As part of the North Olympic Library System’s annual Summer Reading Program, KidsQuest Children’s Museum will offer a Northwest wildlife science fair on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 10:30 a.m. Due to space constraints at the Sequim Library, this program will be held at the Sequim Middle School cafeteria at 301 W. Hendrickson Road.

Learn about local wildlife through this hands-on animal experience. Explore skulls, scat, tracks and real animal pelts, developing awareness and respect for Northwest wildlife and habitats. Using microscopes, you’ll also be able to get up close and personal with smaller Northwest wild things. A handheld microscope will be used to help check out tiny objects on the big screen.

The theme for the 2017 Summer Reading Program is Build a Better World. This summertime celebration, which encourages children to keep reading during the summer break from school, features a reading challenge and a multitude of events for all ages. Research shows that children who do not read during the summer experience “summer slide” and may lose up to a month of the instructional knowledge they gained during the previous school year. The Summer Reading Program runs through Saturday, Aug. 19.

For more information about the Summer Reading Program and other events for young people, visit www.nols.org, call 360-683-1161 or email youth@nols.org.