For Young Minds:
Registration opens Monday, June 15 for a free, all-ages art reception, talk and book signing by children’s author-illustrator Katy Tanis at the Lacey branch of the Ocean County Library on Monday, June 29 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Younger readers can also enjoy a coloring craft. The exhibit, “Love Under the Sea,” on display now, features artwork from Tanis’s new book by the same title.
Tanis spent her North Jersey childhood exploring imagined jungles with her three siblings, according to her bio.
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