Join us as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing during summer reading 2019.

Parents, register your children ages 4 through 12th grade in person at the library. Our programs are guaranteed to be of high interest for all ages.

All programs are 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays except one - Animals in Space is 4:30 p.m. and designated a teen-only event.

• June 18 - Summer reading begins with Catasauqua Garden Club helping plant flowers in pots to take home. This year, the flowers represent the sun, moon and stars.

• June 25 - Decorate moon landing cupcakes with Blondie.

• July 2 - Skype to Japan for a star festival with storyteller Karen Maurer.

• July 9 - Make and launch your own rocket with the Da Vinci Science Center.

• July 16 - Professor Gary from Moravian College guides us through the July 20, 1969, moon landing. The Apollo 11 mission launched July 16, 1969.

• July 16 - Teens get to learn about animals in space. This program is 4:30 p.m.

• July 23 - Watch NASA’s acclaimed movie “Apollo 11,” a film for all ages.

• July 30 - Summer reading 2019 concludes with the traditional visit from Officer Wiseman, K-9 Zora and Oogie’s Ice Cream truck with treats for everyone.

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NEW BOOKS

Adult fiction: “One Good Deed,” David Baldacci; “Sidney Sheldon’s The Silent Widow,” Tilly Bagshawe; “The Guest Book,” Sarah Blake; “The Oracle,” Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell; “Cari Mora,” Thomas Harris; “Summer of ’69,” Elin Hilderbrand; “Paranoid,” Lisa Jackson; “Robert B. Parker’s Buckskin,” Robert Knott; “Window on the Bay,” Debbie Macomber; “Tom Clancy Enemy Contact,” Mike Maden; “The Summer Guests,” Mary Alice Monroe; “The 13 Minute Murder,” James Patterson; “Sophia, Princess Among Beasts,” James Patterson with Emily Raymond; “Under Currents,” Nora Roberts; “The New Girl,” Daniel Silva; “Lost and Found,” Danielle Steel

Nonfiction: “Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy,” Dan Abrams and David Fisher; “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” Casey Cep; “Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach and a World at War,” Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice; “Howard Stern Comes Again,” Howard Stern; “The Kennedy Heirs: John, Caroline and the New Generation - A Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy,” J. Randy Taraborrelli; “The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation,” Brenda Wineapple; “Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11,” Mitchell Zuckoff

Juvenile: “National Geographic Kids Almanac 2020,” National Geographic Kids

Children’s picture books: “Sticks,” Diane Alber; “Hair Love,” Matthew A. Cherry; “Dear Boy,” Paris Rosenthal and Jason Rosenthal; “Dr. Seuss’s I Love Pop!: A Celebration of Dads,” Dr. Seuss; “The Pigeon Has to Go to School,” Mo Willems