Area libraries booked with summer activities

Community Library Network facilities have free youth activities planned for this summer.

Registration dates vary throughout the district, but the Post Falls and Hayden libraries have special registration activities.

Post Falls registration is Thursday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3-7 p.m.

Hayden's event is Friday, June 11, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

While all libraries in the network will host programs, some events will be held at more than one location.

Cecil the Magician will appear in Pinehurst, Athol and Hayden. The Youth Marimba Band will perform in Hayden, Spirit Lake and at the Post Falls Library's Q'emlin Park Picnic.

Kelly Milner Halls, an author who gets paid for being weird, will present in Athol, Hayden and Spirit Lake. Milner, a children's non-fiction writer, will bring along mysterious artifacts for kids to touch. In keeping with the summer reading theme, Radical Rick will entertain audiences with his high energy, interactive science demonstrations at Spirit Lake, Athol, Rathdrum and Post Falls libraries.

Little kids will be able to enjoy science-based activities, too.

Hayden Library offers Investigation Station Story Lab beginning Monday, June 16, for ages 4-8. Kids will be able to explore science with a story and hands-on activities, while "Zap! Boom! Book Babies" and "Fizz! Boom! Family Story Time" begins Tuesday, June 17.

On Mondays, June 16, 23, and 30, Spirit Lake Library's "Fizz, Boom! STEM Storytime" will give kids ages 2-6 the chance to learn science, technology, engineering, and math concepts through fun stories, science experiments, and construction adventures.

Post Falls Library will also have STEM Storytime for ages 2-6 at White Pine Park on Wednesdays, June 18 through July 9.

For ages 3-10, the Athol Library will offer Science Stealth Programs on Thursdays beginning June 19.

Pinehurst Library will feature Ka-Boom: Messy Experiments with Mr. Nick, June 11, 18, and 25 for kids in grades K-5.

Parents are invited to participate in a survey to gauge the value of participating in summer reading.

To take the survey and to get more information on summer reading events, visit CommunityLibrary.Net/Summer.