Color Your World this summer at Rodman Public Library.
Rodman Public Library invites all patrons to take part in the 2025 Summer Reading Program, which has the theme of “Color Our World,” celebrating the many ways that various forms of art bring our world to life.
As in the past, the program will feature three divisions, including one for children (up to 12 years old), one for teens (ages 12 to 18) and one for adults (18 years and older).
Patrons can register in person at the Main Library, the Branch Library, or on the Bookmobile, starting Tuesday, May 27. The Summer Reading Program will run through Saturday, August 2.
Patrons may also sign up online at rodmanlibrary.beanstack.org/reader365, or through the Beanstack app, which they can download on a mobile device.
Prizes will be awarded throughout the two months and patrons will earn entries into grand prize drawings that will be held after the conclusion of the summer reading program. Patrons are expected to pick up their prizes within a week, or make arrangements to do so.
To get the summer reading program off to a glowing start, a kick-off event will be held at the Main Library from 3 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28 when the auditorium will be transformed into a glow putt-putt course with lighting effects.
A kick-off event will also be held at the Branch on Friday, June 6 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The event will feature a scavenger hunt, games, crafts, face painting, and popcorn.
Here’s an overview of the 2025 summer reading program:
CHILDREN
Children who sign up for the Color Our World 2025 Summer Reading Program will receive a reading log and a BINGO board when they sign up in person.
With every 15 minutes of reading completed, kids will color in a picture on the log. After coloring in 24 books, which amounts to six hours of reading, the reading log is complete and can be taken to the library to receive an entry into a raffle for one of several prizes, including a Nintendo Switch 2, an American Girl doll, a $100 Amazon gift card, a Bluey 6V ride on car, or a Harry Potter Lego set.
Children will also be awarded a certificate of completion, a book, and coupons from area restaurants.
Young readers can earn an additional ticket for every five additional hours of reading, which will be recorded on a supplemental sheet.
Another raffle entry can be earned by completing a BINGO on the card inside the reading log. To complete a BINGO, children will need to complete challenges that fill in a line on their card.
TEENS
Teens will have plenty of opportunities to earn entries into the grand prize drawings for one of three grand prizes, including a $100 gift card to GameStop, a $100 gift card to Walmart, or a package of gift cards to area restaurants valued at $100.
Teens who complete 20 hours of reading, which will be recorded on a reading log, will earn a book, a summer reading-themed prize and an entry for one of the three grand prizes.
For each additional four hours beyond the initial 20, teens will earn an extra raffle ticket. They can accumulate as many as nine additional tickets, essentially one for every full week of the Summer Reading Program.
Teens can earn additional entries by completing weekly challenges, which will be listed on a card in the registration packet. Each completed challenge will earn an entry into the prize drawing.
Teens can also earn an entry by attending various teen programs at the library throughout the duration of the Summer Reading Program.
ADULTS
Adults can register either in-person or online through Beanstack.
Weekly prizes of $25 gift cards to various local businesses will be awarded throughout the Summer Reading Program.
Adult patrons can earn an entry ticket each time they use their card to check out any item. Patrons can also be entered into a weekly prize drawing by reading. Patrons can log books they read either through Beanstack, or by submitting a book ticket at either the Main or Branch Library.
Two grand prizes will be awarded at the end of summer reading -- one for those that submitted book tickets and one for those who logged books through Beanstack. Winners will have their choice of a Meijer gift card valued at $100 or a Beech Creek Botanical Gardens membership valued at $125. Winners who choose the Beech Creek prize will have the option of a family membership good for up to six people living in the same household, or a grandparent membership good for everyone who lives in your household plus all of your grandchildren ages 17 and younger regardless of their residence.