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This event is in the "Atwater Memorial Library" group.

Summer Reading Kick-Off

12:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Atwater Memorial Library
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Early Literacy, Games & Activities, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us at the Atwater Library for our Summer Reading Kick-Off! We will have music, games, crafts, and summer reading sign-ups.

 

Family Event!

No Registration Needed!

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Only available at Atwater Library

This event is in the "Off Site" group.

Summer StoryWalk Meet Up

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Elementary
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Nature, Storytime, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us at North Farms Park to kick-off the start of our Summer StoryWalk! We will walk the trail and read Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall together. 

 

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Parents Required

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Choose Your Own Adventure Book Club

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

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Only available at Smith Library

This event is in the "Atwater Memorial Library" group.

Owl Pellet Forensics

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Atwater Memorial Library
Room: Atwater Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Animals, Educational, Nature, Science/STEAM, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Every pellet tells a story! Become a detective and forensic examiner as you dissect and explore an owl pellet.

Registration required. Recommended for ages 6-12.

Presented by Meigs Point Nature Center.

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Atwater Library

Parents Required

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Choose Your Own Adventure Book Club

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Tots and Tunes

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Birth to PreK
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Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Program Type: Early Literacy, Music, Storytime, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy 30-minutes of songs, stories, and movement. This program is recommended for ages 18-months and up with a parent or care-giver.

Siblings are welcome!

This is a drop in program, registration is not required.

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

Parents Required

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Book Reading and Signing: "Joan Joyce: The Wonder Girl"

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Elementary
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Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Book Discussion, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Tony Renzoni, Keely Basiden Knudsen, and Lauren Salatto-Rosenay for a special reading and signing of their book about the legendary softball coach, Joan Joyce: The Wonder Girl. 

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Only available at Smith Library

Parents Required

This event is in the "Off Site" group.

Bubbleology

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Science & Technology, Science/STEAM, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn how to make your own bubble solution and wands. We'll watch bubbles of all sizes float and dazzle us with their rainbow colors!

Registration is not required. Recommended for children of all ages.

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Required

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Choose Your Own Adventure Book Club

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Tots and Tunes

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Birth to PreK
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Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Program Type: Early Literacy, Music, Storytime, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy 30-minutes of songs, stories, and movement. This program is recommended for ages 18-months and up with a parent or care-giver.

Siblings are welcome!

This is a drop in program, registration is not required.

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

Parents Required

This event is in the "Off Site" group.

Furry Friends

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Elementary
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Animals, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Meet and learn about furry friends such as ferrets, guinea pigs, sugar gliders, rabbits, hedgehogs, and more!

This program contains live animals.

No registration required!

 

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Parents Required

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Author Talk with Kate DiCamillo

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Children, Elementary
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Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in-person at the Smith Library to make a craft inspired by Mercy Watson and to listen to a talk with Kate DiCamillo. Can't come in person?

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

Parents Required

This event is in the "Virtual" group.

Author Talk with Kate DiCamillo

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children, Elementary
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Educational, Speakers, Summer Reading Program
Event Details:

To join us online click the "register here" button. To join us in person click here to register.

This event is in the "Atwater Memorial Library" group.

Coding and Robotics Lab with Cool-ology

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Atwater Memorial Library
Room: Atwater Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Games & Activities, Science/STEAM, STEM, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Participants will explore the fundamentals of unplugged coding concepts and robotics. We’ll investigate algorithms, ASCII binary code, and looping. Children will code mini robots including Dash, Sphero, and Bee Bots!

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Atwater Library

This event is in the "Atwater Memorial Library" group.

Spider Food Web

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Atwater Memorial Library
Room: Atwater Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Animals, Educational, Nature, Science/STEAM, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

What are food webs and why are they so important? Build a spider web to learn what animals eat and who eats them!

Registration required. Recommended for children ages 5-11.

Presented by Meigs Point Nature Center.

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Atwater Library

Parents Required

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Choose Your Own Adventure Book Club

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Tots and Tunes

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Birth to PreK
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Program Type: Early Literacy, Music, Storytime, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy 30-minutes of songs, stories, and movement. This program is recommended for ages 18-months and up with a parent or care-giver.

Siblings are welcome!

This is a drop in program, registration is not required.

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

Parents Required

This event is in the "Off Site" group.

Scaly Friends

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Elementary
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Animals, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Meet and learn about scaly friends such as tortoises, hermit crabs, spiders, geckos, snakes, and more!

 

This program contains live animals.

No registration required!

 

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Required

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Author Talk with Max Brallier

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Children, Elementary, Middle School
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Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary, Middle School
Program Type: Book Discussion, Educational, Speakers, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in-person at the Smith Library to do an activity and to listen to a talk with Max Brallier.

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

Parents Required

This event is in the "Virtual" group.

Author Talk with Max Brallier

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children, Elementary
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Book Discussion, Educational, Speakers, Summer Reading Program
Event Details:

To join us online click the "register here" button. To join us in person click here to register.

 

This event is in the "Atwater Memorial Library" group.

Earth and Space Lab with Cool-ology

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Atwater Memorial Library
Room: Atwater Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Games & Activities, Science/STEAM, STEM, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Participants learn about wonder of outer space in this fast-paced, educational program. Exciting activities from NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education are included!

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Atwater Library

This event is in the "Off Site" group.

Find Your Way

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Elementary
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Games & Activities, Nature, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

North? South? Enrich your outdoor adventures by learning to read a map and use a compass then test your new skills with some orienteering games.

Registration Required. Recommended for children ages 5-11.

Disclaimer(s)

Parents Required

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Choose Your Own Adventure Book Club

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Educational, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

This event is in the "Edward Smith Library" group.

Tots and Tunes

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Birth to PreK
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Edward Smith Library
Room: Smith Library Community Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Program Type: Early Literacy, Music, Storytime, Summer Reading Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy 30-minutes of songs, stories, and movement. This program is recommended for ages 18-months and up with a parent or care-giver.

Siblings are welcome!

This is a drop in program, registration is not required.

Disclaimer(s)

Only available at Smith Library

Parents Required