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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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Council Tree All Ages Storytime

July 7, 10:00am - 10:30am

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Council Tree All Ages Storytime

July 7, 11:00am - 11:30am

Council Tree Library Large Meeting Room

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July 7, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Harmony Library Community Room

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

Old Town Library Medium Meeting Room

Council Tree Baby Storytime

July 8, 10:00am - 10:30am

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How to Change Everything

Klein, Naomi
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Make It Last

Briggs, Raleigh
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Old Enough to Save the Planet

Kirby, Loll
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The Story of More

Jahren, Hope
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Zero Waste Home

Johnson, Bea
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What A Waste

French, Jess
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The Last Straw

Hood, Susan
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Follow the Moon Home

Cousteau, Philippe
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Can I Recycle This?

Romer, Jennie
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One Plastic Bag

Paul, Miranda
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Care Work

Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi
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Haben

Girma, Haben
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Sitting Pretty

Taussig, Rebekah
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Disability Intimacy

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Year of the Tiger

Wong, Alice
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Demystifying Disability

Ladau, Emily
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The Anti-ableist Manifesto

Yu, Tiffany
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Against Technoableism

Shew, Ashley
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Being Heumann

Heumann, Judith E.
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Disability Visibility

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Such A Lucky Girl

Heard, Wendy
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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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Medicine Wheels

Graves, Byron
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Devils We Know

Thompson, L. T.
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The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue

Katouh, Zoulfa
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Goldenborn

Lieb, Ama Ofosua
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The Game of Oaths

Bandreddi, S. C.
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The Names We Buried

Siegert, Mia
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The Music of Us

Alexandrea, Emerald
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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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In the Country I Love

Al-Barkawi, Alaa
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Lake Life

Boteju, Tanya
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Bad Queer

Kamalakanthan, Gayathiri
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My Roman Summer

De Luca, Bruna
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A Prince Among Pirates

Abdou, Kaitie
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The Reel Life of Zara Kegg

Barkley, Brad
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The Romance Rewind

Everett, Sarah
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Tell Me My Future

Ruvane, Eileen M.
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Doe

Barrow, Rebecca
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Shorelines

Ennis, Ruth
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Royal Vengeance

Carter, Aimée
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Good Luck, Babe!

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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
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How to Love A Pony

Meadows, Michelle
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The Story of An Apple

Taus-Bolstad, Stacy
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Aún siguen aquí

Jewell, Lisa
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Cien años de soledad

García Márquez, Gabriel
Book jacket graphic for: Cien años de soledad

Cien años de soledad

García Márquez, Gabriel
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What comes back

Peñalosa M., Javier
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El último secreto de los Deverill

Montefiore, Santa
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EL embrujo

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
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El ejercito ciego

Toscana, David
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Más que rivales

Reid, Rachel
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Theo de Golden

Levi, Allen
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Juan sin nombre

Gómez-Pickering, Diego
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Bochica

Flórez-Cerchiaro, Carolina
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Los tres mundos

Posteguillo, Santiago
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Los hermanos Burgess

Strout, Elizabeth
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Carl el mazmorrero

Dinniman, Matt
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Noche negra

Quintana, Pilar
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La muy catastrófica visita al zoo

Dicker, Joël
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¿Y si te bordo un beso?

Ortiz, Leticia
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Corazón Roto

Hoover, Colleen
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Alma negra

Martín, Ibon
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Prefiero amarte

Alférez, Noa
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Cortar el viento

Sage, Lyla
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Anita de Monte ríe la última

Gonzalez, Xochitl
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No tengas miedo

King, Stephen
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La posesión de Alba Díaz

Cañas, Isabel
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Madrid tiene los ojos verdes

Izquierdo, Lauren

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