Syler Kretsch and Jacob Wood take part in Warsaw Community Public Library’s Pokémon Club.

By Katie Warrener
Children’s Services Department

WARSAW — The Summer Reading season is off to a fantastic start at the Warsaw Community Public Library and will continue through July 31.

Encourage the children in your life to share their summer success with us at the library and participate in our free programs. A variety of upcoming children’s programs and special events celebrate music, magic, Minecraft, and more.

Have you heard about story time? We now offer a summer season. Three weekly programs at the library are tailored for children from birth to age 6: Monday with Teddy for babies (at 9:30 a.m. Mondays), Toddler Tuesday for new walkers and talkers (at 10 a.m. Tuesdays), and Preschool Story Time for confident walkers and talkers from age 3 to 6 (at 10 a.m. Thursdays.) Caregivers are encouraged to participate, and younger or older family members are welcome.

Stories in the Park, our outdoor all-ages story time, happens at 11 a.m. Mondays. Enjoy interactive stories, songs, and rhymes, with special guest readers. Stay for free lunch nearby, courtesy of the Warsaw Community Schools Summer Food Service Program. Stories in the Park meets at the Central Park West Shelter every Monday in June and at the Winona Lake Limitless Park shelter every Monday in July.

The library also offers drop-in programs geared toward children of elementary school age.

• Musical Makerspace, 4 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, June 21
• Kids Escape Room and Board Game Café, 4 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, July 5
• Kids Minecraft Club, 4 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, July 12
• Kids Coding Club 4 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, July 19
• Makerspace and Movie Musical Sing-Along 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25

Your family won’t want to miss these special summer events, either.

• 3 or 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 26: Liza and Mark present history through “Music,” a program featuring interactive live music and storytelling.
• 3 or 5 p.m. Thursday, June 28: Science Central presents “Good Vibrations,” a program about the science of sound.
• 2 or 6 p.m. Monday, July 16 is “Rockin’ Together: A Musical Magic Show.”
• 2 or 6 p.m. Monday, July 23: Stevens Puppets Presents “Beauty and the Beast,” featuring the music of Vivaldi.

All children’s programs and events are free, and no advanced registration is required. For more information about children’s programs and events at the library this summer, visit www.warsawlibrary.org or call (574) 267-6011.