It's "Make A Splash" Carnival Time!  Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Library will host this annual family fun carnival on Tuesday August 3rd from 10:30-4:00pm.  This free event will once again feature an inflatable bouncer, crafts, games, stories, snacks and fun activites for the whole family. 

Mutiny on the Bouncer” – Pirate Ship Bouncer from 10:30-4:00

Cheryl Parker will assist the kids in making “Fish Wind-Socks” from 10:30-11:30

Decorate a Sun Visor from 10:30-2:30

Decorate “Teddy Bear Pool” Cupcakes from 10:30-2:30

“Fish Pond” – 11:00-12:00

Bubbles – Huge Bubbles and Catch-a-Bubble Game from 12:00-12:30

Folded Paper Sea Creatures – 12:30-1:30

Storytellers – 12:30-2:00

Games and Prizes and Balloon Animals – 2:00-4:00

Do you have a toddler in your life? Super Simple Songs has youtube videos for you.  These will make your favorite toddler laugh out loud and clap.  This one is the ABC Song.

Nature's Niche will be bringing live animals of the rainforest to Door County!  These "Creature Teachers" range from bugs to mammals and everything in between; the rainforests are home to so many different kinds of animals!  You will get to see these great animals up close at four of the Library Branches:

Washington Island - Tuesday June 22nd 10:30am

Sister Bay/Liberty Grove - Tuesday June 22nd 3:00pm

Forestville - Wednesday June 23rd 3:00pm

Sturgeon Bay - Thursday June 24th 1:30pm

This is the big program that the Nicolet Library System brings us every summer, and animal programs are great fun, so bring the whole family out to see Nature's Niche's Creature Teachers!

So the summer reading program has finally started!  Programs will happen all over the Door, of course, but Sturgeon Bay gets a head start with Mothergoose Storytime beginning on Tuesday June 15th at 10:30am.  All ages are welcome to attend, but this storytime is geared to the toddler and under set, with songs, stories and activities to entertain the very young and their grownups.  Storytimes all over the county have some really fun themes this year, and we start our summer with a tribute to Daddy in advance of his special day next Sunday, but we will be Making a Splash all summer, and starting in the Bathtub on Tuesday the 22nd.  Come have some fun with us this summer as we Splash our way through some great books!

Trout,Trout,Trout!: A Fish Chant by April Pulley Sayre is a wonderful look at the fish out there.  Realistic looking fish do extremely silly things as we chant our way through the names of these freshwater fish.  This one is fun to look at and fun to read out loud, and the faster the funnier.