Library

Outdoor Adventures and Stories with CACS Summer 2025

Every Mon June 9-July 28
1-2:30pm

Ages 6-9
Join the CACS day campers, their counselors, and youth services librarian Cinda for read-alouds, games, and crafts on the library’s greenway (western lot). Meet outside the library's front entrance.

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Time Travel Escape Quest: A locked room puzzle for K-4th grades

Oh no! We're stuck in the past! Or is it the future?

Join together to help solve the puzzles and follow the clues to put your time machine back together! Can you fix the machine before you run out of time?

Snacks will be served!

Registration is required. For kids K-4th grades

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Teen Mystery Party: Echo Spy Academy

At Echo Academy, secrets and shadows are part of the curriculum. It's not just any school--it's the premier spy training ground for teens, where mastering the art of deception is as essential as acing your finals!

Echo Spy Academy: The Hidden Agenda, A My Mystery party game by Dr. Bon Blossman

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2025 Pre-parade meet up!

Kids chess club is one of the most popular programs at the library! We'll celebrate chess in this year's Independence Day Parade! At our pre parade meet up, we'll create chess piece hats to wear during the parade!

Thursday July 3, 2-3:30

Walk with the library and BOB the book mobile on July 4! Kids under 12 need to be accompanied by an adult during the parade.

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HERC Community Information Meeting

The City of Homer is hosting a community informational meeting regarding the Homer Education and Recreation Center (HERC). Special guests include staff from the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Brownfields Program, consultants from BGES – an environmental consulting firm hired by the state to conduct hazardous materials testing, and a facilitator from the Center for Creative Land Recycling.

Tuesday, May 20th at 6pm*

Homer Public Library Fireplace Lounge

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Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle

Join us for the watch party in the library! Counts as a side quest.

Or register and watch at home.

Recommended for 5th-8th grades.

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.

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Discerning the Truth with Marie Lu: A Virtual Author Talk

Join us for the watch party in the library! Counts as a side quest.

Or register and watch at home.

Recommended for 9th-12th grades.

Explore the intricate world of Legend with Marie Lu as she encourages readers to look beyond the surface and reveal hidden secrets. Explore the depths of deceit, battle for power, and the lengths characters will go to unmask the Truth.

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Drawing your World with Raúl the Third: Virtual Author Talk

Join us for the watch party in the library! Counts as a side quest!

Or register and watch at home. Pre-k-2nd grade.

Join author and illustrator Raúl The Third as he discusses his book ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Read!. Meet Little Lobo and friends as they explore their library's Libro Love Book Festival! From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone and Little Lobo can’t wait to show you.