Name: Summer Reading Challenge Celebration
Start: 2026-08-12T16:30:00-04:00
Location: William Jeanes Memorial Library and Nicholas and Athena Karabots Center for Learning

William Jeanes Memorial Library and Nicholas and Athena Karabots Center for Learning

Celebrate a summer of reading with us! Drop in anytime between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. for games, crafts, a community puzzle, photo booth, refreshments, and more as we recognize everyone who participated in this year's Summer Reading Challenge. Our Week 8 raffle prize winner and our Grand Prize winner will be posted, and we'll honor our Reading Champions (participants who met their reading goal every week or completed all 8 early literacy sheets) during a brief recognition ceremony at 5:45 p.m. Don't miss it!

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A variety of critters will come to the library to meet visitors of all ages! We'll see and learn about snakes, skinks, geckos, turtles, tortoises, hissing cockroaches, rabbits, guinea pigs, and more! We'll learn about the proper handling, eating habits, defense mechanisms and habitats of these animals. Participants will get a close-up look at all of the animals and have an opportunity to touch and hold them.
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