The library will be closed Friday, November 29 for Thanksgiving.
The library will be closed Friday, November 29 for Thanksgiving.
Our Summer Reading Program for 2024 has ended. It was so much fun hearing about all the reading adventures and other adventures. A big thank you to Fun Spot for donating prizes.
Check back in June 2025 to learn how to participate in our 2025 Summer Reading Program.
Here's what we did in 2024:
This summer, adventure begins at the Cook Memorial Library! Our Summer Reading Program offers many ways for you to map your own adventures while experiencing the joy of reading.
Readers of all ages–as well as those who listen or read along–are invited to join our program.
To sign up, stop in the library beginning on Friday, June 14. Pick up an adventure log, and start recording your adventures beginning on June 24. When you visit the library this summer, bring your adventure log to the desk to be stamped, and get a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of our summer adventure prizes.
Our summer reading program will wrap up with a hula hoop party with popcorn and prizes on Saturday, August 17. The adventure continues the following week with an outdoor movie and a visit from The Caterpillar Lab on August 24!
New in 2024: ADVENTURE BACKPACKS!
Each backpack will be loaded with activities on a different theme. The backpacks were put together by:
2024 Events:
Community Art, Sat 6/22, 10:00-12:00, make props for the 4th of July parade
Lindsay & her puppet pals, Tues 7/16, 10:30
Bibliomaniacs reading club for ages 10-12, Mon 7/22, 5:00
Borrow and read ahead of time Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
Community Art, Sat 7/27, 10:00-12:00
Bookworms reading club for ages 7 to 9, Mon 7/29, 5:00
Borrow and read ahead of time Adventures With Waffles by Maria Parr
Family camp out behind the library, Tues 8/13
Hula Hoop party and prizes, Sat 8/17, 10:00-11:30
Outdoor movie night, Wed 8/21, 7:00
Caterpillar Lab, Sat 8/24, 10:00-2:00
Stop by and learn about biodiversity at an interactive exhibit of native New England caterpillars!
All Summer Reading Program events are sponsored by the Friends of Cook Memorial Library.
A list of sponsors for prizes will be posted soon.