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Storytime
DATE: Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25
TIME: 9-10 a.m.
PRICE: Included with membership or Garden admission
Summer Storytimes are back this summer. The Garden invites kids five and younger and their caregivers to enjoy different nature-themed books each week, and partake in songs and playtime while immersed in the Garden. Included with general admission.
Location: Weisz Learning Center
May: Welcome!
- May 26 | Way Out in the Desert by T.J. Marsh and Jennifer Ward & Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Gulberson
June: Desert Animals
- June 2 | Coyote, A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest by Gerald McDermott
- June 9 | Fast Freddie, The Legend in a Shell by Michael Hale (Michael will be reading his book)
- June 16 | I am Amazing! By Alissa Holder
- June 23 | The Hungry Hummingbird by April Pulley Sayre
- June 30 | Alicia: La Historia de Una Amistad | Alice A Story of Friendship by Bill Vermooten (Bilingual)
July: Desert Plants/Landscape
- July 14 | Over and Under the Canyon by Kate Messner
- July 21 | The Giving Tre of the Desert by Danielle Fradette
- July 28 | (Bilingual): El desierto es mi madre | The Desert is My Mother by Pat Mora
August: Desert Nights
- Aug. 4 | Desert Song by Tony Johnston
- Aug. 11 | Desert Day Desert Night by Anthony Frederic
- Aug. 18 | Night Song by Ari Berk
- Aug. 25 | Night Blooms by Lara Hawthorne
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