Celebrate America's 250th Birthday at the Key Largo & Islamorada branches
- Monroe County Public Library
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The Islamorada Library branch & Key Largo Library branch are celebrating America's 250th Birthday during Summer Reading 2026!
Sign up at either branch starting Friday, May 29. Pick up a reading log and win prizes by tracking your reading over the summer.
Each week the branches invite you to participate in exciting and informative weekly programs connecting us to our community and the world we live in. Take time to step in to adventure through reading, hands-on activities, unique programs, and movies that showcase who we are as individuals, a community, and a country at our nation's 250-year mark.
Come to the Library in June and July to get started on your journey.
Summer Reading events at the Key Largo Library branch:
Monday, June 1, 4 pm: Wacky Art Game Show
What could possibly occur when an individual wearing a rubber chicken as a hat from Do Art Productions pops into the Library to host an art-centered game show? Show up and find out!
Friday, June 5, 2 pm: Movie Matinee
Explore Florida with Flight of the Navigator (PG).
Saturday, June 13, 11:30 am: Movie Matinee
We're heading to Louisiana with The Princess and the Frog (G).
Tuesday, June 16, 10:30 am: Story Time with Miss Patty's Primary Songs
Join YouTube superstar Patty Shukla for a fun interactive story time with songs and dances.
Saturday, June 20, 11:30 am: Movie Matinee
It's Texas Time with Secondhand Lions (PG)
Tuesday, June 23, 4 pm: Florida Bay Forever
Find out about the science and strength of a community through a unique program for our younger patrons.
Saturday, June 27, 12:30 pm: Movie Matinee
We'll be in Kansas for a minute with The Wizard of Oz (G).
Monday, June 29, 11:30 am: Movie Matinee
Join Nicolas Cage in chasing legendary documents related to our nation's founding in Pennsylvania in National Treasure (PG).
Wednesday, July 1, 10:30 am: Three Sisters: Corn Beans and Squash
The Master Gardeners from UF/IFAS Extension Monroe County will tell us about the communal cooperation and indigenous agricultureal wisdom. Master Gardeners will assist each participant in planting Seminole pumpkin seeds you will take home with you.
Saturday, July 11, 11:30 am: Movie Matinee
We're moving on up to the big time in the big city (New York) with Annie (PG).
Saturday, July 18, 11:30 am: Movie Matinee
Teen vampires are learning about eternal life and love in Washington State in Twilight (PG-13).
Thursday, July 23, 3:30 pm: Mosquito Control
You have heard that annoying hum and experienced the itchy bit and SLAP! Yep, we'll be talking about those plentiful pests with Florida Keys Mosquito Control. Learn more about them — and make your own!
Saturday, July 25, 11:30 am: Move Matinee
In the summer of 1962, a new kid in a California town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures in The Sandlot (PG).
Tuesday, July 28, 3 pm: Beakers & Bugs
We'll Walk Like An Egyptian with Beakers & Bugs. SPACE IS LIMITED - REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Friday, July 31, 2 pm: Movie Matinee
We'll round out our national roadtrip on film in Hawaii with Lilo & Stitch (PG).
Summer Reading events at the Islamorada Library branch:
Tuesday, June 2, 4 pm: Graphic Novel Workshop
You've read them, but have you ever thought about drawing your own graphic novel? Take a chance and see if an individual wearing a rubber chicken as a hat from Do Art Productions might just inspire you to release onto paper a future bestseller.
Saturday, June 6, 12:30 pm: Movie Matinee
Our national birthday tour through the movies starts in Hawaii with Lilo & Stitch (PG)
Saturday, June 13 12:30 pm: Move Matinee
It may be steamy around here, so why not take some time in the frozen north — Alaska — with Balto (G)?
Wednesday, June 17, 10:30 am: Story Time with Miss Patty's Primary Songs
Join YouTube superstar Patty Shukla for a fun interactive story time with songs and dances.
Friday, June 19, 9 am: Junior Rangers @ Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
Join the Islamorada Library branch at the park for their Junior Ranger Program with a little extra from your library.
Saturday, June 20, 12:30 pm: Movie Matinee
We're exploring freedom in Montana with Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (G)
Saturday, June 27, 12:30 pm: Movie Matinee
The Iron Giant (PG) is a giant robot from outer space — so what is it doing in Maine?
Monday, June 29, 2 pm: Movie Matinee
The original blockbuster filmed in Massachusetts half a century ago retains its bite: time to go back into the water with Jaws (PG).
Tuesday, June 30, 4 pm: Florida Bay Forever
The local nonprofit group shares the science and strength of a community through a unique program for our younger patrons.
Saturday, July 11, 12:30pm - Movie Matinee
Spider-Man (PG-13) does whatever a spider can. Spins a web, any size, catches thieves just like flies — all in the skies above the skyscrapers and outer boroughs of New York.
Thursday, July 16, 10:30 am: Three Sisters: Corn Beans and Squash
The Master Gardeners from UF/IFAS Extension Monroe County will tell us about the communal cooperation and indigenous agricultureal wisdom. Master Gardens will assist each participant in planting Seminole pumpkin seeds you will take home with you.
Friday, July 17, 9 am: Junior Rangers @ Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
Join the Islamorada Library branch at the park for their Junior Ranger Program with a little extra from your library.
Saturday, July 18, 12:30 pm: Movie Matinee
There's no crying in baseball! But Illinois-set A League of Their Own (PG) might touch your heart as well as your funny bone.
Wednesday, July 22, 3:30 pm: Mosquito Control
You have heard that annoying hum and experienced the itchy bit and SLAP! Yep, we'll be talking about those plentiful pests with Florida Keys Mosquito Control. Learn more about them — and make your own!
Saturday, July 25, 12:30 pm: Movie Matinee
We're headed for Tornado Alley in Oklahama with Twister (PG-13)
Monday, July 27 - 3 pm: Beakers & Bugs
Space Is Limited, Registration Required Join us at the Islamorada Library branch for the Science of Rocks with Beakers and Bugs.
Friday, July 31, 2 pm: Movie Matinee
We're winding up this summer roadtrip on film in Louisiana with The Princess and the Frog (G).
