By Town Crier Staff Report

August is a busy month at the Los Altos library, with summer reading programs and other events for children, pre-readers and teens, and special activities for the city’s 50th birthday celebration.

Teen movie nights will be held 7-9:30 p.m., Friday and Aug. 23. For titles, call the library.

Family movies will be screened 2-5 p.m., Saturday and Aug. 24. For titles, call the library at 948-7683. Children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult.

The children’s Summer Reading Club for children 5 and up concluded Aug. 1. Children may pick up their certificates and free books until the end of September.

P & T Puppets will present “Just So Stories” for pre-readers in the Read to Me Bees program 10:30 a.m., Aug. 21.

The Teen Summer Reading program continues through Saturday. The grand prize drawing for a personal CD player will be held 2 p.m., Aug. 25. Winners of the grand prize as well as the weekly drawings that were held through the summer have until the end of September to pick up their prizes.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the city’s incorporation, the library will have special activities 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Aug. 25: scavenger hunts with prizes for children and teens; puppet shows at 12 noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.; displays on the history of the library; a visit from a county bookmobile; and library tours.

Some of the events will take place in the library parking lot. Patrons should park in the Hillview Community Center lot and in the nearby downtown area.

For more information, call the Children’s Reference Desk at 948-7683, ext. 3525, or the Adult Reference Desk at 948-7683, ext. 3519.