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Summer Adventure 2026

Get ready to dig up adventure, explore Jurassic history, and enjoy fun activities while you earn prizes with Summer Adventure, Unearth a Story. The adventure is afoot, and concludes on Friday, August 14. 

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Monday-ology: activities celebrating Earth

July 27, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Council Tree Library Large Meeting Room

Relax and Craft Afternoon for Teens

July 27, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Harmony Library Community Room

Fort Collins Historical Society Talks: Celebrating 250 & 150 Years

July 27, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Old Town Library Large Meeting Room Combo

Council Tree All Ages Storytime

July 28, 10:00am - 10:30am

Council Tree Library Large Meeting Room

Council Tree All Ages Storytime

July 28, 11:00am - 11:30am

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Stars So Sweet

Dairman, Tara
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Paletero Man

Diaz, Lucky
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Tweet Cute

Lord, Emma
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The Recipe Box

Shipman, Viola
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The Cookie Crumbles

Badua, Tracy
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The Kamogawa Food Detectives

Kashiwai, Hisashi
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Blueberries for Sal

McCloskey, Robert
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A Bánh Mì for Two

Nguyen, Trinity
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Arsenic and Adobo

Manansala, Mia P.
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With the Fire on High

Acevedo, Elizabeth
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Dawn

Butler, Octavia E.
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The Sparrow

Russell, Mary Doria
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Stories of your Life and Others

Chiang, Ted
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Lagoon

Okorafor, Nnedi
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The Three-body Problem

Liu, Cixin
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Semiosis

Burke, Sue
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A Half-built Garden

Emrys, Ruthanna
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Axiom's End

Ellis, Lindsay
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Space Opera

Valente, Catherynne M.
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The Mercy of Gods

Corey, James S. A.
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Us Deadly Few

Patton, Alexis
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Ruinous Ends

Marie, I. V.
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The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue

Katouh, Zoulfa
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Lies Between Us

Goodman, Jessica
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The Weight of One Pomegranate

Rebele-Henry, Brynne
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Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen

Shepherd, Megan
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Our Wicked Gifts

Foxfield, Kathryn
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Take It to your Grave

Bou-Montes, Louangie
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Mystery Guest

Stoffels, Maren
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Hallie’s Rules for A Recovering Romantic

Lewis, Jessica
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The Assassin's Guide to Dating

Parker, Natalie C.
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You Jump First

Ariel, Myah
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No One Leaves the Manor

McWilliams, Kelly
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Deathless

Kagawa, Julie
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We Became Wild

Carver, H. D.
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The Fall

McGowan, Anthony
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The Heirs

Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah
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Their Will Undone

Valldeperas, R. J.
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When We Almost Came Undone

Boone, Georgia K.
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Black River

Cottle, Ruby Jean
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Devils We Know

Thompson, L. T.
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The Game of Oaths

Bandreddi, S. C.
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The Masked Truth /cKelley Armstrong

Armstrong, Kelley
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Jin Young, in Between

Oh, Ellen
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The Reel Life of Zara Kegg

Barkley, Brad
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You're So Amazing!

Catchpole, James
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Henry, Like Always

Bailey, Jenn
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Just An Adventure at Sea

Mayer, Mercer
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The History of Me

Theodore, Adrea
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Fire Station

McDonald, Amy
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Cat the Cat, Who Is That?

Willems, Mo
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Kindergarten

Ahiyya, Vera
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School

McDonald, Amy
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Harry at the Dog Show

Driscoll, Laura
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Emerald and the Ocean Parade

Muncaster, Harriet
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A Bite in the Night

Gough, Julian
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Neighborhood Helper

Otheguy, Emma
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One of A Kind

Fang, Vicky
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Treehouse Trouble

Bean, Brett
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When I Hear Spirituals

Hudson, Cheryl Willis
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Clover Kitty Goes to Kittygarten

Salas, Laura Purdie
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Addy McBean, Numbers Queen

Cuyler, Margery
Book jacket graphic for: How to Love A Pony

How to Love A Pony

Meadows, Michelle
Book jacket graphic for: The Story of An Apple

The Story of An Apple

Taus-Bolstad, Stacy
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Theo de Golden

Levi, Allen
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Amy, por error

Painter, Lynn
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Aún siguen aquí

Jewell, Lisa
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What comes back

Peñalosa M., Javier
Book jacket graphic for: América Del Norte

América Del Norte

Mora, Nicolás Medina
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El último secreto de los Deverill

Montefiore, Santa
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Cien años de soledad

García Márquez, Gabriel
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La casa en Mango Street

Cisneros, Sandra
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Cien años de soledad

García Márquez, Gabriel
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El ejercito ciego

Toscana, David
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Mi nombre es Celestina

Baudel, Desirée
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Heridas tiene la noche

Pérez de Antón, Francisco
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Todo por hacer

Varela Ruano, Julia
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El examen de GED

Collins, Tim
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Bochica

Flórez-Cerchiaro, Carolina
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Noche negra

Quintana, Pilar
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Corazón Roto

Hoover, Colleen
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Seamos un para siempre

Smith, Andrea
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Prefiero amarte

Alférez, Noa
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Cortar el viento

Sage, Lyla
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¿Y si te bordo un beso?

Ortiz, Leticia
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Brooklyn-Barakaldo

Lleras, Antonio
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A siete años de ti

Poston, Ashley
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La posesión de Alba Díaz

Cañas, Isabel
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Anita de Monte ríe la última

Gonzalez, Xochitl

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