Reading Programs

Exhibit Hours: Mon & Wed: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Tue & Thu: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.  | Fri & Sat: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Dinosaurs: Fossils Exposed is made possible by the Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Funded by Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation. © CSLP 2026 • Artwork by Tom Bonson

Dinosaurs: Fossils Exposed is made possible by the Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Funded by Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation. © CSLP 2026 • Artwork by Tom Bonson

Exhibit Hours: Mon & Wed: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

Tue & Thu: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.    |  Fri & Sat: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Exhibit Hours

Mon & Wed: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Tue & Thu: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Fri & Sat: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Summer Learning at ACPL!

June 1 - July 31

All Ages & Abilities

Summer Learning at the library celebrates science, play, arts, reading and knowledge–all the wonderful ways that we learn and discover together!

Visit Any Branch or Sign Up Online

Visit any library branch in person or sign up online. Summer Reading is for all ages! 

Win Prizes!

Read and complete activities to win prizes. Track your progress in the Beanstack app or visit any ACPL branch to grab an activity sheet.

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Free Lunch

& Snack at the Library

June 1 - July 31

Available Monday - Friday at these locations:

• Main Library

  • Lunch: 11:30 am​

  • Snack: 2:15 pm

• Georgetown

  • Lunch: 11:45 am ​

  • Snack: 2:15 pm

• Hessen Cassel

  • Lunch: 11:45 am ​

  • Snack: 2:45 pm

• Little Turtle

  • Lunch: Noon​

  • Snack: 3 pm

• Pontiac

  • Lunch: Noon​

  • Snack: 2:30 pm

• Shawnee

  • Lunch: 11:45 am​

  • Snack: 2:45  pm

• Tecumseh

  • Lunch: Noon

  • Snack: 3 pm

• Waynedale

  • Lunch: 11:45 am​

  • Snack: 3 pm

No meals served June 19 or July 3. Groups, please call the library at (260) 421-1200 so additional food may be ordered. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. Free lunch is provided by FWCS through partnership with the USDA.

Blessings in a Backpack

 at the Library

June 1 - July 31

Available on Fridays at these locations:

• Main Library

• Georgetown

• Hessen Cassel

• Little Turtle

• Pontiac

• Shawnee

• Tecumseh

• Waynedale

All food is non-perishable and ready to eat. Food provided by Blessings in a Backpack is free for youth ages 18 and under.

Blessings in a Backpack is a non-profit organization that provides bags of ready-to-eat food on the weekends for school-aged children across America who might otherwise go hungry. Blessings in a Backpack provides services for over 130,000 children in Allen County on an annual basis.

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The Blessings in a Backpack initiative is made possible through the support of Brotherhood Mutual, Cathy Fitzgerald Trust, Lippert, and Surack Family Foundation. The 2026 Summer Learning Program is made possible through the generous support of Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation. 

Summer Learning for Kids

Reynolds, Peter H. (Peter Hamilton), 1961-

Going places

Atkinson, Cale

Explorers of the Wild

Savage, Chloe

The search for the giant Arctic jellyfish

Allegra, Mike

Pirate & penguin

Hibbs, Gillian

Covered in adventures

Summer Learning for Teens

Lee, Mackenzi

Loki : where mischief lies

Wyatt, Jacob

The well

Haught, Fern

The baker and the bard

Myers, B. R

Rogue Princess

Riordan, Rick

The sun and the star

Summer Learning for Adults

FitzGerald, Holly Conklin

Ruthless river : love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios

Grann, David

The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

Bryson, Bill

A walk in the woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

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The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

Lawrence, Mark, 1966-

The book that wouldn't burn

Summer Learning Funding

Funded by Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation. © CSLP 2026 • Artwork by Tom Bronson