6 pm, Community Room

Get ready to flutter into fun as we dive into the magical world of the Monarch Butterfly! Join Heather Mulhollan from Fairhaven Healing for a lively, interactive presentation where you’ll learn all about the Monarch Butterfly and get up close and personal with real Monarch caterpillars and chrysalises! Every child will get to decorate their very own planter and take home a Milkweed plant (the essential host plant for the Monarchs) empowering them to support butterfly conservation right at home. 

Limited to 30 children. Registration required. Please register participating children only for this program. Registration links will be posted one month prior to an event. You may also create a free Eventbrite account and follow Fredricksen Library. Eventbrite will inform you when Fredricksen Library opens registration for an event. This event is SOLD OUT.

10:30 AM in the Community Room 

Reptiles are amazing artists! Each species has its own colorful way to survive, to defend territory, and to attract a mate. Can you dance like a lizard? Can you sing like an alligator? Can you camouflage your colors like a box turtle, or boast your bright colors to advertise venom, like a coral snake? You'll learn all this, and more, as you meet Jesse Rothacker and his rescued reptiles, in the "Animal Art Forms" interactive show! 

No registration required. 

10 am in the Community Room

Get ready to explore, create, learn, and experiment in our STEAM (Science, Technology, Art, Engineering, and Math) open discovery stations. STEAM stations will be set up for self-guided activities where children can discover concepts and skills that are scientific, creative, and collaborative. Adult supervision required.  

Recommended ages 3-5 years old. Children must be accompanied by an adult. No registration required.  

6:30 pm in the Children's Library
Specially trained dogs from K-PETs will be at the library to listen to children read aloud. This program is helpful to children who may be shy or reluctant to read aloud and will encourage them to practice reading independently. For budding readers, ages 6 - 12. Registration required.

6:30 pm in the Children's Library
Specially trained dogs from K-PETs will be at the library to listen to children read aloud. This program is helpful to children who may be shy or reluctant to read aloud and will encourage them to practice reading independently. For budding readers, ages 6 - 12. Registration required.

6:00 pm in the Community Room
Join us for a night of creativity and cinema. Kid's Paint Night will be followed by a drop in family movie. Kids are invited to participate in a movie-based guided painting before the family film starts. Registration required. Films will be rated G or PG.

June 27- Wild Robot 

2:00 pm in the Community Room

Bring your favorite doll to our American Girl camp out. We will have activities and snacks with fellow American Girl fans. Recommended ages 8 - 12. This is a walk-in event, no registration required.

6:30 pm in the Community Room
Volunteers from the Harrisburg/West Shore Chess Club will be on hand to assist young chess players and match up competitors. Join us and have fun! Participants are asked to bring a chess set if possible, but not required. No registration required. Ages 5 - 13.

Monday – Thursday, July 28 – August 1, 9 AM-Noon in the Community Room 

Adventure begins at the library this summer with our free summer “mini” camps! Camps are designed around themes and include reading, discussion, hands-on activities, special library programs, and conclude with group lunchtime. Parents/Guardians are required to stay on the premises for all children under the age of 12. 

Join us for Art Camp where you will learn about different artists and artistic styles. Activities will include looking at works by famous artists, replicating art by the artist, and creating our own art using their style.  

Registration required. Registration links will be posted one month prior to an event. You may also create a free Eventbrite account and follow Fredricksen Library. Eventbrite will inform you when Fredricksen Library opens registration for an event.

Each morning, camper goers will meet in the children’s library before spending time outside. Families will need to provide a snack, brown bag lunch, water bottle, and ensure their child has sunscreen applied as the children will be spending time outdoors weather permitting.  

Parents/Guardians are required to stay on the premises for all children under the age of 12. Registration required. Camps are limited to 15 individuals. A waitlist will be enabled. If you registered for a space your child can no longer keep, please cancel the reservation so another child on the waitlist can register. 

REGISTER

Monday – Thursday, July 28 – August 1, 9 AM-Noon in the Community Room 

Adventure begins at the library this summer with our free summer “mini” camps! Camps are designed around themes and include reading, discussion, hands-on activities, special library programs, and conclude with group lunchtime. Parents/Guardians are required to stay on the premises for all children under the age of 12. 

Join us for Art Camp where you will learn about different artists and artistic styles. Activities will include looking at works by famous artists, replicating art by the artist, and creating our own art using their style.  

Registration required. Registration links will be posted one month prior to an event. You may also create a free Eventbrite account and follow Fredricksen Library. Eventbrite will inform you when Fredricksen Library opens registration for an event.

Each morning, camper goers will meet in the children’s library before spending time outside. Families will need to provide a snack, brown bag lunch, water bottle, and ensure their child has sunscreen applied as the children will be spending time outdoors weather permitting.  

Parents/Guardians are required to stay on the premises for all children under the age of 12. Registration required. Camps are limited to 15 individuals. A waitlist will be enabled. If you registered for a space your child can no longer keep, please cancel the reservation so another child on the waitlist can register. 

REGISTER