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Upcoming Events at Brooklyn Park Library

Master Gardener Families: The Wondrous Worm
Friday, May 24, 3:30 p.m.
Register Online or call 612-543-6225.
Grades 1-4. Do you ever wonder about the life under your feet? Did you finish all your lunch today? What do these two questions have in common? Learn about the wondrous worm and how it can turn garbage into vermicompost. Kids and their caretakers welcome. 
Presented in collaboration with the Hennepin County Master Gardeners, University of Minnesota Extension.
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Fishy Fun
Saturday, June 8, 1 p.m.
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Entering grades 1-6. Explore the six senses of a fish. Print a fish image using the ancient Japanese art form of gyotaku. (If you want to print on a shirt, bring one from home.) Role-play (minnow, perch, northern pike, bacteria or angler?) and find out who's eating who in our lakes and rivers. 
Presented in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources MinnAqua Program.
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Aha! It's Science
Tuesdays, June 11–25, 1–2 p.m.
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Entering K-grade 3. Mix up concoctions, try out gadgets, build devices. Aha! Science is loose in the library! 
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Kids Jr. Book Club
Wednesday, June 12, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 10, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
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Entering grades 2-3. Join other kids to talk about a great book! Lending copies may be picked up at the information desk prior to meeting.
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YNK (You Never Know)
Friday, June 14, 1–3 p.m.
Friday, June 28, 1–3 p.m.
Friday, July 12, 1–3 p.m.
Friday, July 26, 1–3 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 9, 1–3 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 23, 1–3 p.m.
You never know what kind of projects we'll be working on or what supplies we'll be using – feathers, clay, paint, glitter. You never know – but it will be fun! 
Sponsored by the Friends of the Brooklyn Park Library.
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Meet the Author: Tori Odhiambo
Monday, June 17, 6:30 p.m.
Register Online or call 612-543-6225.
Entering K-grade 2. Join Brooklyn Park author Odhiambo for bedtime stories as she talks about her book "Close to Home: The African Savannah" - tales of the animals she saw when she visited Kenya. 
Sponsored by the Friends of the Brooklyn Park Library.
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Artsy Smartsy Club
Tuesdays, July 2–30, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Registration required, begins Jun 4. Register online or call 612-543-6225.
Entering K-grade 2. If you like art projects and stories, and don't mind getting a little messy, join the Artsy Smartsy Club. Materials provided. 
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Art Out of the Box: Handmade Portraits
Wednesday, July 17, 2–3 p.m.
Registration required, begins Jun 19. Register online or call 612-543-6225.
Entering grades 2-5. Museum-trained teens will take you on a hands-on exploration of portraits from the museum. Turn your idea of self-image on its head with a playful approach to a timeless art form. Leave with a sketchbook to keep drawing whenever inspiration strikes!  
Presented in partnership with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Funded by the Friends of the Hennepin County Library.
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Gone Fishing!
Saturday, July 20, 1 p.m.
Registration required, begins Jun 22. Register online or call 612-543-6225.
Entering grades 1-6. Play an active game pretending to be water molecules as they move through rivers, oceans, clouds and glaciers. Check out types of fishing lures used for fishing and then make your own. (Warning: they will be too big to use for real fishing!) 
Presented in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources MinnAqua Program.
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Brodini Comedy Magic Show
Wednesday, July 24, 7 p.m.
Magician Graylyn Morris will raise spirits and test kids' powers of concentration as he manipulates ropes, scarves, balls and other magician's props in a perplexing "now-you-see-it, now-you-don't" performance! 
Sponsored by the Friends of the Hennepin County Library and MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency).
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Frogs, Volts and Vinegar
Wednesday, July 31, 2–3 p.m.
Registration required, begins Jul 3. Register online or call 612-543-6225.
Entering grades 4-6. Learn about one of the most vital engineering feats in history – the battery. Hear why scientists were motivated to create batteries and repeat key experiments performed by scientists Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta more than 200 years ago. 
Sponsored by the Friends of the Hennepin County Library and MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency).
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