Summer reading program 2026 was the biggest and best ever!

We challenged the community to read for 125,000 minutes, a seemingly impossible goal. Not only did you meet the goal, but you blew right past it! But what about the kids versus adults, you ask. The final count was:

Kids: 94,800 minutes
Adults: 94, 560 minutes
Total: 189,360 minutes

Kids win! But the grown-ups kept it close.

We registered 293 kids and 141 adults for a total of 434, a new record!

The library put on 32 different events for all the age groups. The total attendance was 1264 people!

We had a big kickoff cookout in the park and Dazzling Dave, the yo-yo master.

We had t(w)een STEM and LEGO events.

Kids had a chance to learn about reptiles and the universe.

We had special guest storytimes in the park and made leather pouches.

We finished with a huge Elephant and Piggie Book Bash, funded by a Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant.

Big thanks go to:

Dollar General Literacy Foundation for the grant!
Smoke for donating a prize basket!
The many volunteers who helped make all of this possible!
Everyone who helped us reach our goal of reading lots of minutes and having lots of fun!

See you next year.