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Summer Reading Program  2026

Wednesday July 1 - Saturday, August 1
Summer Reading Program 

Wednesday,
July 1st - Saturday, August 1st
 

Our summer reading program theme is called Unearth a Story That means we'll be digging into the past through activities, programs, classes, and storytimes!

Our 5-week program is packed with fun things for all ages. 

  • Pick up your reading logs (ages 0-5 OR 5 and up) or Adult Review Raffle slips starting June 13th. Prizes can be picked up starting July 1st.

  • Found Mysteries project with Ms. Kim (ages 5 and up)    July 1 from 1-2pm

  • Murder Mystery Party for Teens (ages 12-18) July 2nd from 7-9pm

  • 4th of July - Library CLOSED 

  • Fizzing Dinosaur Eggs (ages 5 and up) July 6 10-11am

  • Researching Your Irish Ancestors with Ed McGuire           July 6 at 6pm​

  • Stand-up Dinosaurs with Ms. Kim (ages 5 and up) July 8 from 1-2pm

  • Best Bugs Storytime (ages 0-5 with their parents or caregivers) July 9 at 10am

  • Paint a pot and adopt a library plant to take home (all ages) July 11 from 2-3pm (or until the spider plant babies run out)

  • Metal Detecting with Phil Wagner (ages 5 and up)            July 13th from 9am -10am (RAIN DATE - July 15th 9am)

  • Teen Craft Night - Snacks, crafts, and music! (ages 12-18) July 13 from 5-7pm

  • Going Buggy with Ms. Kim (ages 5 and up) July 15 1-2pm

  • Footprints Storytime (ages 0-5 with their parents or caregivers) July 16 at 10am

  • Frozen Dino Rescue (drop-in: come at any time and leave when you're done) July 18 from 1-2pm

  • You Be The Historian with the Vermont Historical Society (ages 5 and up) July 20 from 1-2pm

  • ​Wire-wrapped Stone Necklaces (ages 8 and up) July 20     from 4-5pm

  • Flip-book Adventure Stories with Ms. Kim (ages 5 and up) July 22 from 1-2pm

  • Splitsbergen: a Snowboarding Svalbard Talk by Seth Beck July 22 at 6:30pm

  • Down in the Garden Storytime (ages 0-5 with their parents or caregivers) July 23 at 10am

  • Shakespeare Scenes - dig into a character and explore some Shakespearean Scenes (ages 12 and up) July 23 from  6:30 - 8:30pm

  • Drop-in LEGO Challenge Hour (Paleolithic edition) (ages 5 and up) July 25 from 1-2pm

  • Dinolympics - come to compete for Team Dino or Team Reptile (ages 5 and up) July 27 from 1-2pm

  • Cardboard Zoology with Ms. Kim (ages 5 and up) July 29   from 1-2pm

  • Dancing Dinosaurs Storytime (ages 0-5 with their parents or caregivers) July 30th at 10am

  • Drop-in Break Your Own Geode (ages 8 and up) July 30     from 6-7pm

  • Pirate Party - Celebrate the end of Summer Reading (ages 0-7) August 1 from 1-2pm

  • Epic Scavenger Hunt - Celebrate the end of Summer Reading (ages 8 and up) August 1 from 4-5pm

Reading Incentive Program

June 12 - August 2

Meet your reading goals at this summer!
 

Kids ages 5 and up can pick up a reading log paper and stickers at the library to track their reading. Kids who read from the end of school until August 2nd and put a sticker on their sheet for every 15 minutes they read can come to the library to turn in their minutes and pick a prize. Read and win prizes all summer long!

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Kids ages 0-5 have a special Summer Reading Activity Sheet. Pick up the paper and stickers at the library. Complete the 10 tasks and turn your paper in to pick out a prize.

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Adults ages 18 and up have a special Summer Reading Program this year! The Adult Summer Review Raffle is easy-- fill out a raffle slip for a book you've read and put it into a weekly drawing for a great gift certificate - to the Shoreham Inn, the Vermont Book Shop, or The Halfway Diner. The first drawing will be on July 6th. The last one will be on August 3rd.

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