The Children’s Room at Hedberg Public Library invites kids age 3 through grade 5 to Catch the Reading Bug @ Your Library! Once again, the library’s summer program is designed to encourage kids to spend time reading every day.

Sign Up Online or in the Children’s Room Starting June 2
Register children for this free program at the desk in the Children’s Room or online June 2 - July 27.

Upon registration, participants will receive a Buzz Book that will be used to track the number of minutes read each day. Kids will color in a picture of a bug for each 30 minutes read. The Buzz Book is also available to download when you register online.

Check in @ The Hive Starting June 9
As often as once a day starting June 9, children can visit The Hive at the library to report their minutes and receive their Honey Money and a stamp in their Buzz Book. Children can also earn up to two bonus stamps, with a maximum of nine stamps available to be earned each week.

Last year, Janesville area readers logged in more than 1,000,000 minutes! Can this summer’s readers do it again? Check out their progress on the bulletin board in the Children’s Room.

Spend Honey Money @ the Bee-Mart
Honey Money can be redeemed at the library’s Bee-Mart for prizes donated by the Friends of Hedberg Public Library and local businesses. The Bee-Mart will be open for business June 9 - August 3 during normal library hours.

Enjoy Special Events and Storytimes
Children will not only spend time reading at the library this summer, they will be entertained as well! Check out these fun family events:

Stuart Stotts
Tuesday, June 10 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. 
Sing, laugh and dance along with this Wisconsin songwriter and storyteller as he mixes stories and songs from many different cultures.

Wonders of Physics
Tuesday, June 17 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. 
Swing a bowling ball or spin on a stool – you never know what you’ll be doing when the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wonders of Physics Traveling Show comes to town!

Professor Oops!
Tuesday, June 24 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Discover the science and mystery of common, yet astounding things like laughter, lights, liquids and YOU with Sky Schultz, aka Professor Oops!

Bubble Wonders
Tuesday, July 1 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Watch in wonder as Bubbleologist Geoff Akins creates intricate sculptures like bubble snowmen, ice cream cones, bubbles inside bubbles, the impossible “square bubble,” and more.

Getting the Bugs Out
Tuesday, July 8 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Open your minds and hearts to the talents of puppeteer Marilyn Price as she weaves together irresistible wit, treasured values and puppetry.

The Magic of Laughter
Tuesday, July 15 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Enter a world of happiness and fun with juggler, comedian, magician and storyteller Jeff McMullen.

Family Movie Time
Tuesday, July 22 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Journey inside the miniature world of bugs for bigger-than-life fun and adventure with Disney and Pixar’s A Bug’s Life. (G -95 min.) Library Program Room.

Free Family Flick on the Rock
Friday, August 1 at 9 - 10:45 p.m.
Spiderwick Chronicles (PG, 107 minutes) Riverfront Park adjacent to the library.