Saturday May 25, 2013: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB

Visit Wuhu Island and the Wii Sports Resort! Bring friends, parents, grandparents to play your way through the Resort's twelve awesome games. Prizes for the winners!

This event is for all ages.

Sunday May 26, 2013: 1:00 pm to 1:40 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Dancer, teacher, and author Morgan Grubola leads a dance session based on her book, "Tiny Toes: A Creative Movement Class for Young Children."

This event is for ages 5 years and younger.

Sunday May 26, 2013: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB

It's a Mario Kart Wii Tournament for kids, teens and adults!

Sunday June 2, 2013: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm -- Taste of Ann Arbor Library Booth
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Visit the library booth at Taste of Ann Arbor as the Ann Arbor District Library spreads the word about the Summer Program! There will be hoolahoops, sidewalk art and festive summer play!

This event is for all ages.

Sunday June 2, 2013: 1:00 pm to 1:40 pm -- Pittsfield Branch: Program Room

Ann Arbor Public School teacher Dianne Dudley leads children in music and motion activities.

This event is for ages 5 years and younger.

Monday June 3, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Local youth author Shutta Crum is the guest speaker as the Library honors the winners of the first AADL short story contest for 3rd - 5th graders.

Shutta will discuss the art of writing and present the awards to the winners.

Saturday June 8, 2013: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm -- Pittsfield Branch: Program Room

Help complete the yarn bomb exhibit! We'll have supplies on hand for you to make fiber pieces that don't require knitting or crocheting, including pom-poms!

If you know how to knit or crochet, feel free to stitch with us! When we're finished, we'll head outside and hang our creations.

This event is for adults, teens and youth (grade K and up).

Sunday June 9, 2013: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Drop in and get connected with other LEGO-minded people! All LEGOs will be provided, so you can make things and make friends!

If desired, your LEGO creation will be photographed for AADL's LEGO Look Book before it's time to clean up. Get some early ideas for the AADL annual LEGO Contest on August 8!

This event is for grades K - 5, with an adult.

Thursday June 13, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Hike along Malletts Creek, through woods and wetlands of this 81.4-acre park.

A staff naturalist from Natural Area Preservation (City of Ann Arbor) will discuss native plants and trees, ecological restoration, and more. Meet at the park entrance at Packard Rd., just east of Cobblestone Farm (south side of the road).

Parking at the entrance is limited; hikers may alos park at the Malletts Creek Branch (3090 E. Eisenhower) with a half-mile walk east along Eisenhower and Packard to the park entrance.

This event is for all ages.

Saturday June 15, 2013: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm -- Pittsfield Branch: Program Room

We'll make cards for dads, grandpas and uncles.

This event is for preschool - grade 5.

Sunday June 16, 2013: 1:00 pm to 1:40 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB

Have fun with music and motion with Aron, a teacher at Hebrew Day School.

This event is for ages 5 years and younger.

Sunday June 16, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Top of the Park
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Kids Rock@Top Concerts return!! Kick off the 2013 AADL Summer Game at this family-friendly concert with Ice Cream Vendors on the Rackham stage!

Chicago's unique musical institution-Ice Cream Vendors-are not just a musical duo but a mysterious life force! Sign up for the AADL Summer Game at the concert, and be one of the leaders for great summer game prizes. Ice Cream Vendors are made up of longtime pals Jon Kostal and Greg Barnett, plus seven other great players. Songs about beta data, bacon men, and sharing eyeglasses will have you smiling and geeking out right alongside them!

This event is the first in the Kids Rock Series@TOP - a Sunday series of concerts at Top of the Park, presented by AADL and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

Wednesday June 19, 2013: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Pittsfield Branch: Program Room

Like to see things fly? With a few household items, we'll make a small catapult.

This event is for grades K-5.

Thursday June 20, 2013: 10:00 am to 10:45 am -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Percussion duo Musica Batteria entertains, educates, and fascinates audiences with a dynamic repertoire of classical, Latin, and popular favorites performed on a vintage rosewood marimba.

This event is for grades K - 5.

Friday June 21, 2013: 10:00 am to 11:00 am -- Downtown Library: Youth Story Corner

Have you wondered what apps out there for your baby to use, or be soothed by with your iPad? Bring your baby and explore our baby-proofed iPads. We'll start with some rhymes and music and you will have time to play with an iPad with your baby.

This event is for parents, caregivers and infants & toddlers from birth to 24 months.

Friday June 21, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Parking Lot

Bring your ropes, your rhymes for a jumpin' good time! We've got Chinese, Double-Dutch and standard jump ropes to share. Special guests, the St. Francis Heartbeats, will demo their skills. If it rains, we'll jump inside!

This event is for teens and pre-teens (grades 4-12).

Saturday June 22, 2013: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Lobby

AADL hosts the 2013 Kids Read Comics Celebration on Saturday June 22 & Sunday June 23, bringing more than forty cartoonists and writers to the Downtown Library for the entire weekend. This is the fifth annual KRCC, an event that promotes comics as a part of lifelong reading and as a means of creative expression for kids and teens.

Among the guests are Ben Hatke of "Zita the Spacegirl;" Raina Telgemeier, creator of the award-winning "Smile and Drama;" Dave Roman of "Jax Epoch And The Quicken Forbidden" and "Astronaut Academy;" and Rafael Rosado, who has been a writer, director, producer and storyboard artist for shows as diverse as Animaniacs, Men In Black The Animated Series, Curious George, and The Venture Brothers. His all-ages graphic novel, "Giants Beware!" was published by First Second Books earlier this year.

Stressing active engagement over passive consumption, the weekend will include hands-on workshops covering such topics as learning to draw funny people from wacky shapes, writing and drawing minicomics, and much more. Artists will demonstrate how they do what they do while answering audience questions, and the always popular Quick Draw competitions will pit artists head to head as they improvise drawings based on suggestions from spectators. Other programs will be geared to educators and librarians to help them learn how to use comics most effectively in their settings.

At tables in Artists' Alley, kids, teens and parents will have a chance to talk one-on-one with comics creators -- who have been known to toss off free sketches along with offering their comics and books for sale. Free giveaways will also include comic books donated by publishers big and small, including DC Comics, Archie Comics, Top Shelf Productions and Oni Press.

The Kids Reads Comics Celebration offers something for just about everyone, using the magic of comics to open up the imaginations of kids of all ages. And all activities, as well as every artist's and writer's table in Artists' Alley, will offer a code as part of AADL's Summer Game.

Kids Reads Comics is co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor Book Festival. Information about Kids Read Comics guests and programming is available at www.kidsreadcomics.org.

This event is for grade 4 - adult.

Sunday June 23, 2013: 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Lobby

AADL hosts the 2013 Kids Read Comics Celebration on Saturday June 22 & Sunday June 23, bringing more than forty cartoonists and writers to the Downtown Library for the entire weekend. This is the fifth annual KRCC, an event that promotes comics as a part of lifelong reading and as a means of creative expression for kids and teens.

Among the guests are Ben Hatke of "Zita the Spacegirl;" Raina Telgemeier, creator of the award-winning "Smile and Drama;" Dave Roman of "Jax Epoch And The Quicken Forbidden" and "Astronaut Academy;" and Rafael Rosado, who has been a writer, director, producer and storyboard artist for shows as diverse as Animaniacs, Men In Black The Animated Series, Curious George, and The Venture Brothers. His all-ages graphic novel, "Giants Beware!" was published by First Second Books earlier this year.

Stressing active engagement over passive consumption, the weekend will include hands-on workshops covering such topics as learning to draw funny people from wacky shapes, writing and drawing minicomics, and much more. Artists will demonstrate how they do what they do while answering audience questions, and the always popular Quick Draw competitions will pit artists head to head as they improvise drawings based on suggestions from spectators. Other programs will be geared to educators and librarians to help them learn how to use comics most effectively in their settings.

At tables in Artists' Alley, kids, teens and parents will have a chance to talk one-on-one with comics creators -- who have been known to toss off free sketches along with offering their comics and books for sale. Free giveaways will also include comic books donated by publishers big and small, including DC Comics, Archie Comics, Top Shelf Productions and Oni Press.

The Kids Reads Comics Celebration offers something for just about everyone, using the magic of comics to open up the imaginations of kids of all ages. And all activities, as well as every artist's and writer's table in Artists' Alley, will offer a code as part of AADL's Summer Game.

Kids Reads Comics is co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor Book Festival. Information about Kids Read Comics guests and programming is available at www.kidsreadcomics.org.

This event is for grade 4 - adult.

Sunday June 23, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Top of the Park
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Kids Rock@Top Concerts continue!! Do not miss this family-friendly concert with The Candy Band on the Rackham stage!

The Candy Band is a punk rock band designed specifically to appeal to children. It is composed of four Detroit area moms who were tired of what they deemed wimpy music for kids. They took a stand, and in 2003 formed The Candy Band, playing punk covers of nursery rhymes, movie themes and other children's favorites, along with original tunes. With influences like the Ramones and Iggy Pop, they quickly attracted attention from the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Times, Blender Magazine, XM Radio, Woman's Day, USA Today, People Magazine, the CBS Early Show, and the NBC Today Show. Their first album, Candy Band, was released in 2003. It was followed by More Candy in 2004, Lollipunk in 2005, Calling All Kids in 2007, and High Five in 2010.

So, fill up your sippy cup, fasten your seatbelts and put your fists in the air - Candy Band wants to rock your world!

This event is the second in the Kids Rock Series@TOP - a Sunday series of concerts at Top of the Park, presented by AADL and the Summer Festival.

Monday June 24, 2013: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Washi tape is a decorative Japanese tape used in craft projects.

We have lots of colors and patterns of tape available for you to make greeting card images and other inspired crafts. Bring an item from home to decorate, if you'd like!

This event is for youth (grade 3 and up), teens and adults.