according to Long, had been ideal for teens, pre-teens and their families. The turnout was strong for the recent one – the third installment in the past few months – especially with this being held on the last day of the spring break vacation.
In the first 15 minutes, she counted at least 30 people playing the various games situated inside the McFall Room.
Long is planning another ‘You Got Game’ function on May 14.
Hernandez, in fact, stumbled upon the event while taking his daughter to the library. “She wanted to come here and read books (when we heard the announcement on the intercom),” he said.
Maricela Villagomez was urged by her children, Jessica and Alejandro Carrasco, to come out to ‘You Got Game.’ One of the youngsters kept a flyer advertising the event folded up and tucked away in a front pant pocket.
Events such as this one continues to showcase the Manteca Branch Library as being place that features more than just books.
