Join The Summer Reading Club

Children aged preschool to grade six can register for a variety of programs.

• Register online or in person by July 17th.
• Pick up a reading log to record the titles of books you read
• Participate in a variety of free programs, give-aways and contests all summer
• Complete all the requirements and enter to win an Apple iPod!

For more information, talk to the librarian in the Youth Area, or call the library at 586-445-5407. If your school acknowledges students who participate in Summer Reading Programs, please keep your log and/or certificate of completion and turn it in after the first day of school.

T-Shirt Design Contest

Embellish, deconstruct, reconstruct -- TRANSFORM your T-shirt into something special and enter our contest! Prizes will be given in the "Listener", "Reader", and the "Teen & Adult" categories.

Twinkie Creations!

Kids, ages 3½ and up, are invited to explore the wonders of the Twinkie! Using the humble Twinkie we will create a new dish to feed your parents or enjoy yourself!

Registration is required.

Children's Craft - Paper Bag Puppets

Kids, ages 3½ and up, are invited to join us as we decorate paper bags and create our very own puppet.

Registration is required.

Family Movie

Inkheart with Brendan Fraser

The power to bring characters from books to life cost Mo his wife. His quest to return his wife to the real-world and the villains back to the pages of a book takes he and his daughter on a remarkable journey.

Colorful Aquarium

Kids -- create a beautiful aquarium of colorful fish. Registration is required.

BE C-READ-ATIVE!

What if you were paid $10 Million Dollars and all you had to do was paint a picture? But Pate' Brushe', the artiste has spent all his time playing Guitar Hero and he needs his friends to help him find his creativity!

No registration required.

The Library has some furry friends who would like to see the world!  Take one of our teddies on vacation this summer with you and your family.  Take pictures of your teddy as you travel.  Send postcards from your teddy back to the Library.  This program will run from Memorial Day until Labor Day.  Come to the Youth Information Desk to sign out one of our traveling teddies and it’s colorful backpack.  All photographs, postcards and other travel memorabilia is saved for a scrapbook that will be on display the following season.

JACK is ready, wiling and able for any adventure you will encounter. He loves reading about other bears! If you cannot read, make up a story as he cannot read either!
ROSE  is ready to be your BFF! Anything you do together will be more fun! Tell her about your favorite book.
SAM is a fanatical sports fan, especially baseball. His favorite snack is goldfish crackers. Sam loves a good bedtime story. If you cannot read, make up a story as he cannot read either!
SHAMUS loves the great outdoors. Give him fresh air, exercise and sunshine and he couldn't be happier. His favorite activity is hiking to the library!
SUNNY like her name, is always in a great mood! She will raise your spirits, too. She never wakes up cranky as long as she has been read to before she falls asleep.

The teddies have been a lot of fun places, click here to see some of their adventures.

Sunny Bear recently returned from a trip to Northern Michigan. If you would like to read her vacation journal and see beautiful pictures of Sunny, click here.

Pre-school Storytime is offered free for children who are independent listeners, 3 ½  to 5 years old. Children enjoy rhymes, fingerplays, songs, puppets, crafts and of course, STORIES!

Toddler Lapsit is offered free for children who are 2 years old to 3 ½ years old, accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Toddler Lapsit is intended to provide an introduction to the Library through nursery rhymes, fingerplays, songs, puppets and picture books.

Registration is required. You may register online, in person or by calling the library. Please watch for new dates when we begin our fall sessions.