Get ready to sing, clap, dance and spin along with award-winning musician and author Jim Gill as he visits libraries on the Olympic Peninsula this month.

Gill’s “Sing-A-Thon of Celebrated Songs” is coming to the Forks Library at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Sequim Boys and Girls Club (400 W. Fir St.) at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, and again that evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

Gill’s distinctive music play creates the spirit of a family room and is an invitation to children, parents, and grandparents to sing and play together, program organizers say.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket.

Gill has released 10 award-winning CDs of music play for young children that are favorites in family rooms, classrooms and playrooms. His most popular book, “A Soup Opera,” is a sing-along opera inspired by concerts that he performs with symphony orchestras.

He is also a child development specialist, completing his graduate studies in child development at the Erikson Institute of Chicago with a special emphasis on the study of play.

This program is supported by the Friends of Sequim Library, Port Angeles Friends of the Library and Forks Friends of the Library.

For more information about this and other programs for youth, visit www.nols.org, email to youth@nols.org or call 360-683-1161.