The libraries in East Contra Costa County (Antioch, Bay Point, Brentwood, Oakley and Pittsburg) invite residents of all ages to an afternoon of fun at the East County 2010 Summer Reading Festival. The festivities will be held Saturday, June 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Williamson Ranch Park in Antioch.

The Summer Reading Festival celebrates reading and books, and marks the beginning of the 2010 Summer Reading program Make a Splash. For fun in the sun with the kids, the festival features games, crafts, face painting, a chance to reach for the sky in a Finding Nemo jumper house, wacky entertainer Daffy Dave, plus live music and free refreshments. Teens can compete in a Wii tournament throughout the summer, and a championship will be held at the Antioch library on Aug. 16.

The 2010 Summer Reading Festival is being held in various locations in Contra Costa County. For a complete schedule of events in East Contra Costa County and other community libraries, visit the Contra Costa County Library Summer Reading Festival Web site at http://guides.ccclib.org/srf.

The Summer Reading Festival will also present internationally-acclaimed writer Dave Eggers at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek on Sunday, June 6 at 1 p.m. Admission is free. Author of “Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” and “Zeitoun,” and screenwriter for “Where the Wild Things Are,” Eggers founded the literary journal “McSweeney’s” and co-founded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and literary tutoring center for children in San Francisco.

Eggers epitomizes the Summer Reading Festival – a celebration of the importance and the joy of reading for people of all ages. For ticket information, call the Lesher Center at 925-943-SHOW (7469) or visit www.lesherartscenter.org.