Kids

Enjoy a free lunch, then explore the library's collection of Legos. Lunches for youth 0-18. Program made possible through a partnership with The Home Made Café Restaurant, South Kitsap Helpline, Port Orchard and South Kitsap Rotary Clubs and Kickstands Up.

Come practice your reading skills by reading to our friendly therapy dogs!

Engage with cultural objects from the Burke Museum and learn about traditions practiced by contemporary Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. Visit the Longhouse and see how cultural practices grow and change over time from generation to generation. In partnership with the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe.

What was the world like millions of years ago? Become a paleontologist and discover what life was like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Interact with real fossils and casts from the Burke Museum as we take an expedition through geologic time and learn about ancient life during the age of dinosaurs!

What was the world like millions of years ago? Become a paleontologist and discover what life was like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Interact with real fossils and casts from the Burke Museum as we take an expedition through geologic time and learn about ancient life during the age of dinosaurs!

Enjoy a summertime snack and keep up your writing skills with author and writing teacher Margaret Nevinski. We’ll write stories and poems from our own imaginations in this two-day workshop. Grades 3-6.

Bring your stuffed animal friends to the library for a night to remember! Enjoy a storytime in your pajamas together and bid adieu to your stuffie for a night of fun and wonderment. You can pick up your stuffed friend the following day from their sleepover at the library. 

  Children are invited to come create natural and inviting homes for fairies around the library grounds with gardener Ann Lovejoy. Space is limited, sign up starts June 1st. Register online or call 206-842-4162.  Ages 6 and up who are comfortable working independently.

Bond with your baby through dancing at the library! Please bring your own baby carrier. Modifications can be made for parents without baby carriers. 

Nurture your baby's mind with songs, rhymes, stories and games at the library's baby group. Reading and playing together promotes language acquisition and a love of books to last a lifetime.