Sewickley Public Library, 500 Thorn St., has returned to normal (pre-pandemic) business hours. It is offering limited meeting and study room spaces, and some programs are taking place in person. For more information, call 412-741-6920 or visit sewickleylibrary.org.
Upcoming programs
• SPL Outdoor Cinema — Bring your lawn chair or a blanket to the library’s front lawn on July 17, when “Call of the Wild” will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Registration is required.
• Summer Reading for Kids — Tails and Tales through Aug. 7. Register online.
• Sewickley Search Party — Mysteries to solve, codes to crack and clues to uncover, noon-5 p.m. July 27. Open to students grades six through 12. Stop by the library to grab a challenge then start searching.
• Animal Sketchbook Project — Calling all artists! Check out a sketchbook and fill it with your best drawings of animals, insects and creatures. Results will be shared at the end of the summer. Available through Aug. 7.
For more information, visit sewickleylibrary.org.
Sewickley StoryWalk
This summer, the Sewickley Public Library invites you to grab the family and take a stroll through one of five different community StoryWalks set up throughout the Quaker Valley. A StoryWalk places pages from a children’s picture book along a walking path so that children and their caregivers may enjoy nature and reading together.
Families can visit the five Sewickley StoryWalk sites to take a self-guided walk around the parks and read a book as they go.
Different summer-themed picture book stories are featured at each site.
At Fern Hollow Nature Center, visitors can enjoy reading “Butterflies in the Garden” by Carol Lerner. Allegheny Land Trust — Audubon Greenway’s location features “My Awesome Summer,” by P. Mantis (A Nature Diary) by Paul Meisel. Visitors to Mary Roberts Rinehart Nature Park can read “In The Tall, Tall Grass” by Denise Fleming, while Ohio Township Nature Center visitors can enjoy the title “Then Comes Summer” by Tom Brenner. The Henle Park location in Leetsdale is new to this year’s Sewickley StoryWalk. Visitors to the park can read “My Busy, Green Garden” by Terry Price during their stroll.
More information can be found by calling the Children’s Department at the library at 412-741-0937.
