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Burritt on the

Mountain Museum Program

10:30am

Story Time with Molly &

Patterson 10:30am

Kids & Kin Story Time

10:30am Story Time 10:30am

Florence Indian Mound

Museum Program 10:30am

Story Time 2pm

Story Time 10:30am

Famous Alabamians Book Club

4pm *Community Room*

Kids & Kin Story Time

10:30am 10:30am

Famous Alabamians Book Club

4pm *Community Room*

11am *Community Room*

5:30pm Main Area

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STORYWALK® KICK-OFF @ Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

12:00pm Mama Built a Little Nest

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Milo’s Pie Party

3pm *Community Room*

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Tickets available today for

6/26 Milo’s Event

Everyone is invited to enjoy a family-friendly movie (title available on our website), free popcorn and snacks, activities and more!

All day - Kids ages 0 - 18 can register for summer reading, make crafts and enjoy activities

10:30am - Milo’s Hamburgers Story Time 12:00pm - Milo’s Hamburgers Story Time 12:45pm - Lawrence County Story Time 1:30pm - Morgan County Story Time

Learn all about local wildlife with Ranger Daphne Moland from the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Kids can also make a snake craft!

Burritt on the Mountain Museum Program

Tasks took longer in the 1800s than they do today. Join Alice Kirsch from Burritt on the Mountain

Museum for this hands-on look at history. Kids will learn about churning butter and how wool gets from

a sheep to a shawl.

Story Time with Molly & Patterson

Enjoy a Story Time with Molly Felder and her service dog, Patterson, as they share the story of Henry the Boy.

Henry uses forearm crutches decorated with animal stickers. This heartwarming

story is for kids of all ages.

Florence Indian Mound Museum Museum Curator Brian Murphy will

present this program about North Alabama Native Americans.

Kids & Kin Story Time Presented by Tammie Hill from the Family

Guidance Center of Alabama. Kids & Kin is a program for anyone caring for the children of

others, but this Story Time will feature fun and resources for all families and everyone is welcome.

Story Time Merida will read a Brave story, as well

as The Wonky Donkey. We’ll also have a craft and coloring sheet.

(Merida appears courtesy of Magical Memories AL.)

Story Time Presented by Master Storyteller

Josie S. Bailey, this interactive story time will take participants on an imaginative trip into outer space to search out alien life-forms while

learning about other planets and galaxies.

Presented by Randall Blackwood, Park Naturalist at Cathedral

Caverns State Park, participants will learn all about rocks, fossils & gems!

We’ll even dig in a sand pit for gems and colorful stones that kids can keep!

All Summer Reading Programs are FREE and everyone is welcome.

You do not have to have a library card to attend any event, though two

events require tickets and are marked.

STORYWALK®: Mama Built a Little

Nest by Jennifer Ward & Steve Jenkins will kick-off at 12:00pm at the Atkeson Cypress Trail at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. The StoryWalk® will remain up through June 30th.

Milo’s Pie Party *Tickets required for this event*

Tickets will be given to the first 150 kids who:

1. Turn in at least 2 weekly reading logs (from different weeks)

AND 2. Pick up a ticket at the Youth Services Desk

Tickets are available from June 24th - 25th. Ticket holders will be able to participate in this event presented by Morgan Gray from Milo’s

Hamburgers. We’ll have pie and lemonade provided by Milo’s while we do an Eric Carle-

inspired craft in honor of his birthday on June 25th.

Famous Alabamians Book Club School-aged kids will meet in the Community Room to discuss books about famous Alabamians. Read

any book about the featured person and be ready to discuss them.

June 4th: George Washington Carver June 18th: Mae Jemison

Join Suzanne Uptain and Big Z (the chicken!) from Zaxby’s for a chicken-themed story

time and craft.

For questions about programs or events, call 256-353-2993 ext. 122

To bring more than ten (10) kids to a program,

please call ahead to 256-353-2993 ext. 106.

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celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday! Kids will also be able to pick

out their summer reading prize at this event.

ALL READING LOGS & BOOK REVIEWS MUST BE TURNED

IN BY JULY 27TH

5:30pm Main Area

Kids & Kin Story Time

10:30am

Vegetable Soup

Story Time 10:30am

*AT THE FARMERS MARKET!*

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary

Celebration

7pm *Main Area*

10:30am

Tickets available today for

7/17 Milo’s Event

10:30am

Farming Story Time

10:30am

Creatures of the

Galaxy 10:30am

2pm

1000 Books Before Kindergarten GRADUATION

4pm

1 Alabama State

Symbol Craft Day

All Day

Milo’s Milk Shake

Celebration 3pm

Community Room

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Famous Alabamians Book Club

4pm *Community Room*

16 Kids & Kin Story Time

10:30am

Story Time 10:30am

Famous Alabamians Book Club

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Birthday Party & Summer

Reading FINALE

2:00pm

1000 Books Before Kindergarten GRADUATION Dr. Jameha Gardner - Associate Professor at Athens State University - will

speak briefly about the importance of early literacy. Children who have completed the program will receive a certificate. Refreshments and graduation crafts will be available for all who attend. If you don’t know about 1KBB4K, you can learn about

the program and how to participate with your pre-Kindergartener at this event!

50th

Anniversary Celebration of Apollo 11 *All-ages program; takes place in the main area at DPL*

Kevin Alspaugh, from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, will present this program about the Apollo 11 lunar landing. Weather permitting, he will take

participants outside after the presentation and show the actual landing site on the moon using his telescope. We will also have moon crafts for kids.

Story Time

R. K. Lustig - local author of Silas and the Moon Dogs - will start off this Story Time featuring her book. Then Rosie the Robot (courtesy of

Magical Memories AL) will share another story. We’ll also have a space-themed craft!

This program will have story time, crafts, and even some science experiments…all with a focus on Alabama! Presented by Sara Kunau from the Alabama Department

of Archives and History.

Milo’s Milk Shake Celebration *Tickets required for this event*

Tickets will be given to the first 50 kids who: 1. Turn in at least 5 weekly reading logs by July 16

th AND

2. Pick up a ticket at the Youth Services Desk on July 15th

or 16th

Ticket holders will be able to participate in this event presented by Morgan Gray from Milo’s Hamburgers. We’ll have frozen, unblended milk shakes on hand and kids can add their choice of flavors.

Presented by Barry McNealy, from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute This interactive program will introduce and explore the lessons of the civil rights

movement in a way that kids can understand.

Vegetable Soup Story Time *Takes place at the Morgan County/Decatur Farmers Market*

Mrs. Mary will host a story time at the Farmer’s Market to teach kids about growing vegetables - starting with the necessary tools to garden and taking

them through the process of growing!

Farming Story Time Elizabeth Thompson, Manager of Morgan County/Decatur Farmers Market,

will present this story time teaching kids all about farming!

Creatures of the Galaxy Presented by Animal Tales This exciting program features a variety of exotic animals from all around the world that can be found throughout the cosmos in Constellations. This

will be an interactive learning experience! Kids can see a Martial Arts demonstration,

presented by Webster’s Martial Arts Academy.

Famous Alabamians Book Club School-aged kids will meet in the Community Room to discuss books about

famous Alabamians. Read any book about the featured person and be ready to discuss them.

July 2nd: Helen Keller July 16th: Sequoyah/The Cherokee

Everyone is invited to enjoy a family-friendly movie (title available on our website), free popcorn and snacks, activities and more!

Alabama State Symbol Craft Day Kids of all ages can come to DPL all day and complete crafts based on Alabama State symbols (the state flag, state bird, state mammal & state insect), as well as participate in a Scavenger Hunt, all at their own pace!

Kids & Kin Story Time Presented by Tammie Hill from the Family

Guidance Center of Alabama. Kids & Kin is a program for anyone caring for the children of others, but this Story Time will feature fun and

resources for all families and everyone is welcome.

FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY WEEK *July 22-27*

Turn in your completed reading log during Free Book Giveaway Week (Monday, July 22

nd through Saturday, July 27

th) and get a free book!

Presented by Pam Ruggles from Pond Spring, the historic home of General Joe Wheeler.

Questions about programs or events?

Call 256-353-2993 ext. 122