Children's Library Updates
June 13 - August 9, 2025
 
Level up at the library! What is your favorite way to play? Do you play outdoor games, board games, card games, video games­­? This summer you can play them all! Join our mascot Scout the Fox for a summer full of reading, playing, and gaming. How will you level up this summer?
 
Read, write book reviews, attend events, and complete bonus activities to earn points and reach your goal! Use our Beanstack reading tracker to log your progress. Check the Badges area in your account to see point goals, bonus activities, and ways to stay engaged all summer.
 
For more information and to register, visit our summer reading page.
 
 
Event Highlights
 
See a few of our upcoming events and activities below.
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Registration opens two weeks before each event date.
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Registration opens two weeks before each event date.
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Registration opens two weeks before each event date.
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Registration opens two weeks before each event date.
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Interactive Movie Experience
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Minecraft IRL
Registration opens on Tuesday, July 8.
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Registration opens on Tuesday, July 15.
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Featured New Books


The Woofmore Is Not Haunted
by Donna Gephart & Lori Haskins Houran, art by Josh Cleland
 
Read this second installment in The Woofmore early chapter book series centering around a luxury hotel for dogs. Rufus and his boss, Ms. Coco, work very hard to make every guest feel like a VIP (Very Important Pooch), and for the first time, famous spooky-story writer Silas Fang is coming to stay at the Woofmore. Mr. Fang spends all his time thinking about scary things, so he decides he needs a vacation full of unicorns, bubbles and rainbows. Rufus is happy to accommodate Mr. Fang's requests and thinks they should be easy to fulfill since the Woofmore is a cheerful place and not scary at all. Then, why are spooky things starting to happen? Could the Woofmore actually be haunted? Read this hilarious early chapter book with engaging full-color illustrations to find out! Recommended for children in grades 1-3. Library card holders can click here to find it in our catalog and place a hold on the book.
Last Chance Academy:A Study in Secrets
by Debbi Michiko Florence
 
Twelve-year-old Megumi "Meg" Mizuno has been spiraling since her mother died and her father started traveling more for work. After too many low grades and cut classes, she has been expelled from school, causing her father to enroll her at the prestigious Leland Chase Academy. This boarding school is called Last Chance Academy by its student body, and life there is very regimented and dull. That is until one night when mysterious envelopes appear under the students' doors, inviting them to participate in a scavenger hunt with the grand prize of a luxury stay at a fancy resort in California. Thanks to her mother, Meg has a knack for scavenger hunts and puzzles, and she is determined to win the grand prize so she can go on a trip with her father. Will Meg be able to win the competition? Can she trust her classmates to help her? Read this middle grade mystery novel to find out! Recommended for children in grades 4-6. Library card holders can click here to find it in our catalog and place a hold on the book.
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