Gather at the art benches, listen to stories, earn your own Junior Ranger badge, and take home free books!

Monday, June 19 and 26, 10:00 a.m.
Larry Forrest Memorial Park, Somerset, Wis.
Presented with Somerset Public Library

Wednesday, July 12 and 26, 11:15 a.m.
Picnic Point, Lakefront Park, Hudson, Wis.
Presented with Hudson Area Public Library

Friday, July 21, 10:30 a.m.
Freedom Park, Prescott, Wis.
Presented with Prescott Public Library

Tuesday, August 1, 10:30 a.m.
Croixdale, Bayport, Minn.
Presented with Bayport Public Library

Books & Benches is a project of the Somerset Elementary Family Book Drive in partnership with The Phipps Center for the Arts and local libraries, to increase summer reading and expose young readers to community art in the St. Croix River Valley.

Books & Benches is a project of the Somerset Elementary family picnic book drive in partnership with The Phipps Center for the Arts, the National Park Service, and local libraries, to increase summer reading and expose young readers to community art in the St. Croix River Vall