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Kids of all ages can stop by any time on Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14 for Drop-In Father’s Day Crafts to make their very own creations for their dads and grandpas. The Children’s Library supplies the materials free of charge and no reservations are required. Samples of crafts will be available for kids to follow, so they can create something special to show their love and appreciation.

Wilton Library Association’s Friends of the Library holds its 113th annual meeting on Sunday, June 15 starting at 4 p.m. A general meeting will be held with the election of officers, announcements of volunteer and staff person of the year, and the welcoming of new trustees and the acknowledgment of retiring trustees for their years of service. After the meeting is adjourned, architect Frederick Noyes will deliver a lively presentation on Modernist architecture. Mr. Noyes is the son of Eliot Noyes, the architect who designed the building in 1975 on which the new expansion is based. The 2008 Wilton Reads! book will be announced with a limited supply given away free at the meeting, thanks to a generous donation from The Wilton Bank. Additional free books will be distributed in the fall. A reception follows the presentation. The meeting, presentation and reception are open to the public. The library will close at 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Registration for the library’s summer reading program, Travel the 50 States, takes place next week, Monday, June 16 through Friday, June 20. Kids ages 2–12 can come in at any time to decorate their automobile posters which will be displayed all summer long in the library. Kids will be exploring the United States, looking at the South, Appalachia, the Prairies and on to California with a new location or theme each week. They will be introduced to Wild Goose Nation string band, live animals, craft programs and workshops, story times, a country fair, harmonica virtuoso Peter Madcat Ruth, and much more. Children can join in at any time during the summer reading program which ends Aug. 15. Sponsors to date for portions of Travel the 50 States are: Building Blocks Art Supplies and Gallery, the Fannie M. Lienhard Fund, the Sherman Family Fund, the Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation and Stop & Shop. For information about the summer reading program, visit www.wiltonlibrary.org/events or call 762-3950.

Art historian Joan Kaskell returns to the library to give an informative presentation on Monday, June 16 at 11 a.m. about the Florence Griswold Museum. The talk is the prelude to the museum trip on Wednesday, June 18, from 9:30–4:30. Ms. Kaskell’s presentation will touch upon the Impressionist Giverny exhibit, along with the museum itself. The talk is open to everyone. There is no charge for the talk and advance registration is suggested. To register: www.wiltonlibrary.org/events or call 762-3950. The museum trip, which is co-sponsored by the library and St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, includes a tour with the exhibit “Impressionist Giverny: The Americans, 1885–1915” and lunch at the Bee and Thistle Inn. The cost for the bus, museum admission and tour, and the lunch is $68 and is on a first come-first served basis. Payment must be made at the time of the reservation. To register, visit the library’s circulation desk or call 762-3950. The bus leaves the library at 9:30 a.m. sharp and starts the return trip at 3 p.m.

A frequent teenage lament, “there’s nothing to do,” can be easily dismissed with one quick look at the library’s Web site under Teens. The month of June alone brings a concert, book talks, a photo contest and a fun body collage program to kids entering grades 7–12. Fades to Gray, a local teen band, plays classic rock tunes on Tuesday, June 17, from 8–9:30 p.m. Members include Greg Golterman, Will Boudreau, Devon Jeffries, John Liebowitz and Jeff Liebowitz. Refreshments will be served. On Wednesday throughout the summer, from 4–5 p.m. beginning June 18, teens can drop in to chat with other teens in an informal, roundtable discussion about the great reads they finished. Starting Monday, June 23, the “Gotcha Reading” Teen Photo Contest begins for kids entering grades 7–12 and 2008 high school graduates. Prizes will be awarded for the funniest shot, the most original place found reading and for the most artistic. Photos should be submitted in 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 formats. Photos will be displayed in the library in August. Photos can be dropped off at the circulation desk if the Teen desk is closed. Submissions must be in by July 25. Teens will create life-size images of themselves using paper, markers, yarn, fabric and other materials in Body Collage for Teens on Thursday, June 26, from 3–5 p.m. Materials will be provided by the library. Advance registration is suggested. To register: www.wiltonlibrary.org/events or call 762-3950. All of the teen programs mentioned above are made possible by the John and Patricia Curran Teen Fund. Visit www.wiltonlibrary.org/events to see more teen events this summer.