Print and color in one of these cool fantasy-inspired coloring pages and share with us to get 100 points towards your Summer Reading goal!

Make your own adventures by checking things off your bucket list! Does your bucket list include visiting a museum, restaurant, or park? Or maybe visiting someplace new? Share the top five things on your bucket list that you hope to accomplish this summer below. Go forward and adventure!

Program Date: Wednesday, June 13 at 7:00 PM

Learn to draw with Night and Day Anime Studio's Kelly Gordon in this new online series of classes! This willm be a detailed, but quick and easy step by step drawing art class with tips and tool teens will need to improve their artistic skills! This program will feature live Q&A interactions, webcam and audio.

This class will focus on: Anime!

When registering and participating in this class, you will receive 50 points towards your Summer Reading Program!

Register here: http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/I/ISLANDTR/ekp.cfm?curOrg=ISLANDTR

Program Date: Wednesday, July 6 at 7:00 PM

Learn to draw with Night and Day Anime Studio's Kelly Gordon in this new online series of classes! This willm be a detailed, but quick and easy step by step drawing art class with tips and tool teens will need to improve their artistic skills! This program will feature live Q&A interactions, webcam and audio.

This class will focus on: Mythical Creatures!

When registering and participating in this class, you will receive 50 points towards your Summer Reading Program!

Register here: http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/I/ISLANDTR/ekp.cfm?curOrg=ISLANDTR

Program Date: Wednesday, July 27 at 7:00 PM

Learn to draw with Night and Day Anime Studio's Kelly Gordon in this new online series of classes! This will be a detailed, but quick and easy step by step drawing art class with tips and tool teens will need to improve their artistic skills! This program will feature live Q&A interactions, webcam and audio.

This class will focus on: Pokemon!

When registering and participating in this class, you will receive 50 points towards your Summer Reading Program!

Program Date: Wednesday, July 10 at 7:00 PM

Join local DM Frank as we play a 1-shot session of Dungeons & Dragons online through Roll20! (You must create a free Roll20 account prior to the session)

Spend the night on a one-shot quest, dank crypts filled with skeletons, slog through dangerous marshes of lizardmen, brawl your way through the streets against a pack of thugs, delve deep underground into the drow inhabited underdark , wage war against savage orc tribes, destroy evil necromancers, cast back powerful wizards and much more!

Dungeons and Dragons is a roleplaying game where each player is able to take on the role of a hero. You can be anything from a valiant fighter to a spell slinging wizard and everything in between! Players get to set out on adventures, defeat vicious monsters, and earn glory. D&D helps to improve problem solving skills, explore one's imagination, and learn the value of teamwork all while having a ton of fun! You can play in the comfort of your own home!

Register here: http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/I/ISLANDTR/ekp.cfm?curOrg=ISLANDTR

Those who register and attend will receive 50 points towards their Summer Reading program!

(Teens ages 12+)

Program Date: Wednesday, July 24 at 7:00 PM

Join local DM Frank as we play a 1-shot session of Dungeons & Dragons online through Roll20! (You must create a free Roll20 account prior to the session)

Spend the night on a one-shot quest, dank crypts filled with skeletons, slog through dangerous marshes of lizardmen, brawl your way through the streets against a pack of thugs, delve deep underground into the drow inhabited underdark , wage war against savage orc tribes, destroy evil necromancers, cast back powerful wizards and much more!

Dungeons and Dragons is a roleplaying game where each player is able to take on the role of a hero. You can be anything from a valiant fighter to a spell slinging wizard and everything in between! Players get to set out on adventures, defeat vicious monsters, and earn glory. D&D helps to improve problem solving skills, explore one's imagination, and learn the value of teamwork all while having a ton of fun! You can play in the comfort of your own home!

Register here: http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/I/ISLANDTR/ekp.cfm?curOrg=ISLANDTR

Those who register and attend will receive 50 points towards their Summer Reading program!

(Teens ages 12+)

Program Date: June 25

Learn to make Magic (Pysanky) Eggs!

Don't forget to take a picture of your work, and upload it to the Missions section of your ReadSquared account to get 50 points AND a badge!

Check it out Thursday, June 25 on our website: https://www.islandtreespubliclibrary.org/departments/childrens-room/ 

OR join our Closed Facebook Group to get every new event in your Newsfeed: https://www.facebook.com/groups/877277582777915/

AVAILABLE FOR 24 HOURS ONLY

Here's what you'll need:

Magic (Pysanky) Eggs Materials: Raw Eggs (Hardboiled Can Also Be Used), Markers, Paint, White Glue, Water, Paint Brushes, Safety Pin, Bowl, Empty Egg Carton, Wall Spackle (optional)

We would like to hear about your experience with quarantine, social distancing, home schooling and however it affected you, good or bad. We will share some of these stories on Facebook (posting with first names only) and all will be printed and kept on file at the library as a living history of this time in our community.

You'll receive 100 points and a special

*Need a hint? Try one of these! Alligator, beaver, chameleon, elephant, giraffe, lemur, pig, tiger, whale, zebra.

Program Date: Wednesday, July 23 at 4:00 PM

On Zoom, patrons will take part in 2 fun and exciting food challenges in their own kitchen. They will have to use specific items and see if they Nail It! Or Fail it! Points will be awarded in each round

Gift cards will be awarded to the winners!

Those who are registered will get a code to receive 50 points!

Register here

This week we’ll meet creatures from fantasy and science fiction, including mermaids, aliens, and unicorns, plus dinos from the distant past. It’s a week of fantastic beasts! This is where you find them. 

Program Date: Wednesday, June 24 at 7:00 PM

Answer questions about apps, Disney, cartoons, movies, school subjects and more online through Zoom. Everyone who plays will be entered into the running to win a $25 gift card!  This program will mark the "kick-off" for our YA Summer Reading Program: Imagine Your Story! Register on our website.

Register here: http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/I/ISLANDTR/ekp.cfm?curOrg=ISLANDTR

If you are registered, you will receive 50 points!

Program Date: Wednesday, July 17 at 4:00 PM

Prior to the program, patrons will receive a list of items that they can find outside or in their own homes. We will then meet up on Zoom and each participant will get to show the items they found. Points will be awarded for each item. PLUS Bonus points will be added for anyone that wants to share a story about what they found!

If you are registered and attend, you will receive a code to get 50 points!

Register here

Program Date: July 3 at 2 PM

Learn how to make this creepy origami eye out of paper and paint or colored pencils on our YouTube Channel!

This is NOT a live program, the video will be prerecorded. We look forwarding to seeing your creations on social media, don't forget to tag us!

Upload a photo of your creation and get 50 points towards your Summer Reading score on ReadSquared!

Program Date: June 26 at 2 PM

Check out our YouTube Channel and watch a tutorial on how to make an Element Jar using the following household items:

• Mason Jar (or any other glass or plastic jar)
• Paint
• Cotton Balls
• Glitter

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdlqyXN3rumKzdOA190HdGA

This is NOT a live program, the video will be prerecorded. We look forwarding to seeing your creations on social media, don't forget to tag us!

Upload a photo of your creation and get 50 points towards your Summer Reading score on ReadSquared!

Program Date: July 24 at 2 PM

YA librarian Amanda is going to show you how to make a paper tube castle out of toilet & paper towel tubes on our YouTube Channel!

Supplies you will need:

• Toilet/Paper Towel Tubes
• Sissors
• Paint
• Markers
• Hot Glue (reccomended)

This is NOT a live program, the video will be prerecorded. We look forwarding to seeing your creations on social media, don't forget to tag us!

Learn how to make a Unicorn Tube on our YouTube Channel. You'll need the following supplies:

• Toliet Paper Tube
• Colored Paper
• Markers
• Colored Yarn

Make sure to share your creations with us on our social media pages!

This is NOT a live video, it is prerecorded and will be available anytime after 2 PM.

Upload a photo of your craft here and get 50 points!

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdlqyXN3rumKzdOA190HdGA

Program Date: July 31 at 2 PM

YA librarian Amanda is going to show you how to make a wizards wand on our YouTube Channel!

Supplies you will need:

• Sticks
  
• Hot Glue
• String
• Paint
  

This is NOT a live program, the video will be prerecorded. We look forwarding to seeing your creations on social media, don't forget to tag us!

Upload a photo of your creation with Amanda and get 50 points!