For many years, the library has entered a float in the Jemez Springs Fourth of July parade. Children in the Summer Reading Programs helped create the float and road on the float in the parades.

In 2014, the Library created a float that used the Famous Jemez Duck Race as a theme with a large rubber ducky reading atop a yellow duck truck, with Library Director Carol Meine driving.

 

 

The library float in the Fourth of July parade in 2005 was a bookworm.
The library float in the Fourth of July parade in 2005 was a bookworm.

 

In 2001, Judith Isaacs, Library Director, and Mary Grace, parent , were the adults in this patriotic-themed float.

 

In 2000, the library chose “Where the Wild Things Are” for the theme of their float in the Fourth of July Parade. Richard Wasileski created a jungle and some monsters similar to those in the popular children’s book by Maurice Sendak of that title. Driver is Richard Barton.

 

Judith Isaacs, Library Director, waves from the Library float in the 1998 Fourth of July parade.
Judith Isaacs, Library Director, waves from the Library float in the 1998 Fourth of July parade.

Library floats always included children from the Summer Reading Program.