Color Our World: 2025 Summer Reading Program
The 2025 Collaborative Summer Library Program theme is “Color Our World” and we have a summer of fun planned from June 23 to July 25. We offer reading programs for all ages with weekly prize drawings. Registration is the week of June 23. All are invited to our Summer Open House scheduled for Monday, June 23 from 6-8pm where you will learn about library services, enjoy refreshments, meet the library staff, Board Trustees, and Friends of the Library, play games on the library lawn, and register for the summer reading program!
Thanks to a generous donation from the Shelby Optimist Club, we will offer weekly activities and special programming for youth. Thanks to a grant from the Mid-Michigan Library League we will offer multiple Free Book Friday opportunities where children and teens can select a book to keep. A full schedule of events will be included in registration materials, posted on Facebook, and available on our events calendar.
Wednesdays are for teens & adults with weekly craft projects from 5-7pm. Registration (begins June 23) will be required as space is limited. We will welcome Raymond Goodwin and his one-man play “Richard Descending” on Wednesday, June 25 at 5:30pm. This is an event tailored to adults.
2025 Summer Reading Program Events
- Library Open House – Monday 6/23, 6:00-8:00pm
- Crafts for Kids – Tuesday 6/24 – 7/22, drop in 9:00am-noon
- Tissue Paper Canvas Art (for teens and adults) – Wednesday 7/2, 5:00-7:00pm (registration required)
- Tabletop Coloring – Thursdays 7/3-7/24, drop in all day
- Weekly Prize Drawings – Fridays 7/5 – 7/25 (turn in your weekly reading logs
- Cactus Rock Planter Workshop (for teens and adults) – Wednesday 7/9, 5:00-7:00pm (registration required)
- Games & Snacks on the Library Lawn – Thursday 7/11 – 10:00am-4:00pm
- Read-a-Thon for Youth – Monday 7/14, 9:00am-noon
- Dandelion Thumbprint Art Workshop (for teens and adults) – Wednesday 7/16, 5:00-7:00pm (registration required)
- Bookmark Workshop (for teens and adults) – Wednesday 7/23, 5:00-7:00pm (registration required)
- Rubber Ducky Mania (for youth) – Thursday 7/24, all day
Questions can be directed to Library Director Tiffany Haight at (231) 861-4565 or [email protected].