Events

Join us every Wednesday--June 11 through August 6--10:30 am for our Summer Story Times at Matt Knoop Park. 4056 Shadow Mountain Drive, Park City (behind the PC Community Gardens.) Picture books, songs, puppets and a simple preschool craft. For families with children of all ages. Bring your library card to check out some books from the Bookmobile, too. See you there!

Unstructured Play Time on the front lawn for children age 0-5 and their caregivers. Meet new friends, young and old. Every Wednesday, May 28 through July 30, right after story time from 11:30am-12:30pm. Drop in anytime.

Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle (5th-8th Grade)

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This event will be 45 minutes in length.

You’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch. 

Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better-off kids crowd impatiently behind him as he tries to explain to the cashier that he’s on the free meal program. The lunch lady is hard of hearing, so Rex has to shout.

Free Lunch is the story of Rex’s efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth grade—who to sit with, not being able to join the football team, Halloween in a handmade costume, classmates and a teacher who take one look at him and decide he’s trouble—all while wearing secondhand clothes and being hungry. His mom and her boyfriend are out of work, and life at home is punctuated by outbursts of violence. Halfway through the semester, his family is evicted and ends up in government-subsidized housing in view of the school. Rex lingers at the end of last period every day until the buses have left, so no one will see where he lives.

Unsparing and realistic, Free Lunch is a story of hardship threaded with hope and moments of grace. Rex’s voice is compelling and authentic, and Free Lunch is a true, timely, and essential work that illuminates the lived experience of poverty in America. Register now to join the conversation!

About the Author: Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag, a New York Public Library Best Book; Abuela Don’t Forget Me, finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; and Road Home, which received a Printz Honor and a Stonewall Book Award Honor. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Need something to do on this hot summer day? Come chill out at the library while we watch a movie and do some crafts! 

There will snacks, of course! 

Registration is required

Ages 12-18

All Summit County Library branches will be closed on Thursday, July 24 for Pioneer Day. Regular hours will resume on Friday, July 25. 

Hora de Cuentos Bilingües en la biblioteca Kimball Junction. Todos los viernes a las 10:30 am. Para niños de todas las edades. Del 13 de junio al 1 de agosto. 

Bilingual Story Time at the Kimball Junction Branch Library. Every Friday, 10:30 am. For children of all ages. From June 13 through August 1.

Join us every Friday, June 6 through August 15, at 10:30 am for our Summer Story Times. Picture books, songs, puppets and a simple preschool craft. For families with children of all ages. See you there!

Chess Club meets on the *2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at the Kimball Junction Branch in Room 133 downstairs by the DMV from 6:00-7:45 p.m. Chess sets and refreshments will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own sets as well. The group is intended for ages 18+. If someone younger would like to join, we ask that a parent or another adult accompany them. All abilities are welcome.

Upcoming Meeting Dates:

June 9 | June 23
July 14 | July 28
Aug. 11 | Aug. 25
Sep. 8 | Sep. 22
Oct. 27
Nov. 10 | Nov. 24
Dec. 8 | Dec. 22

*There will be no meeting on Monday, October 13.

Unstructured Play Time in our air-conditioned auditorium for children age 0-5 and their caregivers. Dolls, cars, duplos, puzzles, pretend play--so much to play with and explore. Meet new friends, young and old. Every Tuesday, June 17 through August 5, 10:30 am-12:00 pm. Drop in anytime.

Join us every Tuesday, June 3 through August 12, at 10:30 am for singing, dancing, books, puppets and all kinds of early literacy fun. For our youngest patrons (ages 0-3) and their caregivers.