Juggling Jeff brings it all: Fun, talent and learn-about-anything by reading

 

[July 01, 2019] 

What can you say about the amazing Juggling Jeff? The Lincoln Public Library Summer Reading Program, “It’s Showtime at Your Library,” says “sign him up!”

“Jeff has been coming to our summer reading entertainment on Thursday mornings for several years, and we always try to get him back,” said Library Director Richard Sumrall.

Jeff Koziatek from St. Louis, aka Juggling Jeff, can do it all. He can juggle, is an engaging speaker, and spreads humor and energy wherever he goes. He is even a published author. “Learn Something New, Never Give Up” is his motto, and he spreads that word and the value of books and public libraries at every show he gives. “I learned how to juggle from a book that I checked out at my local public library,” he told his audience Thursday morning.

The excited young readers sitting on the floor at the Lincoln Public Library annex were doing their best to follow “crisscross applesauce” but sometimes it was just too much.

Jeff got a standing ovation even before his show was done. The adults sitting in the back were smiling and laughing just as much as their kids. His humor is infectious, his skills, as advertized, are amazing!

The Summer Reading Program entertainment at the Lincoln Public Library “It’s Showtime at Your Library” lasts for another three weeks.

Be sure to sign up with the Youth Services Department at the library. Summer and good books go together like a cold glass of lemonade and hot days.

[Curt Fox]