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Winter Reading Challenge 2025

There's snow better time for reading than winter! Join our Winter Reading Challenge, running from January 1 - February 28.

Read books, complete fun activities, and earn the chance to win exciting prizes! This challenge is open to all ages, so whether you're a young reader or a lifelong book lover, there's something for everyone.

Start the year with a good book and the opportunity to win, sign up today!

Book Tasting

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Dates & times	Thu, 06/08/2017 - 1:00pm -Thu, 06/08/2017 - 2:30pm
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Need help finding something to read this summer? Join us for a preview of some great books, and a sampling of many more. We can also show you how to download books to your smartphone, tablet or eReader. You can’t eat the books, but there will be snacks!

*Barberton Middle School students – we will be selecting books for you to preview that will work for your school summer reading!

Tween Makerspace

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Dates & times	Thu, 06/15/2017 - 1:00pm -Thu, 06/15/2017 - 2:30pm
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Come design, experiment, build and invent. Play around with a variety of activities from button making, to coding and building circuits, to art projects and cartooning. You can even make a snack to eat while you create!

Volunteer Cafe

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Dates & times	Thu, 06/22/2017 - 1:00pm -Thu, 06/22/2017 - 2:30pm
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Join us for an afternoon of volunteer opportunities, and a special make you own iced coffee, tea or lemonade bar. We will make braided dog toys for the Summit County Humane Society; put together early literacy bags for new babies & their families and more.

Create a Comic Strip with Jeff Nicholas

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Dates & times	Thu, 06/29/2017 - 1:00pm -Thu, 06/29/2017 - 2:30pm
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Jeff Nicholas showing children how to draw his favorite character.

Develop your own characters and put them into an actual comic strip. We will also learn some cartooning tricks used for comic strip settings and special effects. Snack will be provided.

Fun & Games

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Dates & times	Thu, 07/06/2017 - 1:00pm -Thu, 07/06/2017 - 2:30pm
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Come and hang out, play board games and video games, or show off your musical side with a song or two on the Karaoke machine, and have a snack.

Trivia & Challenge

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Dates & times	Thu, 07/13/2017 - 1:00pm -Thu, 07/13/2017 - 2:30pm
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Bring your friends for fun trivia and small challenges. Earn points, win prizes, have fun, eat a snack!

Make Someone Smile with Art!

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Dates & times	Thu, 07/20/2017 - 1:00pm -Thu, 07/20/2017 - 2:30pm
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Bring your creativity as we create small acts of kindness for the community. Using sidewalk chalk, we will decorate a tree near the library and using paint we will create painted rocks to hide. Plus a special snack to cool off!

Detective Science with Mad Science of Northeast Ohio

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Dates & times	Thu, 07/27/2017 - 1:00pm -Thu, 07/27/2017 - 2:30pm
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Discover how science is used to solve real crimes! Join us in our crime lab for this exciting hands-on exploration of the fundamentals of forensics. It’s so much fun, it’s criminal! Snack will be provided. Please register at the Children's Desk - max 20 participants