It's not too late to start! All ages are invited to "dig up" books this summer by participating in our Summer Reading Challenge. Youth participants must read at least 16 books to complete the challenge. Adult and teen participants must read at least 6 books to complete the challenge. Any book counts!
Log the books you read to earn badges and rewards. Our community reading goal is to read 12,500 books by or before August 8. Help us out and read as much as you can!
How to Sign Up for the Reading Challenge
Go to yorkcounty.beanstack.org. Log in using your previously-created log-in information, or create a new account. If the site does not auto-enroll you in the challenge, look under Current Challenges to register. Then you can start logging your reading. If you need help, stop by the Youth Services or Reference desks at both libraries during our normal operating hours.
Rob Wescott, Magician
Families
Friday, July 31
10:30-11:15 a.m. at Tabb
2:30-3:15 p.m. at Yorktown
Registration is not required.
Rob Westcott is an award-winning professional comedy magician who has performed thousands of shows for children and adults at parties, schools, libraries, festivals, military and corporate events. The magic is fun, fast-paced and amazing. Rob often performs as a classic magician in top hat and cape and with Prince Charming the world's cutest live bunny. Rob performs large illusions on stage, parlor magic for groups, and strolling magic for individuals and couples.
Rainbow Puppets
Families
Monday, Aug. 3
10:30-11:30 a.m. at Tabb
2:30-3:30 p.m. at Yorktown
Registration is not required.
Imagine that the bones and fossils of ancient dinosaurs could come back to life- what stories they might tell. Well, there’s no need to imagine any more as Rainbow Puppet Productions presents "The Really Big Dinosaur Show." Through original songs and the use of over twenty giant puppets, the time of the dinosaurs appears on stage. The program features an eight-foot-tall T-Rex and another dinosaur that’s over 16 feet long. (It’s not called "The Really Big Dinosaur Show" for nothing!)
Summer Reading Finale Celebration
All Ages
Saturday, August 8
10 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Yorktown Library
Registration is not required.
Join Us for Our Summer Reading Finale Celebration!
Celebrate an amazing summer of reading with us on Saturday, August 8 at Yorktown Library! We'll have exciting activities happening throughout the day for the whole family. Stop by to celebrate, create, and enjoy the fun!
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. – Caricature Artist and other fun art activities
12:00–1:00 p.m. – Cindy Kays & Friends Family Concert
Don't forget to pick up your Summer Reading Completion Prize during the celebration, and be sure to submit all of your virtual raffle tickets in Beanstack by August 8 for your chance to win our final prize drawings!
For Families
Dino Discovery Den
Families
July 20 - July 26
Drop-in
Tabb
Registration is not required.
The Dino Discovery Den is calling all dino explorers and novice paleontologists. Learn some dino facts while you dig for dino fossils. Stomp, Roar, and Charge ahead into learning at the library!
Dinosaur Adventure
Families
Saturday, July 25
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Tabb
Registration is not required.
Giant inflatable dinosaurs? A fossil pit? Dino-themed games and crafts? Come out to Tabb Library for a dino-filled day of indoor and outdoor fun for the whole family. No registration is required for this event.
Virginia Indian Maritime Craft School
Families
Saturday, August 15
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Yorktown
Registration is not required.
Learn about the history of the Virginia Indian Maritime Craft School from our presenters from the Watermen's Museum at the Yorktown Library on August 15th at 2pm. History was built here in York County!
Superhero Bingo
Families
Wednesday, August 19
3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Yorktown
Registration is not required.
Whether you're a Marvel fanatic, a DC devotee, or simply love all things superhero, this event is perfect for you. Come join us for an action-packed event filled with fun, games, and prizes!
This year, a very special DINO-lympics is being held at Yorktown Library! Come compete in a variety of dinosaur themed challenges, learn some cool facts about these amazing prehistoric creatures, and win some prizes!
Join us for an exciting children’s book club featuring Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne. In this adventurous first book of the Magic Tree House series, readers travel back in time to the age of dinosaurs- perfect for curious young explorers. Registered participants can pick up their copy of the book at the Yorktown Youth Services Desk and read it before the meeting. During our gathering, we will discuss the story, share favorite moments, and enjoy fun activities inspired by Jack and Annie’s prehistoric journey.
Join us for an exciting children’s book club featuring T. Rex Attack by Rex Stone. In this thrilling adventure, readers follow Jamie and Tess as they journey into a prehistoric world, meet a friendly dinosaur, and come face-to-face with a powerful T. Rex. Registered participants can pick up their copy of the book at the Tabb Youth Services Desk and read it before the meeting. During our gathering, we will discuss the story, share favorite moments, and enjoy fun activities inspired by this dinosaur-filled adventure.
**This is a six week series so if you register for the first event, you will also be registering for future occurrences.**
Six weeks of beginning ukulele lessons at your York County Public Library Yorktown Branch. Classes start Saturday, August 22nd. The library has limited ukuleles for student use. Feel free to bring your own instrument. We will provide stands, music and expert instruction from Jamie K Auberg.
I Spy
Preschool-5th Grade
Aug. 18-25
Tabb
Registration is not required.
Estimation Station Preschool- 5th Grade
Aug. 5-12 at Tabb
Aug. 26- Sept. 2 at Yorktown
Registration is not required.
For Middle and High School Students (Grades 6-12)
YCPL School Volunteers
Volunteer Applications for School Year 26/27 July 13-August 17
Looking for a fun way to earn volunteer hours and give back to your community? York County Public Library is now accepting applications for Teen Volunteers for the 2026–2027 school year! Volunteers in grades 6–12 will assist library staff with projects, prepare program materials, help maintain the children’s and teen areas, and support library programs while gaining valuable experience. Applications are open through August 10. Apply online or pick up an application at either library branch..
2026 Teen Program Permission Forms
All teens including teen volunteers who’d like to participate in any teen programs at York County Public libraries during the year 2026, will need to complete the Teen Programs Participant Agreement and Code of Conduct form. Forms are available through the library website under the Teen tab orwww.yorkcounty.gov/761/Teens, and at the youth service desks at Tabb and Yorktown library.
Snackasaurus Edition
July 19-July 28, at Tabb
July 30-August 9, at Yorktown
Registration not required.
Guess how many dino pouches are in the jar, closest guess scores a dino‑mite gummy haul!
Teen Monday
Monday July 27
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Tabb
Registration is not required.
Bring a friend, grab a snack, and unwind with games, coloring, reading, or try the craft of the day. Your summer just got way better.
Unearth some tasty treats at this special Teen After Hours event! Teens will rotate through three stations to make dinosaur-themed snacks inspired by our Summer Reading Program theme, Unearth a Story. No cooking experience is needed—just come ready to cook, create, and eat.
Come join the teen anime club for a screening of the critically acclaimed anime movie A Silent Voice! Anyone in grades 6-12 is welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided, and we will make a movie related craft.
Join Tabb Library's wind turbine engineering workshop to learn the physics and engineering principles behind the blades of wind turbines. Open to middle school students to test their blades in a wind tunnel with teams of 4. Registration is required.
100 Books Before Graduation
Ongoing
Sign up throughBeanstack. Don't forget to log your books to get credit!
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