Author Lisa Kerr to launch Santa Maria library's summer reading program

The Santa Maria Public Library will kick off its summer reading program with a special event this Saturday featuring an opportunity for patrons to read with a therapy dog, complete a scavenger hunt, participate in fun crafts and more

Saturday's kickoff event is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. at the main library, 421 South McClelland Street, and a special story time presentation with Lisa Kerr author of the 2023 Beatty Award picture book Wake, Sleepy One: California Poppies and the Super Bloom will begin at 11:30 a.m.

Event attendees will also be able to take part in a special craftworks session that offer instruction on how to build an upcycled journal for creative fiction writing, daily journaling, free-associative poetry or whatever you want to write about, however you want to write about it. 

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