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Arts & Craft Session

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
PL Children's Room at Pearlington Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Tabletop & Video Games
Age Group:
Youth, Preschool & Kindergarten (3-5 years), Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)

Summer, creative, arts and crafts activity for children presented by Tristan Warren. 

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Color Our World Summer Library Program 2025

SLP: Musician Gram Rea

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)

Local musician Gram Rea performs and speaks about the power of music and playing instruments.

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Partial image of younger teens creating paper collages

Hancock County Homeschool Meetup!

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Life Skills
Age Group:
Preschool & Kindergarten (3-5 years), Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years), Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Come one, come all, to the Kiln Library to "meetup" and socialize with homeschool students (ages 5-19) in our area! This is an opportunity for homeschool families to meet and network about everything homeschool and more.

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Music Education

Coastal Harmony Presentation

Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Early Literacy & Learning
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years), Teens (14-18 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

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Meet Tanee and her friends.

Nature on the Geaux

Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
WV Meeting Room at Waveland Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

Join Nature on the Geaux for hands-on environmental education, stem, and interactive animal exhibits.

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Art In Mississippi

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years)

Art in Mississippi

Kids will make art inspired by famous Mississippi artists each Friday in June. 

 

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Registration Required
Arm extended over a garden plot holding a basket of harvested vegetables

Plant People! HCSWC program for children

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors, Life Skills
Age Group:
Preschool & Kindergarten (3-5 years), Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years), Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years), General Interest
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

More info to come!

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SLP: Modern Pop Art Experience

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

Hands On Workshop creating collages from cereal boxes to make pop-art. 

 

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Legos with the MS State Extension

SLP MS State Extension LEGO program

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:15pm
WV Meeting Room at Waveland Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning, Life Skills
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

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Color Our World Summer Library Program 2025

Little Acre Farm Petting Zoo

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Outside at Pearlington Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning, Gardening & Outdoors
Age Group:
Youth, Babies & Toddlers (0-3 years), Preschool & Kindergarten (3-5 years), Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years), Teens (14-18 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

Join us outside for fun, friendly, and multiple fluffy animals!

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Author Katherine Applegate next to book cover for Odder: An Otter's Story

Katherine Applegate Virtual Author Talk

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Talks & Book Clubs, Cultural & Social
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors, brought to you live and online by our partners at the Library Speakers Consortium.  All author talks are recorded and available for on-demand viewing.
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Virtual Event
Color Our World Summer Library Program 2025

SLP: Pine Hills Nursery- Terrariums

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

Pine Hills Nursery demonstrates building a terrarium with plants.

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Michael Albert, an American pop artist renowned for his "Cerealism" collages crafted form cereal boxes and other consumer packaging.

SLP: Modern Pop Art Experience w Michael Albert

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
WV Meeting Room at Waveland Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years), Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

 

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Register Now
Registration Required
Legos

MSU Extension STEM/Legos Program

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Early Literacy & Learning
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years), Teens (14-18 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

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Flyer describing program information

Club CREATE

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

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Art In Mississippi

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years)

Art in Mississippi

Kids will make art inspired by famous Mississippi artists each Friday in June. 

 

Open
Register Now
Registration Required

Caiden's Corner Launch Party--A Sensory Friendly Event

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Early Literacy & Learning, Education & Lifelong Learning, Life Skills
Age Group:
Youth, Babies & Toddlers (0-3 years), Preschool & Kindergarten (3-5 years), Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years), Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Pizza in Pieces--Enjoy pizza at the sensory-friendly launch party for Caiden's Corner, The Ausome Families Foundation. Pizza and Refreshments, quiet corners and chill zone, inclusive activities, free to families and community supporters. 

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SLP: MS Museum of Natural Science

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

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Color Our World Summer Library Program 2025

SLP: MS Museum of Natural Science

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
WV Meeting Room at Waveland Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

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fun with food flier

Fun with Food

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning, Life Skills
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT! 

4th-6th graders/ages 9-12 can register for this free two-day workshop where they will: 

Full
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Registration Required

Farm to Table: How to Make a Tasty Hamburger

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Community Outreach, Education & Lifelong Learning, Gardening & Outdoors
Age Group:
Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years)

Learn where your food comes from with Traci from Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation! Kids will learn how the different parts of a hamburger are grown and produced, and receive a free coloring book! 

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Observance - Independence Day

All Day
Bay St. Louis Library, East Hancock Library, Kiln Library, Pearlington Library, Waveland Library

All HCLS library branches will be closed for a State Holiday—Independence Day.  

Closing
Author Raúl the Third with covers from book series ¡Vamos!

Raúl the Third Virtual Author Talk (en Español)

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Talks & Book Clubs, Cultural & Social, Early Literacy & Learning
Age Group:
Preschool & Kindergarten (3-5 years), Children (6-9 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors, brought to you live and online by our partners at the Library Speakers Consortium.  All author talks are recorded and available for on-demand viewing.
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Virtual Event
Author Raúl the Third with covers from book series ¡Vamos!

Raúl the Third Virtual Author Talk

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Talks & Book Clubs, Cultural & Social, Early Literacy & Learning
Age Group:
Preschool & Kindergarten (3-5 years), Children (6-9 years)
Summer Library Program:

Summer Library Program events are made possible in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and resources from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).

Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors, brought to you live and online by our partners at the Library Speakers Consortium.  All author talks are recorded and available for on-demand viewing.
View Details
Virtual Event