2026 Youth Summer Reading Challenge

 
June 15th through July 31st!
 
Dig up some fun this summer with our 2026 Unearth a Story Summer Reading Program!

Summer Reading 2026 Instructions:

  • Register at the Front Desk to get started on your summer reading adventure.
  • Starting each Monday, there will be a new weekly challenge form available. Pick up yours at the Front Desk or print out a copy from our website.
  • Complete 3 Reading Challenges and 3 Activity Challenges each week.
  • Bring finished forms to the Front Desk. Then use them as your entry into our prize giveaways.
  • Weekly forms can be picked up anytime on or after their assigned week. Form can be completed and turned in anytime during Summer Reading.
  • All entries due by Friday, July 31.
  • Raffle winners will be contacted by phone in early August.

Week 1 – June 15-June 21

Week 1-Kids. Reading Challenge, Pick 3: Read a book featuring a Tyranasaurs, Read a Big Book at the library. Read to a pet. Read a book with a green cover. Read a book someone picked out for you.

Week 2 – June 22-June 28

Week 2-Kids. Reading challenge, Pick 3: Read a book about rocks and minerals, Read a book outside, Read a book about underground creatures, Read a book about mountains, Read a book about Apatosaurus. Activity challenge, Pick 3: Attend Outdoor Storytime with Fairest of the Fair, Attend Butler Lego Club, Donate to the St Agnes food bank, Look up what dinosaurs were in the Sauropods group, Watch a movie featuring dinosaurs.

Week 3 June 29-July 5

Week 3 Kids. Reading challenge, Pick 3: Read a book about flying, Read in or under a tree, Read a non-fiction book, Read a book with a cover that’s red, white, or blue, Read with a family member. Activity challenge, Pick 3: Wear red, white and blue, Explore the backyard and look for different types of nests or habitats. Draw something in flight, Spell pterodactyl to library staff at the front desk (no looking), Share your favorite flying creature with library staff.

Week 4 July 6-July 12

Week 4 Kids. Reading challenge, Pick 3: Read a book about the Western United States, Read a book about herbivores, Read a book with 100 pages, Read a book about plants, gardens or woodlands, Read a book in a series. Activity challenge, Pick 3: Eat a plant-based meal, Fly a kite, Do a puzzle, Look up the Stegosaurs “Butt Brain Myth”, Attend the Wildlife in Need event at the library.

Week 5 July 13-July 19

Week 5 Kids. Reading challenge, Pick 3: Read a book about armored animals, Read a book about fossils or archeology, Read a book about racket sports, Read a hard-covered book, Read a graphic novel. Activity challenge, Pick 3: Have a pillow fight, Pick raspberries at the library, Try a racket sport (tennis, ping pong, pickleball, etc), Stomp along to a song, Check out a STEM Storyteller or Craft Bag at Butler Library.

Week 6 July 20-July 26

Week 6 Kids. Reading challenge, Pick 3: Read 3 books or 3 chapters in one sitting, Read a book in a trilogy, Read to a stuffed animal, Read a picture book at the library, Read along with your Butler Book Buddy. Activity challenge, Pick 3: Learn a new game and play with family or friends, Attend the Na Hale Studio library event, Blow bubbles, Look up how much a Triceratops weighed, Paint a rock to leave outside for someone else to discover.

Week 7 July 27-July 31 – Last week to turn in any completed Challenge Cards!

Week 7 Kids. Reading challenge, Pick 3: Read a book about hairy mammals, Read a book that features Egypt, Read a book about bugs or insects, Listen to an audiobook, Tonie, or Yoto story, Read in your PJs. Activity challenge, Pick 3: Explore a new park, Look up how to tell the age of a Wooly Mammoth, Do a random act of kindness, Collect a pretty stone, Take a walk with your family, Watch a movie featuring the Ice Age, Smell some flowers.
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