Summer Programs for Kids & Families
Here you’ll find our major events for Summer Reading 2024 for Kids & Families. In addition to the events below, we will continue to have out regularly scheduled Story Times at the Downtown, Peaks Island, and Riverton locations.
Upcoming Events:
Jul16
Summer Community Story Time with Mark from the Portland Fire Department10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Downtown Library Audience: Kids & Families Each week this summer, we welcome a different community member for our regular story time! Meet a firefighter, postal worker, doctor, kindergarten teacher, and many more special guests.
Jul17
Decorate and Stuff a Fish @ Peaks9:30am - 10:30am
Location: Peaks Island Branch Audience: Teens, Teen Events, Kids & Families There will be a variety of paper fish for you to decorate with crayons and markers. Stuff them with newspaper and you can attach string, take them home or hang them in the library during Summer Reading.
Jul17
Story Time for Babies Downtown10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Downtown Library Audience: Kids & Families, Kids Programs, Early Literacy Join us at the Downtown Library for our weekly Story Time for Babies! Every Wednesday at 10:30 AM we offer stories, rhymes, and songs for babies 0-24 months.
Jul17
Fish Prints @ Riverton1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Riverton Branch Audience: Kids & Families Gyotaku is a form of nature printing that can be traced back to the mid-1880s, when Japanese fishermen used it to keep record of their catches!
Jul17
Habitat Hunt2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Downtown Library Audience: Kids & Families New England’s forests and fields, woods, and waters, are all beautiful—but who lives there? During this program with The Center for Wildlife, we’ll explore the ecosystems of New England and meet some of the animals that make their homes here.
Jul18
Fairy Frolic @ Burbank10:30am - 11:30am
Location: Burbank Branch Audience: Kids & Families Join us in Burbank’s garden to create your own magical fairy bubble wand! We will also have supplies on hand to make our fairy friends their own tiny homes.
Jul19
Story Times for Children @ Peaks10:15am - 11:15am
Location: Peaks Island Branch Audience: Kids & Families We offer two story times designed for children from birth to age 5, from basic rhymes to movement and music. Join us and cultivate a love of reading in your child early on!
Jul20
Under the Tree Reading Club10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Riverton Branch Audience: Kids & Families Join other enthusiastic young readers from the neighborhood for a quiet reading club in the natural fort provided by Riverton’s magnificent Norway Spruce.
Jul22
Bouncing Babies Circle Time9:30am - 9:50am
Location: Riverton Branch Audience: Kids & Families Join us at the Riverton Branch for our weekly Bouncing Babies Circle Time! Every Monday at 9:30 we offer songs, rhymes, finger plays, and stories for babies 0-24 months and their caregivers.
Jul22
Family Story Time at Riverton10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Riverton Branch Audience: Kids & Families, Kids Programs Family Story Time at Riverton! Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for books, music, and movement on Mondays from 10:30–11am.
Jul23
Summer Community Story Time with City Councilor Kate Sykes10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Downtown Library Audience: Kids & Families Each week this summer, we welcome a different community member for our regular story time! Meet a firefighter, postal worker, doctor, kindergarten teacher, and many more special guests.
Jul24
Story Time for Babies Downtown10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Downtown Library Audience: Kids & Families, Kids Programs, Early Literacy Join us at the Downtown Library for our weekly Story Time for Babies! Every Wednesday at 10:30 AM we offer stories, rhymes, and songs for babies 0-24 months.
Jul26
Story Times for Children @ Peaks10:15am - 11:15am
Location: Peaks Island Branch Audience: Kids & Families We offer two story times designed for children from birth to age 5, from basic rhymes to movement and music. Join us and cultivate a love of reading in your child early on!
Jul29
Bouncing Babies Circle Time9:30am - 9:50am
Location: Riverton Branch Audience: Kids & Families Join us at the Riverton Branch for our weekly Bouncing Babies Circle Time! Every Monday at 9:30 we offer songs, rhymes, finger plays, and stories for babies 0-24 months and their caregivers.
Jul29
Family Story Time at Riverton10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Riverton Branch Audience: Kids & Families, Kids Programs Family Story Time at Riverton! Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for books, music, and movement on Mondays from 10:30–11am.
Jul30
Summer Community Story Time with Letter Carrier Eric10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Downtown Library Audience: Kids & Families Each week this summer, we welcome a different community member for our regular story time! Meet a firefighter, postal worker, doctor, kindergarten teacher, and many more special guests.
Jul31
Story Time for Babies Downtown10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Downtown Library Audience: Kids & Families, Kids Programs, Early Literacy Join us at the Downtown Library for our weekly Story Time for Babies! Every Wednesday at 10:30 AM we offer stories, rhymes, and songs for babies 0-24 months.
Jul31
Earth Suncatchers @ Riverton1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Riverton Branch Audience: Kids & Families Can we make sunlight even more beautiful than it already is? Join us for a very special afternoon as we do our very best!
Aug01
Loose Parts Play & Sun Prints @ Burbank10:30am - 11:30am
Location: Burbank Branch Audience: Kids & Families Loose Parts Play is open-ended and filled with endless possibilities! Join your library friends in our outdoor play space to see where your imagination takes you.
Aug02
Story Times for Children @ Peaks10:15am - 11:15am
Location: Peaks Island Branch Audience: Kids & Families We offer two story times designed for children from birth to age 5, from basic rhymes to movement and music. Join us and cultivate a love of reading in your child early on!