Choose your house Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw Log your reading minutes to help your house clinch victory. The top point scorer from each house will snag the prestigious Prefect Prize!
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ARF Summer 2018

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  • Thu, 06/14/2018 - 11:00am
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It's that time of year again! Sign up to read with one of our gentle Animal Reading Friends (ARF!) in this program that pairs school age children with dogs to improve their reading skills and foster a lifelong love of reading.

Tech Time Tuesday

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  • Tue, 06/19/2018 - 6:00pm
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Whether it's old-school tech or the latest and greatest, we've got toys for you to play with! Feel free to bring in some technology of your own and demonstrate its use to the rest of the group.

Ages 6 and up. No registration required.

Teen Iron Chef

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  • Thu, 06/21/2018 - 2:00pm
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Do you have what it takes to be Minerva Public Library’s next Teen Iron Chef?

If you're headed into 6th-12th grade, sign up to create delicious dishes and compete against your peers! You’ll have three rounds to incorporate a special ingredient and make something scrumptious enough to wow the judges. Registration Required.

Lunch with a Librarian

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  • Fri, 06/08/2018 - 12:00pm
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Join our librarians at the Minerva Elementary School cafeteria on Friday afternoons (12-12:45 p.m.) this June and July for a tasty, nutritious lunch. Under 18? Your meal is FREE. Over 18? It's only $1 for the whole meal. Once the meal is over, the real fun begins: dance, sing, and listen to stories. Stay til the end for a chance to win cool prizes like restaurant coupons, inflatable guitars, and echo microphones!

Book Cart Book Sale

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Book sale in front of the library.  All books 25 cents each.

LEGO Day

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All right LEGO fans, get ready... get set... GO!

Join us on Thursday, June 14th and Thursday, July 26th, in the Youth Services Community Room for some brick-tacular fun. For ages 5 and up.

Monday Makers: Slime

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  • Mon, 06/25/2018 - 6:00pm
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What's slick, sludgy, sticky, and squishy? Why, slime of course! So get ready to get gunky; come make some slime with us on Monday, June 25 from 6:00--7:30 p.m. in the Youth Services department.

Musical Storytime

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  • Thu, 06/28/2018 - 1:30pm
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Get ready to leap, learn, & dance at this musical storytime presented by Minerva Public Library and the Canton Symphony Orchestra! Listen to two fun picture books accompanied by live instrumental music and see how stories and music can complement one another. Children of all ages and their caretakers are welcome.

Rock Science Lab

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  • Thu, 07/12/2018 - 2:00pm
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Are you ready to rock? Then come to our Rock Science Lab and have fun exploring and experimenting at different rock science stations! (Make sure to sign up first, though... it's only pelite.) Be there ore be square! For ages 6 and up.

Monday Makers: Perler Beads

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  • Mon, 07/09/2018 - 6:00pm
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Register at the Youth Services desk to join us in making sensational Perler bead creations on Monday, July 9th from 5:30--7:30 p.m.! Recommended for ages 9 and up, but younger children are welcome to attend with their caregivers.