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Children's Programs and Events, Main - Boise Public Library
Children's Programs and Events - Main Library

Be sure and get those Summer Reading entries in before July 31

Summer Reading

June 1 through
July 31
   

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 School -age Kids Preschool-Age Kids Puppet Shows Read to a Therapy Dog Saturday Specials Summer Reading

All programs are approximately 30 minutes in length unless otherwise noted. 
Call 384-4200 for more information on any of these events.

Special Summer Events


Tuesday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Hayes Auditorium, Main Library

Charlie Williams, the Noiseguy, is visiting the Main Library for a shower of splashy stories and slobbery sounds. This is a free program for families.

 


Wednesday, August 4th at 7:00 p.m.
Hayes Auditorium, Main Library

Dive like an osprey!  Skate like a water strider!  Jump like a salmon!  Joy Steiner tells original stories about the animals who live near our streams and rivers.  These family stories and songs are especially fun for preschool and elementary aged children. 

 

School-Age Kids

Thursdays 2-3 p.m. in the Hayes Auditorium
  • July 1st - Game Show Extravaganza*
  • July 8th - Mad Scientists*
  • July 15th - Wild About Animals - Zoo Boise at the Library*
  • July 22nd - Book Discussion (title as yet to be decided)*
  • July 29th - Summer Reading Cool Down - Ice-World @ the Library

*This program requires registration. Please register one week before program date in person or call 384-4200.

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 Preschool-Age Kids                   

June & July

Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. - Storywell
    
                                                                    

Junio y julio
    
June & July 
Los Lunes a las 10:30 de la mañana en el Hayes Auditorium
     (Mondays at 10:30 a.m. in the Auditorium.)

June & July 
Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.- Storywell
 

June & July 
Tuesdays at 11:15 a.m.-Hayes Auditorium                   

                                                                              

 

June & July
Fridays at 10:30 a.m. - Hayes Auditorium

June & July
Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. - Hayes Auditorium
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Puppet Shows

Generally held the 1st consecutive Friday & Saturday each month at the Main Library in the Hayes Auditorium. 

Happy Birthday!
July  9;     10:30 a.m.  

July 10;     2:00 p.m.

Down By The Bay
August 6;   10:30 a.m.
August 7;     2:00 p.m.

 

 
 

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Read to a Therapy Dog!               

Each month the dogs come to meet children and encourage them to read aloud. School age children and other dog people are welcome.
Sessions rotate between Toby (the Border Collie), Molly (the Basset Hound), Rocky (Golden Retriever), and Lucky (Portuguese Water Dog).

Held in the Hayes Auditorium on the following Saturdays from 2-3 p.m.

Saturday, June 19
Saturday, June 26
Saturday, July 17
Saturday, July 24

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Saturday Specials for Families

A variety of activities for the whole family.
2-3 p.m. in the Hayes Auditorium

Every Saturday in June and July

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Last Updated: 07/12/2010-tg

 
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