Bring Color into Our World this Summer!
Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025.
GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log!
Help CAHS care for animals in need. Items especially in need are listed on our Event Calendar. Drop off donations at GLADL for delivery to CAHS.
Get Ready for a Colorful Summer of reading fun! Summer Reading logs, Wind Ribbons & Kick off kits available June 1 while supplies last!
Free admission! Families with young children are invited to a fun, free Lansing Symphony Orchestra Family Concert, presented by Gretchen Morse, right here at the library! Gretchen will introduce her instrument, the oboe/English horn & share fun information about her instrument and its role in the orchestra. Enjoy a 30-minute family-friendly performance -- perfect for youngsters! No Babysitter required for this FREE concert!
Fellowship, great food, conversation, and an opportunity to connect with the community—hope to see you there!
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
June Menu: Sloppy Joes, potato salad, chips, fresh veggies in a cup, and dessert
· Meal served from 5:30-7:00 PM
· Located at Grand Ledge First United Methodist Church, 411 Harrison Street
· For more information call 517-627-3256
There will be no Community Meal in July or August.
The next Community Meal will be on September 10, 2025.
A mischievous collector has stolen all the colors from the world and locked them in a magical vault. Can you return the colors to the world before time runs out? Families are invited to try their puzzeling skills in this summer reading themed escape room.
A mischievous collector has stolen all the colors from the world and locked them in a magical vault. Can you return the colors to the world before time runs out? Families are invited to try their puzzeling skills in this summer reading themed escape room.
Wacousta Block Party – "It's the best party in Wacousta!"
Join us for an unforgettable day of fun, food, and community spirit at the Wacousta Block Party! This family-friendly event features food trucks, live music, and an incredible lineup of local artists, small farms, makers, and community organizations.
This year, we’re adding even more magic with a visit from real princesses, face painting, touch-a-truck, and a balloon artist! Whether you're here for the delicious eats, unique shopping, or exciting kids' activities, there's something for everyone.
More than just a celebration, the Wacousta Block Party is also a fundraiser for the Wacousta Cooperative Preschool Scholarship Fund, helping provide tuition assistance to local families. So come out, support a great cause, and experience why this truly is the best party in Wacousta!
Visitors may park across the street at the old Wacosuta Elementary School or any of our local parks. Shuttle service will be provided by Clinton Transit from both Heritage Park and Gloria Miller Park for your convenience.
📍 Location: Wacousta Cooperative Preschool 9180 W. Herbison Rd., Eagle
🎟 Free Admission!
Don't miss out—bring your friends and family for a day to remember!
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A mischievous collector has stolen all the colors from the world and locked them in a magical vault. Can you return the colors to the world before time runs out? Families are invited to try their puzzeling skills in this summer reading themed escape room.
Bring Color into Our World this Summer!
Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025.
GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log!
A mischievous collector has stolen all the colors from the world and locked them in a magical vault. Can you return the colors to the world before time runs out? Families are invited to try their puzzeling skills in this summer reading themed escape room.
*while supplies last!
Join the wildlife educators from Nature Discovery for this STEAM activity to learn about the colorful natural world around us. From birds to chipmunks; turtles, frogs and snakes, to insects, moths and butterflies-- it's a colorful world out there! Why are animals so colorful? Why are animals the colors they are? What colors can you see in the natural world around you every day? Weather permitting, we'll take a "Color Discovery" walk to see the colorful nature around us. Presented by Nature Discovery.
Nerf Battles! Players will run, dodge, and dive as they try to out-wit and out-blast the competition during NERF Mobile Games! From 'Capture the Flag' to 'Eliminator' to 'Zombies Vs. Humans,' players will put their physical and mental skills to the test with several game styles perfect for colorful summer Fun, indoors or out.
We’ll read a story, sing and rhyme together, do a fingerplay, and have fun while learning and playing. We’ll end with time for caregivers to socialize and babies to play & interact with each other.
Bring Color into Our World this Summer!
Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025.
GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log!
We'll learn a bit about Michelangelo before we get started creating. One of the things Michelangelo is famous for is painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. So we're going to create like him by drawing or painting on a "ceiling" by getting underneath our tables and chairs. Paint will be washable, but wearing clothes that can get messy is recommended.
Make beaded bracelets using pony beads and other findings to show off your own unique style!
Mark Crilley, published professional American comic creator, artist-- and children's book author & illustrator will host this workshop for kids on Comic & Manga Drawing! Mark is the creator of Akiko, Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost.
Mark will share drawing techniques and tips, for kids ages 8-14. Follow along, step by step through at least four separate lessons over the course of one hour. Some lessons will be based on participant requests, guaranteeing that you'll learn about what interests you most! Perfect for fans of Manga, Anime and graphic novels! Paper and pencils provided, so there's nothing you need to bring apart from your own enthusiasm for drawing!
Mark Crilley is a Michigan native and author/ illustrator of more than 50 books and graphic novels! Learn more at his website markcrilley.com. This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.
Mark Crilley, a published professional comic creator, artist-- and children's book author & illustrator will host this Creative Drawing workshop!
Mark will share drawing techniques and tips for youth and adults ages 15+. Follow along, step by step through at least four separate lessons over the course of one hour. What would you like to learn? Ask Mark-- lessons will reflect participant requests, guaranteeing that you'll learn about what interests you most! Paper and pencils provided, so there's nothing you need to bring apart from your enthusiasm for drawing!
Mark is a Michigan native and author/ illustrator of more than 50 books and graphic novels including Akiko, Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost! Learn more at his website markcrilley.com. This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.
Learn emergency procedures, discipline techniques, diapering, age-appropriate activities, rescue breathing, the Heimlich maneuver, and basic first aid skills needed while babysitting. Upon workshop completion, students receive an American Red Cross babysitting course certificate. Registration required, class size limited. Participants bring a sack lunch, water bottle. Parents: please come into the library to sign in your children the morning of the class. Participants bring a sack lunch, water bottle.
Kids--Come Join the Parade! We’ll provide flags, garland, crepe paper and more to “Yankee-Doodle” up your bike, wagon, scooter or stroller-- then ride with us in the parade! While supplies last. Helmets encouraged, adults walk with kids.
Bring your memories to the library and digitize your past and present! Learn how to use the library’s new scanner to restore old photos, documents, even decipher handwriting! Come view what we’ve digitized to discover how Grand Ledge has grown.
Bring Color into Our World this Summer!
Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025.
GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log!
Join Science Heroes on our mission to turn science into an adventure! Through hands-on experiments and fun, interactive stories, we get kids excited about the science that’s all around us as we celebrate the scientists who color our world with art! The combination of theatrical presentation and interactive science entertains and keeps kids engaged!
Use yarn, pipe cleaners, dot stickers, feathers, straws, embroidery floss and other supplies to recreate a famous painting of your choice.
This MSU Libraries Publishing Services workshop presented by Julie Taylor will provide information about the book printing services available at the MSU Libraries, how to self-publish including purchasing ISBNs, registering your copyright, and options for selling your book online. We will also discuss book design basics using Microsoft Word and additional resources available.
Learn more about fly fishing at this hands-on workshop! The first half of the class will focus on the various equipment used-- fly rods, reels, lines, leaders, waders, flies as well as an overview of the different methods of fly fishing with dry flies, nymphs, streamers, etc. The second half of the class will be hands-on fly casting instruction with club provided fly rods. Ages 12 +. Class size limited, please register to ensure your place. Class presented courtesy of Red Cedar Fly Fishers. Weather permitting.
Poor Camilla Cream… her skin has turned green. And red, orange, yellow, blue, and purple, too! Our skin cannot change colors like Camilla Cream’s, but we can make color-mixing creations. Let’s read the story, “A Bad Case of Stripes” and engage in chromatography and color-mixing chemistry activities.
No need to get the jitters as you create your own colorful critter! Use your artistic abilities and engineering skills to design and create your own battery-powered critter equipped with a vibrating motor.
Babies can be artists too! Bring your little one and make some mess-free art. Babies will paint by doing what babies do - tummy time!
Bring Color into Our World this Summer!
Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025.
GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log!
