Summer Reading

Summer Reading Challenge 2025

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Level Up at Your Library (Birth - Grade 4)

June 2 - July 31

Sign up in person at the Youth Services desk to pick up your registration packet. Play is one of the ways we learn to relate to others, to think in new ways, and to foster friendships, new and old. Level Up at Your Library summer reading program is based around puzzles and games. Register and participate in this fun reading challenge to win prizes. Prize distribution will begin Monday, June 16 and end on Thursday, July 31.

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Level Up at Your Library (Adults & Teen/Tween)

June 2 - July 31

Puzzling over what to do and where to go this summer? The Library has  got you covered with puzzle-solving book suggestions and game-centric programs. Sign up for summer reading to receive a maze pen and a free cookie from Kirschbaum's starting June 2nd. Read four books this summer and you can earn a Thomas Ford branded mug or travel tumbler. Every book you read will also count toward our end of summer raffle.

Summer Reading Events

This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group

Tween Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Teen & Tween
Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Reading Room
Age Group: Teen & Tween
Program Type: Book Discussion, Clubs & Groups, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for bookish talk and pizza!  Copies of the book are available one month before the discussion at the circulation desk.  

Book: The Inheritance Games  by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

This event is in the "Teen & Tween" group

DIY Pet Puzzles

3:45pm–4:45pm
Teen & Tween
Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Teen & Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Hands On, STEAM, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Pets love puzzles too! Design an enrichment toy for your cat or dog using everyday household items, then stock it with their favorite treats.  Special guest therapy dog, Pippin, will be visiting to test out some of the puzzles for dogs!