Summer Reading Boogie Woogie Kick-Off Concert 
featuring Eric Herman
Tuesday, June 4
10:30 & 11:30 am
Loucks Auditorium

Preschoolers are invited to gain entry to our Kick-off concert by signing up for Salem Public Library’s Summer Reading the morning of June 4th. Children and their grown-ups will be singing, moving, clapping and laughing with popular entertainer Eric Herman and his fun, bouncy tunes. This children’s concert brought to you through Ready to Read grant funds is guaranteed to make you smile!!! 

Doors open 15 minutes before each performance.  This event replaces the regular Tuesday morning storytime for that week.

Read to a Pet
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
2nd and last Saturday of the month
Children’s Room

This program offers children a relaxing, non-threatening way to improve their reading skills. Visiting dogs and cats have been trained and certified as therapy animals by Paws for Love and are mellow and friendly. This is a drop-in program, and sign-ups are not necessary.

Monthly Lego Party
Saturday, June 15,  2-3:30 pm
Children’s Activity Room

Kids and their grown-ups are invited on the third Saturday of every month for an hour of unstructured Lego play. The Legos are provided. Kids only need to bring their imaginations.  Lego building takes place from 2:00 to 3:00 pm followed by clean-up from 3:00 to 3:30 pm.  No registration is necessary.

Wednesday Summer Performances
Summer performers provide family entertainment each Wednesday
from June 19 to July 31.

All shows are in Loucks Auditorium.

Free tickets are available (at the Main Library front entrance or Youth Services Desk)
at 10 a.m. the day of the show.

Dragon Puppet Theater presents: “I Dig Dinosaurs”
Wednesday, June 26, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Loucks Auditorium
Shawnry Connery builds a time machine to travel back to see dinosaurs, but travels to the wrong times, accidentally taking other historical characters with him. Will they find the dinosaurs? Can they get home?