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Welcome to the 2025 Summer Library Pursuit
All ages are invited to join the Centre County Library and Historical Museum as we color our world at the library this summer! Take this chance to learn something new, try an activity you’ve never experienced, or just enjoy the library in these bright summer months. Registration will be available starting on June 9th!
Do you want to stay in the loop about what is happening with the Summer Library Pursuit? Click the button below to sign up to receive a weekly (from June 16th to July 27th) Summer Library Pursuit newsletter.
Track your reading and learning journey!
“Color Our World” artist journals for tracking your experience throughout the Summer Library Pursuit.
Track your reading and activities throughout the summer using your own paper artist journal! Each week you will check off activities as you go and write in your reading minutes for each day. Then, you come into the library and get your completed activities and minutes stamped to earn tickets for weekly prizes. Your fully stamped journal can even act as a keepsake at the end of your library adventure.
Attend Special Summer Events
Special events will happen at the Bellefonte, Centre Hall, and Philipsburg library locations throughout the summer. Click the button below to see full events lists for each location:
Try New Things
Enjoy activities and experience kits curated by your Centre County Library and Historical Museum librarians. This year, activities will include weekly take-and-make kits, book experience kits, and weekly themed activities in your artist journal. We’ll also provide suggested reading lists according to your age group each week to help you stay inspired!
Win Prizes
Earn raffle tickets based on the minutes you read and the activities you complete. Once you have earned a ticket for an activity, you cannot earn another ticket for that activity. Adults will need to read 1 hour for a ticket. Teens will need to read for 30 minutes for a ticket. Kids (participating in the Elementary or PreK categories) and patrons participating in the Diverse Abilities category will need to read 15 minutes for a ticket. Spend these tickets at your local branch to win weekly prizes.
Every ticket entered will be included in our grand prize drawing at the end of the Summer Library Pursuit. Each of our library branches will award a grand prize.
Select Summer Library Pursuit Weekly Prizes.
