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Party like you just got your first library card! All Kindergartners, along with their families and friends, are welcome to attend. We will have activities, crafts and snacks.

We invite children of all ages and their grown-ups to join us for stories, followed by leaf collecting and fall nature crafts. We will have a special reading and craft with local author and illustrator, Kari Percival! This program will happen outside. In case of bad weather, there will be modified activities inside the Library.

The Arthropod Petting Zoo is a hands-on, show-and-tell introduction to entomology featuring real live insects and arthropods! While having fun and interacting with genuine crawling critters, kids learn about biology, taxonomy, adaptations and scientific thinking that real scientists use in the field. Recommended for children ages 3-12 and their caregivers. Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

We invite older adults to participate in a series of three creative dance community workshops, where you will use the body as a tool of self-expressive communication.

We invite older adults to participate in a series of three creative dance community workshops, where you will use the body as a tool of self-expressive communication.

Join guide Stefanie Haug while exploring our neighborhood nature and celebrating Elderhood. As a group we'll connect with nature and the neighborhood mindfully with a gentle walk and draw on contemplative practices. What to bring: layered clothing, comfortable shoes and water. Where to meet: O'Connell Branch entrance on 6th Street.

Join Central Square's new cookbook club! This month, we're cooking from Dolly Parton's cookbook Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals. Bring a dish to share or just come to talk about your experience with this cookbook. Copies are available for pickup at the Branch. For questions, email Ruby (rvail@cambridgema.gov)

Make colorful friendship bracelets to let your friends know how much you care! Recommended for children ages 7+

Stories and crafts about Pete the Cat and friends. Recommended for ages birth to five with a caregiver.

Bounces and rhymes for caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language and motor skills. Recommended for babies ages 0-18 months and their caregivers. No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4015 for more information.