Adventure Begins at Your Library!

The 2024 Summer Reading Program theme is "Find Your Voice". Registration begins May 25, with the program running from June 4 through July 28.
The program encourages readers of all ages to go on an adventure with books. The program kicks off Tuesday, June 4, at 1:00 PM with a visit from Mark’s Ark! A schedule of activities is below; crafts will be on Mondays at 3 PM, activities for younger children will be on Tuesdays at 10 AM, activities for older children and teens will be on Thursdays at 10 AM, and movies on Fridays at 3 PM. The program will conclude on Tuesday, July 28th.

Register at the Library or Online

Guidelines
For children ages 12 and under, minutes read (or minutes read to) will be recorded.
  • For every 10 minutes read, an object will be colored in on the reading verification sheets.
  • Each sheet represents 100 minutes.
  • Attending a Summer Reading Program event is equivalent to 30 minutes of reading
  • A total of 300 minutes (or 3 sheets) need to be completed before the child will be eligible for the final prize and to be entered into the GRAND PRIZE drawings.
  • Names drawn in the Grand Prize drawing will be contacted on July 28 and must accept the prize by the end of the day to win
  • Reading challenges will be available for up to 3 more entries into the grand prize drawings.

Teens ages 13-17 will also track time read for a chance to win prizes, free books, and a grand prize. 
  • Every 20 minutes read will be marked on a game board
    • Alternately, mark a space on the game board for every book read
    • To make it more interesting, complete a special challenge for every 5 spots
  • Every 5 spots (100 minutes/5 books) earns a prize
  • Teens can alternately complete a Choose Your Own Reading Adventure to win prizes and entries to the grand prize drawing

Adults can also track time read for a chance to win prizes, free books and a grand prize
  • Every 30 minutes read will be marked on a game board
    • Alternately, mark a space on the game board for every book read
  • Every 5 spots (150 minutes/5 books) earns a prize
  • Adults can alternately complete a Choose Your Own Reading Adventure to win prizes and entries to the grand prize drawing

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​Weekly book drawings will also take place for all ages from June 3-July 29.

Prizes
Children:
100 minutes: bookmark & stickers
200 minutes: temporary tattoo
300 minutes: Yeti plush & Tin Caps ticket
GRAND PRIZE: Paige's Crossing & Ft. Wayne Zoo certificates

Teens:
grab bag prizes
temporary tattoo
Free books


Adults:
grab brag prizes
​Free books
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2024
​Events
Craft Mondays
3:00 PM, June 3-July 29
*Attendance limited*

June 3:  Turtle Rock Painting
June 10: Outdoor Safety Necklace
June 17: Pool Noodle Loch Ness Monster
June 24:  Map Marble Magnets
July 1: Ocean in a Bottle
July 8: Geoeds
July 15: Glow in the Dark Invisible Paint
July 22:  Painted Moon
July 29: Olympic Torch
Kid Activity Tuesdays
10:00 AM, June 7-July 27


June 4, **1:00 PM**: Kickoff with Mark's Ark 
June 11: I Survived
June 18: Cryptid Hunt
June 25: Road Trip
July 2: Travel the Seas
July 9: Questing
July 16: Your Mission...
July 23: Adventures in Space
July 30: Library Olympics
Tween/Teen Activity  Thursdays
10:00 AM, June 7-July 27

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June 6:  Map Making
June 15: *Book Sale-no activities*
June 20: Make Your Own Crptid
June 27:   Tiny Art Show kickoff
July 4:  CLOSED for 4th of July
July 11: D&D Mini Adventure
​July 18:  Your Mission...
July 25:   Galaxy Painting
Movie Fridays
3:00 PM, June 7-July 26

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June 7: Secondhand Lions​
June 16: Turtle Days - no movie
June 22:  Nessie & Me
June 28: An American Tail
July 5: Hook
July 12:  Jumanji
July 19:  National Treasure
July 26: Wall-E