Harford County Public Library's 7^th Annual Fairy Tale & Superhero Festival takes place Friday, January 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Abingdon Library, 2510 Tollgate Road in Abingdon.
 
“Both children and adults love our Fairy Tale & Superhero Festival. It’s a day for everyone to enjoy their favorite children’s books and characters and to participate in a variety of super awesome activities,” said Mary Hastler, CEO of Harford County Public Library. “We offer activities that teach STEM thinking and learning plus crafts, parades, a scavenger hunt, celebrity guest readers and more. We invite everyone to join us on January 17.”
 
Participants are invited to come dressed as their favorite fairy tale or superhero character or as an everyday superhero. Activities include scavenger hunts, dance parties, parachute and puppet play, prince/princess/superhero parade and a superhero training course.
 
STEM activities (including coloring sheets, scavenger hunts, sticker polls, Lego activities and matching games) feature 3 Billy Goats Bridge Building, Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, Humpty Dumpty, Princess and the Pea Pattern Recognition and Yellow Brick Road Legos. Children can also make a variety of crafts focusing on Fairy House, Spiderman, superhero-themed cuffs, wizard gnomes and Rapunzel braids friendship bracelets.
 
Celebrity story time throughout the day features local community leaders sharing their favorite children’s picture books.
 
For more information about the festival, visit HCPLonline.org.
 
Harford County Public Library operates 11 branches located throughout Harford County offering access to ideas that inform, entertain and inspire. Last year the Library interacted with its residents more than 12 million times – borrowing free materials, visiting branches and the website, using free WiFi, and attending classes and events. In 2023 Harford County Public Library received Graphic Design USA’s American Inhouse Design Award™ for graphic excellence, the third time in five years. For more information, visit HCPLonline.org.