Children's Summer Reading Club: Fun Stuff!
Join us at the Library for school nights, contests, raffles, activity centers and other free events!
School Night at the Library
Are you a Centerville City Schools student? Visit the Library to see your principal and staff during the summer! Bring your classmates, update your gamecard, make a school button and fun crafts, get a library card, read to a therapy dog, and enter to win a special library privilege. The school with the highest attendance will win a special banner to display at school! See how much fun we had last year! Check the calendar to see when your school will be here or print the list.
Contests & Raffles
New contest or raffle held every week!
Winners are notifed by phone. Prizes are available for pickup and winners published online on Winner Wednesdays.
Check back often to print contest entry forms, view the answers, and see if you're a winner! Don't forget though, you have 2 weeks to pick up your prizes.
Please help us to thank the sponsors of the 2019 Children's Summer Reading Club by asking your parent or guardian to stop by these businesses whenever possible.
Caterpillar Guess Jar
- June 3 - June 9
- Preschool – 5th Grade
- Stop in Centerville or Woodbourne Library children's room to guess how many "caterpillars" are in the jar for a chance to win a bag of gummy worms. Random drawing breaks a tie. One entry per child.
- Want to know the answer to the Caterpillar Guess Jar? Correct answers: 250 at Woodbourne Library and 229 at Centerville Library.
The Strangers Raffle
- June 3 - June 9
- Grades 3 - 12
- Enter for a chance to win an AUTOGRAPHED copy of The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix. One entry per child.
Cincinnati Reds Tickets Raffle
- June 10 - June 16
- Preschool – 5th Grade
- Stop in the Centerville or Woodbourne Library children's room for a chance to win tickets to a Cincinnati Reds game! One entry per child.
Goldfish Swim School Raffle
- June 17- June 23
- Preschool – 5th Grade
- Stop in the Centerville or Woodbourne Library children's room for a chance to win Goldfish Swim School two months of free lessons and annual membership fee for one child. One entry per child.
Young's Jersey Dairy Passport Raffle
- June 24 - June 30
- Preschool – 5th Grade
- Stop in the Centerville or Woodbourne Library children's room for a chance to win a Family Fun Pass to Young’s Jersey Dairy for a day of fun! One entry per child.
Dayton Dragons Raffle
- July 1 - July 7
- Preschool – 5th Grade
- Stop in the Centerville or Woodbourne Library children's room for a chance to win a Dayton Dragons Gift Pack. One entry per child.
Newport Aquarium Raffle
- July 8 - July 14
- Preschool – 5th Grade
- Stop in the Centerville or Woodbourne Library children's room for a chance to win 2 tickets to the Newport Aquarium. One entry per child.
Emoji Title Contest
- July 8 - July 14
- Preschool – 5th Grade
- Guess the correct title of the books, songs, and rhymes for a chance to win a giant candy bar. Random drawing breaks tie. One entry per child.
- Want to know how you did on the Emoji Title Contest? Take a look at the answers!
Centerville-Washington Park District Raffle
- July 15 - July 21
- Preschool – 5th Grade
- Stop in the Centerville Library for a chance to win a basket of Centerville Washington Park District swag and CWPD bucks! One entry per child.
Find the Planets Scavenger Hunt
- July 22 - July 31
- Preschool - 5th Grade
- Search the children's room at the Centerville or Woodbourne Library to find all eight planets for a chance to win a giant candy bar. Remember! Pluto is no longer a planet! Random drawing breaks tie. One entry per child.
- Entry form will be available online and in the Centerville and Woodbourne Library children's rooms on July 22.
Coloring Sheets
Print and color!
- Week #1: Space
- Week #2: Bugs
- Week #3: Ocean Friends
- Week #4: Pets
- Week #5: Summer
- Week #6: Transportation
- Week #7: Robots
- Week #8: Earthlings
Activities
Looking for something fun to do this summer? Try all of these free, fun and unique activites! Tell your friends and have them join you this summer at the Library!
- Ask a parent to borrow the Astronomy Maker Kit and teach you to view the stars in your own backyard!
- Learn more in this Curious Kids Space Guide!
- Try our new Maker Kits for Kids! Take them home and experiment with them and your friends, then, chat with us and let us know which one is your favorite!
- Visit the Library! Ask at the Children's Desk about using a Play & Learn Station. There's lots of fun learning like La Casa de Dora, Millie’s Math House, Sammy’s Science House, Space and the Universe, SpongeBob Typing, World of Goo and many more!
- Pack a lunch, bring your friends and go on a hike! You'll love Owlexander's Nature Literature Trail Adventures. While you're there, visit one of the Centerville-Washington Park District's Little Free Libraries. Tell mom and dad they are both really great photo ops! Send us your best photo and we'll post it on our FLICKR page and maybe even use it in our Summer Reading Club video next year! Send your photos to: cvjuve@wcpl.lib.oh.us
- Go to the Head of the Solar System from NASA Kids Club! Play the online game. Then, check out all the other fun activities!
- Try your luck at a Crossword Puzzle or Word Search.
- Listen to a story, watch a video, or play a game on TumbleBook Library. Always access it from the Kid's website and enter your Library Card number to get started
- Read a Joke or Tell a Joke!
Note: You must have a pdf reader installed on your computer or mobile device to view some Summer Reading Club Web pages.