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Take-and-Make: Grow Lion's Mane Mushrooms

Part of the Teen Summer Reading Program

"Unearth a Story" is the national summer reading theme for 2026. To that end, Maplewood Library's teen summer reading activities will focus on mysteries and secrets.

What grows in the dark, is soft like fur, and tastes kind of like lobster if you cook it right? A lion's mane mushroom! Lion's mane mushrooms (aka Hericium erinaceus) are high in protein, and they are used in cooking and in traditional Chinese medicine. For this take-and-make activity, you'll follow simple instructions to create a harvest of these fun fungi. 

Register to claim your own mushroom growing kit. Supplies are limited.

To earn a badge for attending this event and have a chance at winning a prize, click here to join the Teen Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack.

Click here to look at the summer reading prizes

Other Teen Summer Reading Events (click to view and register):

• Wednesday, June 24, 3:30-4:30 | Let's Play Among Us
• Tuesday, June 30, 3:30-4:30 | Brown Bag Book Swap: LGBTQ+
• Monday, July 6, 3:30-4:30 | Design a Signature Symbol
• Monday, July 13 through Saturday, July 19 | Take-and-Make: Grow Lion's Mane Mushrooms
• Tuesday, July 21, 3:30-4:30 | The Mysteries of Tarot Cards
• Wednesday, July 29, 3:30-4:30 | Trivia: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
• Thursday, August 6, 3:00-4:30 | Make a Secret Compartment in a Book
• Friday, August 14, 2:30-4:30 | Escape Room

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