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Summer Reading Challenge

May 27-August 3

2025-06-15 00:00:00 2025-06-15 23:59:00 America/New_York Summer Reading Challenge Grandview Heights -

Sunday, June 15
All day

Add to Calendar 2025-06-15 00:00:00 2025-06-15 23:59:00 America/New_York Summer Reading Challenge Summer reading fun for the whole family! Grandview Heights -

Summer reading fun for the whole family!

Kids & Teens    

Registration begins May 27 at 8 am!

🎁Reach your summer reading goals and earn fun prizes!

How do I earn prizes?     

🎢 KING’S ISLAND RAFFLE
Register before June 2 to enter a raffle for 4 King's Island single-day tickets.

🎯 COUPONS & RAFFLE TICKETS
Set your own Daily Reading Goal and earn great prizes, such as coupons to local businesses and Grand Prize raffle tickets.

🧸 STUFFED READING BUDDY
Registration includes a stuffed reading buddy to read to all summer long.

🎡 PRIZE WHEEL
All participants are invited to stop in the library and spin the new Prize Wheel once a week for a chance to win treasure chest prizes or extra Grand Prize raffle tickets.

What are the prizes?   

🎟️ Grand Prize Raffle Ticket
📓 Blank Book
🎫 Coupon Pack

What are the Grand Prizes?    

🚒 Ride in a Fire Truck (Grandview Heights residents only)
🧱 LEGO Set
🎨 Art Kit
🦄 Squishmallow Stuffed Toy
☕ Clay Café Mugs + Coloring Time
🍪 Lion Cub’s Cookies Gift Card
🎬 Grandview Theater & Drafthouse Passes for 4
💄 Sephora Gift Card
📦 Amazon Gift Card
🎮 Roblox Gift Card

Thank you to our generous Summer Reading Challenge sponsors! 

🎨 Clay Cafe on 5th Ave.
🍦 Dairy Queen on 5th Ave.
🍩 DK Diner
🚒 Grandview Heights Division of Fire
🎬 Grandview Theater & Drafthouse
🏊 Grandview Pool Concessions
🍪 Lion Cub’s Cookies
🍬 Pure Imagination Chocolatier


Adults  

Registration begins May 27 at 8 am!

📚 Read books, earn tickets, and enter to win amazing prizes—all summer long!

How do I earn prizes?

📖 READ BOOKS
Every book you read (up to 10) earns you a raffle ticket! All books count—mystery, romance, cookbooks, graphic novels, even audiobooks!

🎟️ RAFFLE TICKETS
Turn in your tickets at the library or drive-thru by August 3 to enter the Grand Prize Drawings.

🎁 BONUS COUPON
Read 5 books and get a $5.00 off coupon to Penn & Beech Candle Co. (while supplies last!)

What are the prizes?

🍿 Popcorn & Premiere
Grandview Theater gift card, popcorn bucket with free refills in 2025, and a theater pint glass

Roast and Relax
Gift cards to Grandview Grind, Stauf’s, and Boston Stoker + a travel mug and cozy coasters

🎲 Sweet & Salty Game Night
Two games, Krema snack mix, and chocolate truffles from Pure Imagination Chocolatier

🧼 So Fresh & So Clean
Gift basket from Glenn Avenue Soap Company, hand towels, and a frog sponge holder

🌿 Builder’s Basket
LEGO succulent set, a puzzle, and a Lion Cub’s Cookies gift card

🕯️ Candlelit Dinner
Gift card to Penn & Beech to make your own candle + a Figlio restaurant gift card


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    About the library

    The Grandview Heights Public Library (GHPL) is an award-winning, independent suburban library system known for progressive leadership and friendly, personalized service.  

    GHPL is a founding member (1988) and the Administering Library for the Central Library Consortium (CLC).

    This cooperative among 18 Central Ohio library systems, in partnership with statewide network OhioLINK, offers 67 million items to cardholders. 

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    Sun, May 25, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Mon, May 26, All day
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    Tue, May 27, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Tue, May 27, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Wed, May 28, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Wed, May 28, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Wed, May 28, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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    Join us for this fun kick-off to our Summer Reading Club!

    Thu, May 29, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Thu, May 29, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Thu, May 29, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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    Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with this family program!

    Fri, May 30, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Fri, May 30, All day
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    Sat, May 31, All day
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    Sat, May 31, All day
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    Sat, May 31, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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    Learn how to play in the realms of fantasy in this classic role-playing game.

    Sun, Jun 01, All day
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    Sun, Jun 01, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Sun, Jun 01, All day
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    Enjoy monthly art exhibits on the second level of the library. Presented in partnership with the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Arts Council.

    Mon, Jun 02, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Mon, Jun 02, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Mon, Jun 02, 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Ages 0-18 months, no registration required

    Tue, Jun 03, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Tue, Jun 03, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Tue, Jun 03, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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    Enjoy live music, food trucks, and community fun on the Grandview Heights Public Library lawn!

    Tue, Jun 03, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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    PopUp at Music on the Lawn

    Wed, Jun 04, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Wed, Jun 04, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Wed, Jun 04, 9:00am - 11:00am
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    Wed, Jun 04, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
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    Game night at the library! Choose from our extensive collection of contemporary games or join in a GHPL staff-led session of Forbidden Island.
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    Wed, Jun 04, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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    A storytime for families with kids ages 2-5.

    Thu, Jun 05, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Thu, Jun 05, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Thu, Jun 05, 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Kids of all ages

    Fri, Jun 06, All day
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    Fri, Jun 06, All day
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    Sat, Jun 07, All day
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    Sun, Jun 08, All day
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    Sun, Jun 08, All day
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    Mon, Jun 09, All day
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    Mon, Jun 09, All day
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    Local balloon artist, Erica Carlson, will hide summer balloon sculptures throughout the library. Find them and enter to win your very own balloon twisting set! Balloons will be displayed June 7-14.

    Mon, Jun 09, All day
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    Kids of all ages!

    Mon, Jun 09, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Mon, Jun 09, 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Ages 0-18 months, no registration required

    Tue, Jun 10, All day
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    Kids of all ages!

    Tue, Jun 10, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Tue, Jun 10, All day
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    Local balloon artist, Erica Carlson, will hide summer balloon sculptures throughout the library. Find them and enter to win your very own balloon twisting set! Balloons will be displayed June 7-14.

    Tue, Jun 10, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Tue, Jun 10, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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    Enjoy live music, food trucks, and community fun on the Grandview Heights Public Library lawn!

    Tue, Jun 10, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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    Wed, Jun 11, All day
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    Local balloon artist, Erica Carlson, will hide summer balloon sculptures throughout the library. Find them and enter to win your very own balloon twisting set! Balloons will be displayed June 7-14.

    Wed, Jun 11, All day
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    Wed, Jun 11, 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Wed, Jun 11, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
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    Wed, Jun 11, 6:00pm - 7:45pm
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    Wed, Jun 11, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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    A storytime for families with kids ages 2-5.

    Thu, Jun 12, All day
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    Local balloon artist, Erica Carlson, will hide summer balloon sculptures throughout the library. Find them and enter to win your very own balloon twisting set! Balloons will be displayed June 7-14.

    Thu, Jun 12, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Thu, Jun 12, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Thu, Jun 12, All day
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    Thu, Jun 12, 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Thu, Jun 12, 3:15pm - 5:00pm
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    Join us at the library to watch anime, create anime-themed crafts, munch on Japanese snacks, and discuss all things anime with your friends!

    Fri, Jun 13, All day
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    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Fri, Jun 13, All day
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    Local balloon artist, Erica Carlson, will hide summer balloon sculptures throughout the library. Find them and enter to win your very own balloon twisting set! Balloons will be displayed June 7-14.

    Fri, Jun 13, All day
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    Grades 7-12 for the 2025-2026 school year.

    Fri, Jun 13, All day
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    Sat, Jun 14, All day
    Grandview Heights
    Summer reading fun for the whole family!

    Sat, Jun 14, All day
    Grandview Heights
    Local balloon artist, Erica Carlson, will hide summer balloon sculptures throughout the library. Find them and enter to win your very own balloon twisting set! Balloons will be displayed June 7-14.

    Sat, Jun 14, All day
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    Kids of all ages!

    Sat, Jun 14, All day
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    Grandview Heights
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    Sun, Jun 15, All day
    Grandview Heights
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