The 17th Annual Touch-A-Truck program sponsored by the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library will be held on Saturday, October 7th from 10 a.m. to noon in the parking lot in front of the shopping area that includes Planet Fitness, 437 East Chestnut Street. Here families can get an up-close look at a host of working and recreational vehicles and indulge their fascination with “things that go.”
The vehicles featured in Touch-A-Truck Day will run the gamut from small to large including commercial and industrial equipment. They will be furnished by multiple sponsors including: Fort Riley, Junction City Police and Fire Departments, Geary County Rural Fire, Geary Grain, Adams Farms, Carlyon and Sons, and more. New this year will be the addition of at least one helicopter and a drone.
The vehicles featured in the exhibit along with many others are also the topics of a number of books shelved in the juvenile nonfiction collection in the Young People’s Section of the library. This includes titles on ambulances, police cars, big rigs, airplanes, helicopters, tow trucks, buses, muscle cars, and more. These titles are important to young readers who may not enjoy fiction but can still develop their love of reading through nonfiction titles about topics that match their interests.
For more information about the event or items in the collection, please contact Emily Burtis at 785-238-4311.