More than 30 libraries throughout Washington, including Carnation and Snoqualmie Libraries, will receive educational invention kits for children to use for a limited time, courtesy of the State Library.

State Librarian Rand Simmons said the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and STREAM (science, technology, reading and writing, engineering, art, math) educational kits will benefit libraries that don’t have the resources to buy and provide their own for youth patrons.

“These construction kits are going to many libraries where funding is scarce,” Simmons said. “The smallest libraries don’t have rooms to store Legos, let alone the money to buy the kits.”

The State Library will send kits to libraries in Bellevue and Renton, as well as to Carnation and Snoqulamie.

Carolyn Petersen, the State Library’s assistant program manager for library development, said many youth services coordinators from public libraries who attended a youth leadership summit suggested the Cool Creations and Makey Makey kits.