The 4th annual Catherine’s Butterfly Party will be held on June 9 from noon to 4pm in Newtown. Every year, Catherine Hubbard asked for a birthday party that would bring all of her favorite animals together; Catherine’s Butterfly Party is that wish fulfilled.

This free, family-focused festival and pet adoption event features fun activities for adults and kids alike, including face painting, games, crafts, vendors, food trucks and live music.

Sanctuary Book Worms will welcome a special guest, acclaimed author Elana K. Arnold, who will be signing her book, A Boy Called Bat. This story of first friendship will be the summer read for the Sanctuary Book Worms. The book can be ordered from Byrd’s Books at ByrdsBooks.com/Catherine-Violet-Hubbard-Foundation; they will have it for you at the Butterfly Party to be signed. Be sure to stop by and meet the author.

For more information, visit CVHFoundation.org/4th-Annual-Catherines-Butterfly-Party. Location: Fairfield Hills Campus, 3 Primrose St, Newtown.