Field paleontologist Mike Straka performs a trick with Gavin Pettigrew, 6, of Waverly Township, during the Ancient Undersea Reptile Show.
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Field paleontologist Mike Straka performs a trick with Yvette Hawk,.of Shavertown, and her daughter Adriana, 3 during the Ancient Undersea Reptile Show.
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Kids get their photo taken with Molly the Mosasaur, an ancient reptile, in which they learned about at the Dalton Community Library.
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Youth services director Leigh-Ann Puchalski reads a book called “Over in the Ocean” to kids in the Dalton Community Library.
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Grace Hibbard, (left), 10, and her sister Claire, 9, of Factoryville draw coral reefs.
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At the Abington Community Library, amateur astronomer Conal Richards shows how constellations move in the night sky using images from NASA JPL Caltech. His program is called A Tourist’s Guide to the Stars.
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The Dalton Community Library and Abington Community Library participate in the SummerQuest Reading Program, which runs until August 12. Its theme this year is Oceans of Possibilities. Kids participate in ocean-related activities at the library such as coral reef sponge art and learn about a dinosaur that once lived underwater.
— Ben Freda
