CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Falls District Community Library has announced four programs for kids that will run throughout the 2022-2023 school year:

— Holiday and Global Explorer Story Hours. These are for children from 3 years old through fifth grade.

Throughout the year, they will have holiday story hours to celebrate Halloween, Buck Fest, Christmas, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the NFL Super Bowl, President’s Day, Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, Easter, Arbor Day and Memorial Day.

They also have Global Explorer Story Hours, and this year they will study the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil, the Liberty Bell of Pennsylvania, Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico, the Golden Gate Bridge in California, Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the Vaqueros and American Cowboys of Texas, and the Oregon Trail.

The story hours take place twice a month. Participants are asked to come into the library to pick up a paper schedule or access it on the library’s website.

— Library Club for third through fifth grades. This year will have a library club for third through fifth graders that will meet after school on Wednesdays. Each week they will read, complete a craft or activity, and listen to some music that all go with a theme.

There is an overall club theme for each month: September — Crafty Kids Club; October — Creepy Crawlers Club; November — Super Sleuth Club; January — Fractured Fairy Tale Club; February — American Girl Club; March — Secret Identity Club; and April –Pirates Club.

Children can register for any or all the clubs by calling the library at 906-875-3344, or by emailing Evelyn Gathu at egathu@crystalfallslibrary.org. The first session is Sept. 7.

–Terrific Tales for Tweens, for sixth through eighth grade students. This is a book club that kids can join alone or with their parents. In this club, they will be reading six classics of children’s literature: “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH,” by Robert C. O’Brien; “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,” by Mildred D. Taylor; “Crossover,” by Kwame Alexander; “Little Women,” by Louisa May Alcott; “Around the World in Eighty Days,” by Jules Verne; and “Treasure Island,” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

They will meet every six weeks. Students and parents interested in joining should attend the organizational meeting at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. During the meeting, members will get the first book, and they will decide what day/time will be best for the meetings.

–Young Adult Book Club, for grades nine to 12. For one year now, a Young Adult Book Club has met at the library about every six weeks. They are always looking for new members.

Their book selections come from the suggestions of its members. During the September session, they will be meeting with award-winning author Joshua C. Chadd.

He currently lives in Iron Mountain, and will be joining them to discuss his book “Outbreak (The Brother’s Creed Book 1).”

Those interested in this club should call the library at 906-875-3344 for more information.