What's new in June?

Have you signed up for our Summer Reading Program? For more information and to sign up online, click here. Every kid who signs up gets a free book!

Here are the SRP Events for the Month of June:

June 18th, 10:30am-11:30am, Holt Park (bring a blanket)- Oregon Reptile Views with Jordan

Meet live reptiles up close and learn about their habitats, behaviors, and unique adaptations!

June 25th, 10:30am-11:30am, Holt Park (bring something to tie-dye)- Terrific Tie-Dye

Bring your own shirts, socks, and other cotton articles and make them super groovy.

Storytime Update

Starting on June 19th, Prek Storytime will start at 11am and be at Holt Park. Make sure to bring a blanket! We will move Storytime inside if the AQI is 150 or higher or if the weather seems dissagreable. I will make sure to send out an update via email.

Schedule Change

Board Game Adventures is moving to the Third Tuesday of the month and will start at 4pm. 

Thursdays for Kids

We have three events this month for kids!

6/12 at 3:30pm - 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.

6/19 at 3:30pm – Full STEAM Ahead! - Pokémon Terrariums

STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math!  This month, we are making Pokémon Terrariums! We'll have everything you need to create your own Pokémon habitat, but you are welcome to bring stuff from home too! Choose your critter, imagine its ideal environment, and take home a one-of-a-kind terrarium masterpiece.

6/26 at 3:30pm – Melty Beads

You have requested more melty beads, and we are delivering! Kids (and their grown-ups, of course) can copy some suggestions or make their own. 

PreK Storytime - Thursdays at 10:00am in the Creswell Library 

Starting June 19th, storytime will start at 11am and be at Holt Park - bring a blanket!

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. 

Babytime  – Tuesdays at 10:00am in the Creswell Library 

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 littlest get too squirmy.

Tween Programs

4/17 at 4:00pm - Board Game Adventures

Each month, come play cooperative and competitive board games! This is the perfect time to bring some friends and make new ones. There will be plenty of new games to choose from, but you can always bring your favorites from home. Plus, we will have a D&D table (ages 8 and up). There is a limit to the number of kids who can do D&D, so kids who have signed up beforehand and are consistent will be reserved a spot. 

Middle-Grade Book Club

Middle Grade Book Club (ages 10-13) meets 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 6/3 at 4pm to chat about "Dealing with Dragons".

Our next book is the riveting OBOB book "Hatchel" by Gary Paulsen. We will talk about this classic survival story on 7/1 at 4:00pm. Here is a quick blurb about this book from the publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.

At first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skills—how to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fire—and even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When Brian is finally rescued after fifty-four days in the wild, he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity, and a greater understanding of himself and his parents.

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