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Sat, June 9

10:30 am–4 pm: Zoo puppet show. The Wildlife Players perform at Prospect Park Zoo (450 Flatbush Ave., at Empire Boulevard), free. Call (718) 399-7339 for info.

11 am: Improv for kids. Gallery Players (199 14th St., between Fourth and Fifth avenues in Park Slope), kids, $8; parents free. Call (718) 595-0547 for info.

11 am: Reading and signing by author/ illustrator Melissa Iwai. Barnes and Noble (106 Court St., at State Street in Brooklyn Heights), free. Call (718) 246-4996 for info.

11 am: Magic show. Uncle Rock, a children’s musician, performs at Mamalu (232 N. 12th St.. between Driggs and Union avenues in Williamsburg), $10. Call (718) 486-6312 or visit www.unclerock.com for info.

11:30 am–12:30 pm: Films for toddlers. Brooklyn Children’s Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave., at St Marks Avenue in Crown Heights), free. Call (718) 735-4400 for info.

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Noon–4 pm: Street fair. Emerson Place, between Myrtle and Willoughby avenues, free. Call (718) 636-1463 for info.

Noon and 1:30 pm: Gallery talk. Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights), adults, $8; kids and seniors, $4. Call (718) 638-5000 for info.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Jungle Book” puppet show. Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., at Fourth Street in Park Slope), $7 children, $8 adults. Call (718) 965-3391 for reservations.

1 pm: Kids film festival. Brooklyn Children’s Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave., at St Marks Avenue in Crown Heights). Call (718) 735-4400 for ticket info.

1–6 pm: Multi-cultural festival featuring reggae star Khari Kill. Youth Resource Center (in Prospect Park Parade Ground on the corner of Caton and Coney Island avenues), Free. Call (718) 854-4901 for info.

1:15-1:55 pm: Boat ride. Prospect Park Boathouse (enter at Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Road), adults, $10; children, $6. Binoculars provided. Call (718) 287-3400 for info.

1:30 pm: Postcard exhibit. New York City Transit Museum (corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, in Brooklyn Heights), adults, $5; kids, $3. Call (718) 694-1600 for info.

7:30 pm: Dance performance. BAM Attic Theater (30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St Felix Street), adults, $22; kids, $12. Call (718) 522-4696 for info.

Sun, June 10

10:30 am–4 pm: Zoo puppet show. See Saturday, June 9.

11:30 am–12:30 pm: Films for toddlers. See Saturday, June 9.

11 am–2 pm: Gallery talk. Brooklyn Museum. (200 Eastern Pkwy, at Washington Avenue in Park Slope), adults, $8; kids free. Meet in first floor lobby. Call (718) 638-5000 for info.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Jungle Book puppet show. See Saturday, June 9.

1 pm and 4 pm: Circus Show at The Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge (foot of Conover Street, in Red Hook) adults, $15; kids, $8. Call (877) 238-5596 for info or visit www.waterfrontmuseum.org.

3–5 pm: Shark show. Make a shark headdress and learn about these aquatic killing machines at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave., at St Marks Avenue in Crown Heights), free. Call (718) 735-4400 for info.

Friday, June 15

10:30 am–4 pm: Zoo puppet show. See Saturday, June 9.

6:30 pm: Book talk with Rick Rioran, author of “The Lightning Thief.” Barnes and Noble (267 Seventh Ave., at Sixth Street, in Park Slope), free. Call (718) 832-9066 for info.

Sat, June 16

10:30 am–4 pm: Zoo puppet show. See Saturday, June 9.

11 am: Ocean life workshop. Brooklyn Children’s Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave., at St Marks Avenue in Crown Heights), free. Call (718) 735-4400 for info.

11 am–2 pm: Gallery talk. See Sunday, June 10.

12:30–1:30 pm: Father’s day celebration. Brooklyn Children’s Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave., at St Marks Avenue in Crown Heights), $5. Call (718) 735-4400.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Jungle Book puppet show. See Saturday, June 9.

1 pm: Insect Safari. Salt Marsh Nature Center (3302 Ave. U, at 33rd Street) For info, call 311. Children 12 and over.

1–2 pm: Magic show. Williamsburg library (240 Division Ave., at Marcy Avenue), free. Call (718) 302-3485 for info.

3–7 pm: Family picnic. Music by the Dirty Sock Funtime Band, activities, hot dogs, ice cream, a bouncy castle and more. Main Street, between Water and Plymouth streets, $20 per family. Call (917) 532-4854 for info.

7:30 pm: Horseshoe crab watch. Plumb Beach parking lot (off the Belt Parkway, a mile east of the Sheepshead Bay exit), free. For info, call 311.

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