What's new in August? 

Summer Reading!

The last day of Summer Reading is August 31! You can still sign-up and backlog your reading. Go to https://www.creswell-library.org/summer-reading-program-2026-plant-a-seed-read to learn more, sign up, and find out about all our fantastic events this summer! Every four days you read, you get ONE library dollar!

Community Events!

While the Library is not putting on these events, we hope to see you at National Night Out, the Farm to Table Event, and Movies in the Park!

Thursdays for Kids

We have four events for kids this month!

8/6 at 3:30pm - Tote-tally Awesome Paint Party

Paint themed Summer Reading Totes (while supplies last)! We will have rocks and other fun things to paint too. 

8/13 at 3:30pm - Service Animal Storytime

Get ready to meet Maj and her amazing service dog, Perseophone! We'll hear a fun storytime about how a young puppy becomes a service dog, and discover the best ways to behave when you see a service animal in action. There will be time for Q+A and you will get the chance to see Persie do her commands. 

8/20 at 3:30 pm - LEGO Club

Join us for LEGO building awesomeness! Each child who completes a project will get to put it on display in the library until the next LEGO Club.

8/27 at 3:30 pm - Full Steam Ahead! - Paper Airplanes

How far will your paper airplane make it down the runway? Come to the library and try out your own designs!

PreK Storytime  – Thursdays at 11:00am at HOLT PARK

Join us for fun books, songs, and rhymes!! This storytime is intended for children in preschool, but all kids and their families are welcome to join. We shoot for about 30 minutes of fun, but sometimes we go a little long and sometimes just a tad short. Afterward, we will all do a fun craft. Starting on June 25th, Storytime will move to Holt Park and start at 11am. Make sure you bring a blanket to sit on!

Babytime  – Tuesdays at 10:00am 

Join us on Tuesdays for songs, fingerplays, lap bounces, scarves, egg shakers, stories, and bubbles! This storytime is 20 minutes long so we can wrap up before the littles get too squirmy.

Book Club

Middle School Book Club

Middle School Book Club (6th-8th Grade) meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 4pm and goes for about 45 minutes. It always includes a simple activity relating to the story. 

We will meet at the library on 8/4 to chat about "TIt's All or Nothing, Vale".

Our next book is A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conkline.  We will talk about this mystery on 9/1.

 Read more about this book here: 

Max wishes he could go back in time to before he was diagnosed with ADHD, before he grew to be the tallest kid in his class, and before he and his best friends went into the woods in the middle of the night. Max doesn’t remember what happened after he left his friends Will and Joey and the older kids who took them there. He’s not sure if he wants to remember. Knowing isn’t going to make Joey talk to him again, or bring Will out of his coma.
 
When the local authorities run out of leads, Max realizes that without his help, they may never know what really happened to Will. Charged by the idea that he may be the key to uncovering the truth, Max pairs up with classmate and aspiring journalist Sam to investigate what really happened that night. But not everyone in the community wants that night to be remembered.

 

 

If you are interested in joining a Book Club, please email lindsey@creswell-library.org.