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Summer Reading Challenge

May 27-August 3

2025-07-27 00:00:00 2025-07-27 23:59:00 America/New_York Summer Reading Challenge Grandview Heights -

Sunday, July 27
All day

Add to Calendar 2025-07-27 00:00:00 2025-07-27 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!

REGISTER! Find full details here or below:

KIDS & TEENS   

🎁 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


⚽ Culture Pass: Score a Columbus Crew Family Pack! 
Kick off a summer of reading and family fun with a special GHPL Culture Pass! Thanks to a partnership with the Columbus Crew, we're offering limited family 4-packs of tickets to a Crew match on Sunday, June 29, at Lower.com Field. Entries accepted 6/13-20 at ghpl.org/crew 


ADULTS  

REGISTER!

📚 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. 

    Upcoming events

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    Mon, Sep 01, All day
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    Mon, Sep 01, All day
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    Enjoy monthly art exhibits on the second level of the library.

    Tue, Sep 02, 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Wed, Sep 03, 10:00am - 10:45am
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    3 - 5 years with a parent/caregiver

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    Join your friends after school in The Basement!

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    Thu, Sep 04, 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Ages 2-5 years

    Thu, Sep 04, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
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    Thu, Sep 04, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
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    Join us for our annual friendly doggie mingle on the lawn with visits from local pet businesses & veterinarians.

    Mon, Sep 08, All day
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    Enjoy a walking tour of Grandview Heights with unique chocolate stops at participating businesses on Thursday, October 9, 2025, 6-8 pm!

    Mon, Sep 08, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    Ages 0-18 months

    Tue, Sep 09, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    No registration required 

    Wed, Sep 10, 3:15pm - 4:15pm
    Grandview Heights
    Join your friends after school in The Basement!

    Wed, Sep 10, 6:00pm - 7:45pm
    Grandview Heights - Conference Room B
    Second Wednesdays, 6-8 pm.

    Wed, Sep 10, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
    Grandview Heights
    No registration required

    Thu, Sep 11, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    Ages 2-5 years

    Thu, Sep 11, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
    Pierce Field
    PopUp visits Pierce Field

    Thu, Sep 11, 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!

    Sat, Sep 13, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
    Grandview Heights
    Learn how to play in the realms of fantasy in this classic role-playing game.
    Registration opens Monday, September 1 2025 at 9:00am

    Mon, Sep 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    Ages 0-18 months

    Tue, Sep 16, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    No registration required 

    Tue, Sep 16, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
    Grandview Heights - Conference Room A
    The Grandview Heights Public Library Board of Trustees will hold its regularly-scheduled public meeting in Conference Room A of the library.

    Wed, Sep 17, 3:15pm - 4:15pm
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    Join your friends after school in The Basement!

    Wed, Sep 17, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
    Grandview Heights
    No registration required

    Thu, Sep 18, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    Ages 2-5 years

    Thu, Sep 18, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
    Pierce Field
    PopUp visits Pierce Field

    Thu, Sep 18, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    Curious about the guitar?
    Registration opens Thursday, September 4 2025 at 9:00am

    Fri, Sep 19, 10:30am - 12:00pm
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    Imaginative playtime fun for ages 0-5 with a parent/caregiver

    Sat, Sep 20, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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    Embark on a journey of the imagination!
    Registration opens Saturday, September 6 2025 at 9:00am

    Mon, Sep 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Ages 0-18 months

    Tue, Sep 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    No registration required 

    Wed, Sep 24, 3:15pm - 4:15pm
    Grandview Heights
    Join your friends after school in The Basement!

    Wed, Sep 24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    Hop into the library for family storytime with bunnies!
    Registration opens Wednesday, September 10 2025 at 9:00am

    Thu, Sep 25, 10:00am - 11:00am
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    Hop into the library for family storytime with bunnies!
    Registration opens Wednesday, September 10 2025 at 9:00am

    Thu, Sep 25, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
    Pierce Field
    PopUp visits Pierce Field

    Thu, Sep 25, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
    Grandview Heights - Conference Room A
    35th annual indoor concert series at the library.

    Sat, Sep 27, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
    Grandview Ave.
    PopUp at the Hop

    Mon, Sep 29, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    Ages 0-18 months

    Tue, Sep 30, 10:00am - 10:30am
    Grandview Heights - Meeting Room
    No registration required 

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