“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.

Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high.”

I expect many of us can hum along to Ella Fitzgerald’s classic song.

Here at the Public Library of Catasauqua, we are singing a rather different song!

It goes like this:

“Summertime, and we’re working so fast.

Getting ready for summer reading and crafts.”

The theme for the summer reading program is “Tails and Tales,” and it will run June 22-July 29. We’re looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.

There will be crafts for young children, older children and teens, including painting, origami, clay modeling, simple electronics and more.

Each time you come to an event, you will receive a brag tag. How many can you collect?

At the end of the program, we will be giving out a book and having Oogies Ice Cream.

Because very few children have been vaccinated, we decided to have in-person crafts and stories Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays so we can have small groups in the children’s room at different times of each day. It will be a two-family maximum.

Middle schoolers and teens will work downstairs.

Masks must be worn.

The times are the same weekly. Tuesdays are 11 a.m.-noon, 2-3 p.m. and 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Wednesdays and Thursdays are 3-4 p.m. and 6-7 p.m.

If you would like to book a time, call 610-264-4151.

If you aren’t comfortable with your child coming in person to the library, you can pick up the craft to do at home.

Register, and we will have that week’s craft in a bag ready for you to pick up.

NEW BOOKS

Fiction: “Tom Clancy Target Acquired,” Don Bentley; “Fallen,” Linda Castillo; “The Saboteurs,” Clive Cussler; “Murder at Sunrise Lake,” Christine Feehan; “The Summer of No Attachments,” Lori Foster; “Choose Me,” Tess Gerritsen and Gary Brauer; “The Third Grave,” Lisa Jackson; “Malibu Rising,” Taylor Jenkins Reid; “It’s Better This Way,” Debbie Macomber; “The Maidens,” Alex Michaelides; “Hidden (Lost and Found),” Fern Michaels; “The Noise,” James Patterson and J.D. Barker; “Nine Lives,” Danielle Steel

Nonfiction: “The Rifle: Combat Stories from America’s Last WWII Veterans Told Through an M1 Garand,” Andrew Biggio; “Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II,” Daniel James Brown; “Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors,” Denise Hoskins and Aaron Quinn with Nicole Weisensee Egan; “Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service,” Carol Leonnig; “Upgrade Your Immunity with Herbs: Herbal Tonics, Broths, Brews and Elixirs to Supercharge Your Immune System,” Dr. Joseph Mercola; “The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives,” Brian Moylan; “Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us on the Moon,” Ryan S. Walters; “The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid,” Lawrence Wright

Juvenile: “What Is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19?” Michael Burgon; “Thrilling Tales from the Tree House (The Last Kids on Earth),” Max Brallier; “The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution,” Joanna Cole; “The Deluxe Junior Novelization: Raya and the Last Dragon,” Tenny Nellson; “Diana and the Underworld Odyssey,” Aisha Saeed

Young adult: “The Hollow Inside,” Brooke Lauren Davis; “The Ivies,” Alexa Donne; “The Mary Shelley Club,” Goldy Moldavsky; “House of Hollow,” Krystal Sutherland

Picture books: “Once Upon a Flower Girl (Disney Princess),” Marie Chow; “5-Minute Disney Furry Friends Stories,” Disney Books; “Grumpy Monkey Freshly Squeezed,” Suzanne Lang; “Time for School, Little Blue Truck,” Alice Schertle; “I’m Getting a Shark!” Brady Smith; “I’m On It! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!),” Andrea Tsurumi; “Oliver’s Lollipop,” Allison Wortche