Summer Stories 2025

NEW LOCATION FOR 2025! This year we will be at Pine Hill Recreation Area near Waynesboro.

Children gather under a tree in the park to listen to stories and enjoy related hands-on craft or activity.

Free admission.

This year, Summer Stories will be on Tuesdays, June 10, 17, 24 and July 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 10:00 a.m.

The theme for 2025 is “Local Wildlife Tell Their Stories.”

Each book features a different local wildlife species.

Our stories and storytellers for the season are as follows:

June 10: Shawna Kauffman- Raccoon and the Hot Air Balloon by Jill Atkins

June 17: Gwendolyn Magras- Bats at the Library by Brian Lies

June 24: Alice Noll- It’s Mine! By Leo Lionni

July 1: Sue Von Rembow- Where is Smelly Ann Skunk? By Janet Hill and Chris Thillen

July 8: Lisa and Barry Donohoe- Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor

July 15: Melodie Anderson-Smith- Elmore by Holly Hobbie

July 22: Lisa and Barry Donohoe- The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder

July 29: Mary Claire King- The Birdwatchers by Simon James

If inclement weather, call 717-762-0373 to confirm.

Underwriting support from our Today’s Horizon Fund Contributors: The Nora Roberts Foundation; the late Alma W. Oyer; APX Enclosures; Don Gibe and Nancy Erlanson; and the family of the late Carolyn Terry Eddy, with daughters Connie Fleagle & Kim Larkin.