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Children Services

🌞 Summer Break 2025 🌞

STEMtastic Thursday, Homeschool Hour, Book & Cook, and Pokémon Club
will be on break June – August. See you in September!

2025 Summer Reading Program

June 2 – August 30
For every 15 minutes you read, color in a game space. One log is one Book Buck.
Book Bucks can be used at our prize store where you can “buy” things like books,
stickers, Squishmallows, Pokémon cards, and more. The more Book Bucks you
have, the bigger the prize you can buy, and the more entries to win a Switch Lite!
The grand prize drawing will take place at the end of summer.

Book Bucks Summer Reading Log

Rubber Ducky Club

June 2 – August 30
Rubber Ducky Club: Babies and toddlers can earn prizes this summer
doing early literacy activities with their grownups!

Rubber Ducky Club Log

Little People Storytime

Wednesdays at 10 am
This program has stories, songs, and playtime for littles!
Best for kids 0-3.
Please note these schedule changes:
The June 25th storytime will be the Fairy Tale Storytime at Bethesda
There will no storytime July 2nd

Barbie Bingo

Tuesday, July 22 at 4 pm
Hi Barbies! (and Kens!) Join us for an hour-long bingo session featuring
all things pretty and pink.

Prepare With Pedro:
Hand Washing

Wednesday, July 23 at 2 pm

Join Kandiyohi County Public Health and the American Red Cross at the Willmar Library
to meet Pedro, the adorable penguin, who makes preparing for an emergency fun and
kid-friendly. With Pedro, kids will explore different preparedness topics.
This session: Hand washing.
Each child will leave with a Prepare with Pedro storybook after each class.
Empowering children to be prepared in different scenarios can make an emergent
situation seem less scary and spark important conversations with their caregivers
about preparedness. Let’s get prepared together!

Life Sized Candy Land

Available hours:
Friday, July 25: 10 am-1 pm & 2 -5 pm
Saturday, July 26: 10 am-1 pm & 2-4 pm
Wander through a life sized version of this sweet and colorful board game,
earning treats along the way! No registration required; stop by at your leisure.

Tween Craft:
Melted Crayon Art Jewelry

Thursday, July 31 at 5:30 am
Shave, melt, and swirl crayons to create your own piece of jewelry.
Best for ages 8-14. Registration required. Sign up here.

Children’s Matinee:
Mufasa: The Lion King

Friday, August 1 at 4 pm
Pop in on the first Friday of the month to watch a kids’ movie matinee!
Popcorn included.

LEGO Club

Wednesday, August 6 at 4 pm
Test your creativity and skills every first Wednesday of the month.

Dragon Training Academy Show

Friday, August 8 at 10:00 am
Watch as inventor & time traveler Brock Barnabas visits the present time to recruit some
adventurous kids to travel back to the Medieval times. They train to help deal with an overpopulation
of dragons! Kids are trained to both defend against and tame down dragons using Brock’s amazing
science-based inventions and techniques.

Upon completion of the audience’s training, Brock Barnabas prepares to transport the kids to the
past – but inadvertently draws a dragon right to your event! Kids get to use their newly learned skills
to deal with the dragon in the room!

This project is funded in part or in whole with money from
Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.