Beanstack
All ages can register for the Summer Reading Challenge using Beanstack. You can also log your reading with the Beanstack Tracker app! Click here for a quick tutorial on how to do it.
Activity Log
Download + print an activity log (geared to children from birth through grade 6), or pick one up at any DPLS library location.
Special Events:
*Registration Required. Click the link to register.
June
*June, Month-long: Get Outside! Defiance County – Click here to register
June 2, 12:30-6:30 PM: Dive in! Kickoff Party
June 6: Take-and-Make Watercolor Coasters (While supplies last)
June 6, 6 PM: Dinomobile Dino Encounter
June 7, 4:30 PM: All About Lake Erie
June 7 – July 12, every Tuesday at 10:30 AM: Summer Family Storytime
June 9, 10:30 AM: Agriculture in Print: Soy Ink!
June 13, 6 PM: Diving Duty Details with the Detective
June 14, 4:30 PM: Clypeaster Creations
June 16, 10:30 AM: Clypeaster Creations
June 20, 6 PM: Balloon Animal Fun
June 21, 1 PM: Greater Cleveland Aquarium Virtual Visit
June 21, 4:30 PM: Oceans of Legos
June 23, 10:30 AM: Oceans of Legos
June 23, 4-7 PM: Clay Ocean Animals
June 27, 6 PM: Boats, Fish, and More
June 28, 4:30 PM: Lost at Sea
June 30, 10:30 AM: Lost at Sea
July
July 1, while supplies last: Take-and-Make Fishing Game
July 11-15: Shark Week Craft Hunt
July 5, 4:30 PM: Go Fish! Craft
July 5, 10:30 AM: Summer Family Storytime
July 7, 10:30 AM: Bugs Don’t Bug Me
July 8, 3 PM: Ocean Motion Fluid Art Canvas
July 9-16: Vote For Your Favorite Shark!
July 11, 6 PM at The Stroede Center: The Magic Fish Puppet Show
July 11-16, Shark Week Giveaway
July 12, 10:30 AM: Summer Family Storytime
July 12, 4:30 PM: Ocean Fact or Fiction
July 14, 10:30 AM: Passport to Fishing
July 14, 5-7 PM: Wire-wrapped Ocean Jewelry
July 18, 4:30-6:30 PM: Sea Level Lab
July 19, 10:30 AM: Littles Water Play
July 19, 4:30 PM: Kids Water Games
July 21, 10:30 AM: The Incredible Journey [of a water droplet]
July 25-30: Pirate’s Treasure Scavenger Hunt
July 28: Antarctic Oceanography with Dr. Chrissy Stover Wiederwohl
*Registration required. Click the link to register.
June
*June, Month-long: Get Outside! Defiance County – Click here to register
Thursdays in June, 4:30 PM: Family Storytime Tribe
June 6 (through the month): Tiny Art Gallery
June 7, 1 PM: All About Lake Erie
June 8, 1 PM: Balloon Animal Fun
June 9, 1 PM: Low Bridge, Everybody Down: The Miami and Erie Canals
June 13, 1 PM: Coding with 4H
June 14, 1 PM: Meet the Sheriff’s Office Dive Team
June 15, 1 PM: Watercolor Day
June 16 1 PM: Wildlife in Ohio with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
June 20, 1 PM: Bugs Don’t Bug Me
June 21, 1 PM: Greater Cleveland Aquarium Virtual Visit
June 22, 1 PM: Coding with 4H
June 27, 1 PM: Beach Day at the Library!
June 28, 1 PM: Sand Box Fun
June 30, 1 PM: Coding with 4H
July
July 11-15: Shark Week Craft Hunt
July 12, 1 PM: Bling Your Sunglasses (while supplies last)
July 13, 1 PM: Water Fun at the Library
July 18, 1 PM: Draw with Mark
*Registration Required. Click the link to register.
June
*June, month-long: Get Outside! Defiance County – Click here to register
June, month-long: Hunt for Pirate Treasure
*June 3, 3 PM: Summer Reading Signup Special: Storytime, S’mores, & Singalongs
June 6, 10 AM: Just Dance on Nintendo Wii
June 10, noon-4:30 PM, Minecraft League
June 13, 10 AM-5 PM, Giant Game Day
June 13, 6 PM, Beach Bingo
June 17, 2 PM, Pokemon Party
June 20, 10 AM, Mario Kart on Nintendo 64
June 24, noon-4:30 PM, Minecraft League
June 28, 3:30 PM, Lego Club
July
July, month-long, Ocean on a Postcard Contest
July, month-long, How Many Fish in the Sea? Best Guess Prize Jar
*July 6, 2 PM, Ocean Motion Fluid Art
July 8, noon-4:30 PM, Minecraft League
July 11-15: Shark Week Craft Hunt
July 11, 6PM, Beach Bingo
July 13, 2 PM: Let’s Make Slime, Ocean Edition
July 15, 2 PM: Watercolor Day
*July 20, 3 PM: Snack Attack Taste Test Challenge
July 22, noon-4:30 PM, Minecraft League
July 26, 3:30 PM, Lego Club
Adults and teens, click here to register for the Summer Reading Challenge!
*Registration required. Click the link to register.
