2025 Summer Reading Challenge
It is not too late to join the Summer Reading Challenge! There are 15 days left, and once you sign-up you are able to back-log any minutes you spent reading since June 1 so that you can gain points towards the reading champion goal of 1,000 points!
 
More ways to earn points are to attend library events in August, complete fun challenges (like reading out loud to a pet or exploring one of our online resources) or play games on the READsquared app! All ages can participate.
 
Claim your Summer Reading Prizes:
  • Claim prizes by logging into READsquared, finding the prize store, browsing the prizes, and "buying" a prize of your choosing for 250 points!
  • Prizes ordered by Wednesday evenings will be available for pick up inside the library that Friday morning. Each patron may claim up to 8 prizes during the summer.
  • For the final week of Summer Reading: prizes can be claimed up to the last day, August 15. Prizes claimed during the final week will be available to pickup on the following Friday, August 22.
 
Upcoming Red Cross Blood Drive
Tuesday, August 5, 10:00am to 4:00pm
 
We urge community members to donate blood and help ensure that patients in local hospitals have a supply of blood ready and waiting before an emergency occurs. There’s no better feeling than knowing that your blood donation may give someone a second chance at life!
 
Donors of all blood types are needed. Donors should drink plenty of liquids for 24 hours prior to donation time.
You may schedule an appointment by calling the Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767, or click HERE.
 
STEM Camp is Back!
 
We are partnering with Curious Minds to offer a fun-filled summer STEM camp at LTPL on August 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st.
 
Ages 9 - 12 only. Due to limited capacity, students may register for up to two days only.
 
Students are expected to bring their own lunch each day. A light packaged snack (nut-free) and water or juice will be provided, courtesy of the library.
 
LTPL is paying half of the material cost for each child. To cover the remainder of the cost, there is a registration fee of $15 per child per day. Seats are limited to a first-come-first-served basis.
The schedule for each day is as follows:
10:00 - 10:15 Student Drop-Off
10:15 - 10:45 Mini-Lesson
10:45 - 11:15 Group Game Activity
11:15 - 12:30 Main Activity Series Part 1
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (from home)
1:30 - 2:30 Take-Home Craft
2:30 - 3:30 Main Activity Series Part 2
3:30 - 4:00 STEM Related Board Games/Trivia
4:00 - 4:15 Clean up
4:15 - 4:30 Student Pick-Up
 
Themes for each day
Friday, August 15: explore the brilliant world of logic and programming.
Monday, August 18: unlock our inner creativity and ingenuity by learning about engineering.
Tuesday, August 19: learn how some of our favorite gadgets work by diving into the world of electronics.
Wednesday, August 20: step into life all around us by learning about biology.
Thursday, August 21: conclude with a bang by learning the world of chemistry.
 
You will receive an email indicating if you have been approved to attend. The email will contain a link to complete your registration on the Curious Minds website for the material cost payment. Registration will not be confirmed until payment is received. The registration form has two payment options (Venmo and Zelle). After your payment is made, the student will be registered. The deadline to register is August 8th, 2025. The registration fee is non-refundable. If we have cancellations, we will contact members off the waitlist.
 
 
Important Announcement:
We would like to make everyone aware of a recent change. The Northville District Library is no longer a part of the shared catalog, meaning you will not see Northville's items in the online catalog, and cannot request these items to be sent to our library for pick-up through the shared system.
 
HOWEVER, Northville is still a part of The Library Network, so you can use your LTPL card to physically go into into Northville and check out their items. You can still return their items to our library to be sent back to them via delivery, and vice versa.
 
 
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Youth and Teen Events
Storytime
Wednesdays, 10:00-11:15am
Art = Colors + Shapes + Math with Sloan-Longway
Monday, August 4
11:00am, 1:00pm, or 3:00pm
 
Baffling Bill Magic Show
Thursday, August 7
2:00pm [FULL], 4:00pm, or 6:00pm [FULL]
 
Electric Art
with Sloan-Longway
Saturday, August 9
11:00am, 1:00pm, or 3:00pm
 
Stay and Play
Wednesday, August 13, 10:00-11:15am
 
Outdoor Games
Thursday, August 21
Stop in between 5:00pm and 7:00pm
 
Adults Events:
Basics of Seed Saving
Monday, August 18, 6:30pm
Modern Women's
Self Defense Seminar
Tuesday, August 19, 6:00pm
 
What You Need to
Know About Medicare
Wednesday, August 20, 6:30pm
 
Red Cross Blood Drive
Tuesday, August 5 and Friday, August 29
10:00am - 4:00pm
 
Genealogy Events
Genealogy Roundtable
Friday, August 8, 2:00-3:30pm
 
Join Cathy at the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library
Tuesday, August 19, 12:00-2:00pm
 
Teacher Shopping Day 2025
Do you have gently used books for kids in grades pre-K through 12 that you are ready to let go of? They can be donated for the SLCS Teacher Shopping Day event in August! To donate books, please email Rachael (perryrac@yahoo.com) for a convenient porch pickup.
 
This year's Teaching Shopping Day will be on Tuesday, August 26 from 10:00am to 6:00pm at Salem-South Lyon District Libary.
 
Gorillas On The Line Campaign
The Lyon Township Public Library is partnering with the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS), who is in partnership with Saving Animals from Extinction (SAFE) Gorilla, to participate in the "Gorillas On The Line" global cell phone recycling challenge.
 
For the last 6 years, the Detroit Zoo has collected nearly 8,000 electronic devices and donated over $4,500.00 towards gorilla conservation through the Gorillas on the Line initiative. In North America, the Gorillas on the Line program has collected nearly 95,000 devices and donated over $48,000.00 towards gorilla conservation. The Detroit Zoo is ranked 3rd overall in devices collected in all of North America, and currently holds the title of Silverback award winner for being the top collector (2,792 devices in 2024).
 
So, what does this mean?
  • LTPL will have labeled boxes in our curbside vestibule to collect old, small electronic donations from Wednesday, July 2 until Monday, September 1st.
  • Items accepted: cell phones, smart phones, tablets, apple/android watches, GPS, mp3 players, e-readers, digital cameras, handheld gaming systems, headphones, and all accessories.
  • Items NOT accepted: laptops, computers, monitors, printers, and batteries.
  • The collected items will be recycled through ECO-CELL. Reusable devices will be refurbished and resold to raise money for Gorilla SAFE conservation initiatives in Africa, while unusable devices will be recycled through certified companies.
Want to learn more?
  • Link to the SAFE Gorilla page: Gorilla SSP - Gorilla SAFE
  • Link to the Detroit Zoo Gorillas on the Line page to get more information about the campaign: Gorillas On the Line - Detroit Zoo
 
"With Love" Digital Pen Pals 
We have a special new offering at Lyon Township Public Library! "With Love" is now available to all our patrons, completely free of charge. 
 
What is With Love?
"With Love" is a living animated show where you express yourself through creative writing with a cast of characters. Set in the whimsical world of Notification Central, you'll join GoodGood (your caffeine-loving mailman friend) and his pals on their mission to keep digital connections real in a world going robotic. Every letter you write shapes the story! Unlike typical screen time, With Love encourages authentic communication and creativity. As you exchange letters with your animated pen pals, you'll develop writing skills naturally while building relationships with characters who remember your conversations and respond thoughtfully.
 
With Love can be used on a desktop, or download the app on Apple devices.
 
"With Love" is available now, and is free for all patrons! Visit https://www.withlove.org/library/ltpl today to get started! Click “Join Now” button, create your account, and begin your letter-writing adventure! Try the "With Love" mission this summer to earn points towards your summer reading challenge goal!
 
 
New Library Updates
Recent Updates from the New Library Site:
 
There has been great progress at the new library site this summer! Structural steel installation has been completed, and steel detailing is ongoing. Interior plumbing work has been completed, and interior electrical work is in progress. A rough grade of the parking lot will be done by the end of summer. The pedestrian bridge site work will begin at the end of September.
 
Thank you to everyone who has stopped by the library and voiced your excitement! We are grateful to have such a supportive and patient community as we move through the many steps of this project. It has been so fun to share picture updates of the library’s progress on social media, so make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X where we will continue to share pictures and any important updates!
 
Visit the Reimagine Your Library page on our website to stay up to date with the latest information as planning progresses.
 
Stories That Take Place During Summertime
Cat's People : a novel
by Tanya Guerrero

A stray cat brings together five strangers over the course of one fateful summer in this heartwarming novel about love, found family, and the power of connection.
Kakigori Summer
by Emily Itami

Rei, Kiki, and Ai are three sisters divided by distance and circumstance. Ambitious Rei works in finance in London; Kiki is the single mother of a young son, working in a retirement home in Tokyo; and Ai, the youngest, is a peripatetic Japanese music idol. Having lost both parents, one way or another, the sisters rely on each other as family, far-flung as they are. When Ai is embroiled in a scandal, Rei and Kiki pause their own lives to rescue their baby sister. Over the course of a summer spent in their childhood home on the Japanese coast, the sisters will reunite with their sharp-edged grandmother, care for Kiki's irrepressible son, and silently worry about Ai, all while carefully not talking about the circumstances of their mother's death fifteen years before. But silence between sisters can only last for so long...
The Complete Summer Cookbook : Beat the Heat With 500 Recipes That Make the Most of Summer's Bounty
by America's Test Kitchen (Firm)

A collection of seasonally inspired recipes, designed to minimize kitchen heat during the peak of the summer, shares instructions for preparing options ranging from North Carolina-Style Pulled Pork to Shrimp and White Bean Salad.
Join the Friends of the Library
 
Do you love reading, books and libraries? Help out our Friends' group!

What you can do:
  1. Volunteer to organize all of the donations that are dropped off to the library
  2. Assist in setting up the annual book sales 3 or 4x a year
  3. Volunteer to run the book sales
  4. Help recruit new Friends to the group
  5. Share ideas for special events to fund raise and support the library!
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Lyon Township Public Library
27005 Milford Rd.
South Lyon, Michigan 48178
(248) 437-8800
https://lyon.lib.mi.us/