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SAVE THE DATES
June 18 - Summer Reading Registration Begins (Library Hours)
June 22 - Story Walk & Pool Pop-up (11:30 am)
June 23 - Children’s Library Hour - Richard Scarry (10:00 am)
June 23 - Sew & Tell - Dino Stuffie Activity for Kids (1:00 pm)
June 25 - Hayfields State Park Ranger Program (6:00 pm)
June 26 - Teen/Tween Glow in the Dark Fabric Painting (5:00-6:00 pm)
June 29 - The Good Dinosaur Movie (1:00 pm)
June 30 - Sidewalk Chalk, Bubbles & Cupcakes (10:00 am)
July 2 - Happy Birthday America Celebration & Activities (1:30 -3:30 pm)
July 3 - All Ages Art Studio Recycled Ribbons (6:00 pm)
July 6 - Nature Club - Shells (1:00 pm) Book Building, Behind Library
July 7 - Children’s Storytime & Dinosaur Adoption Event (10:00-11:00 am)
July 9 - Land Before Time Video & Dino Egg Craft (3:00 - 4:00 pm)
July 9 - Chess Club (6:00-8:00 pm)
July 13 - Nature Club -Nature’s Treasures (1:00 pm) Book Building, Behind Library
July 14 – Bright Star Theater presents Dino Academy (11:00 am)
July 16 - Fossils with Keith Carson (4:00 -5:00 pm)
July 17 - Campfire Night Highland Rec Pool (7:00 pm)
July 20 - Nature Club - Fireflies (1:00 pm) - Book Building, Behind Library
July 21 - Dungeons & Dragons (6:00 pm)
July 23 - Let’s Explore Archeology (3:00 pm)
July 27 - Nature Club - Build a Dinosaur Habitat (1:00 pm) Book Building, Behind Library
July 28 - Sew & Tell Stuffie Repair Clinic (1:00 pm)
July 28 - Magician Brian B (6:00 pm)
July 30 - Caving/Bats with Rick Lambert (4:00 pm)
July 31 - All Ages Art Studio Bonus Event - Derby Car/Monster Truck Build (5:00-7:00 pm)
August 3 - Nature Club - Plants (1:00 pm) -Book Building, Behind Library
August 4 - Children’s Storytime & Craft (10:00 am)
August 6 - Pasta Paleontology (3:00 pm)
August 7 - Dino Games Family Night Highland Rec Pool (6:00-9:00 pm)
August 10 - Nature Club - Salamanders (11:00 am) Book Building, Behind Library
August 11 - Celebrating the Beginning of School with Books & Activities (10:00-11:00 am)
August 13 - Let’s Explore Hieroglyphics (3:00 pm)
August 13 - Chess Club (6:00-8:00 pm)
August 14 - End of Summer Reading Celebration (2:00 pm)
August 14 - All Ages Art Studio - Back to School Teacher Gift (4:00 - 6:00 pm)
August 18 - Dungeons & Dragons (6:00 pm)
August 31 - Children’s Flower Arrangement & Vegetable Animal Creation for the Highland County Fair (3:30 - 6:30 pm) - Sponsored by the Library Garden Group
June 22 - August 14, 2026
READING FOR PRIZES
Prize entries for the Highland County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program are given based on reading minutes and program attendance. We will be tracking again on Beanstack at highlandlibrary.beanstack.org. Register on Beanstack and join the “Unearth a Story” Summer Reading Program. You can log your minutes and your books you’ve completed there. For every five hours of reading you complete, you will be awarded a badge. When you have earned a reading badge, you will be eligible to claim a small prize and free book at the library. When you attend a Summer Reading Program event, we will give you a secret code to enter for an additional chance to win a prize in the Big Prize Drawing! Anyone 17 and under is eligible, and the reading program runs June 22 - August 14, 2026.
Don't have a computer or phone for apps? We will do the Beanstack logging for you! When you finish a book write down the book title and log your reading minutes. Once you have 300 minutes (five hours), you can return your reading log to the library for a prize. There is a limit of ten completed reading logs for the summer.
At the end of the Summer Reading Program, we will have a drawing where you could win a LEGO Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance, a LEGO Friends Lian’s Family House, a JBL Flip 7 Portable Speaker, a FitBit Inspire 3 Health and Fitness Tracker, Occer 12x25 Compact Binoculars, a Rowood Wooden Bloom Craft, Essenson Air Dry Clay 100 Colors, or a LEGO Duplo Town - Caring for Animals on the Farm.
When you sign up for the reading incentive program you will automatically be entered through Beanstack into the drawing for the item of your choice. Each time you complete a reading log or join us for a library activity you will be allowed another entry in the drawing of your choice. The more you participate, the more chances you will have to win one of the big prizes!
