COLOR OUR WORLD – Summer Reading Program
June 21 – August 2
Birth – High School
Sign up for summer reading from June 16 – 21 to get a prize! Sign-ups continue through July 12. Set a reading goal, read, and bring your completed finisher slips to the library for a finisher prize bag full of goodies, pick out a FREE book, and enter our Colortastic Grand Prize drawings! Finisher bags will be available July 14.
Colortastic Grand Prizes
Summer Reading Program finishers can enter for a chance to win:
- 1st Place • $300 Meijer Gift Card + Red Reading Pillow
- 2nd Place • $200 Meijer Gift Card + Blue Reading Pillow
- 3rd Place • $100 Meijer Gift Card + Yellow Reading Pillow
Plus: FOUR COLORTASTIC GRAND PRIZE PICKS that you can enter to win!
Colortastic Grand Prize Picks
- Step2 Flip & Doodle Easel Desk With Stool
- MAGNA-TILES – Two Magnetic Construction Sets
- Crayola Art Set – Light Up Tracing Pad, Art Case, and Spin & Spiral Station
- LEGO Classic Creative Fun and Brick Box Sets
- Pix Brix Pixel Art Puzzle Bricks and Starry Night Sets
- Magnetic Blocks – Grassland and Forest Building Block Sets including Chicken Jockey!
- 65” Inflatable Wheel Roller, Pool Toys and Beach Towel
- Giant Outdoor Set – Kite, Frisbee, and Ladder Toss
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR GRAND PRIZE PICKS
Children’s Summer Reading Program Flyer
Select the Flyer Icon or click HERE to view all the details on the teen/tween summer reading Program.
Weekly events, prizes, and all of the details!
Color Our World Kick Off Event
(All Ages)
Saturday, June 21 from 10 AM – NOON
(Outdoor Event – Weather Permitting)
Colorful bounce houses, fun art stations, disc golf, chalk art, color scavenger hunt, popcorn, plus more. Drop in for some colorful fun!
Benjammin’s Color Our World Interactive Concert
Tuesday, June 24 @ 10 AM
BenJammin’ and Emily will color your world with music and movement as we rock out with an interactive concert for all ages. Join the band with sing-along tunes!
Joel Tacey’s Foam Party (Outdoors)
Tuesday, July 1 @ 10 AM
Foam parties are a fun, playful way to dance, be silly, and burn off energy with skin-safe, non-toxic foam and family-friendly music. Bring a change of clothes for after the fun!
Movie & Popcorn – “Harold and the Purple Crayon” (PG, 1hr 29 min)
Tuesday, July 8 @ 10 AM
Munch on popcorn while you watch this imaginative movie. Movie viewers will pick a crayon to draw something that they would like to make come to life. (Please note: blankets and pillows are not allowed in the library.)
Jeff Wawrzaszek’s Art of Magic
Tuesday, July 15 @ 10 AM
Jeff delivers his “best of the best” material in this “awesomazing” magic show. A free reading-themed magic trick will be given to each child in attendance. PLUS kids will learn a bonus “Color Our World” magic trick.
Mosaics with Meijer – Mosaic Art & Cupcakes
Tuesday, July 22 @ 10 AM
Plainwell Meijer is partnering with the library to bring you mosaic creations! Each participant will create beautiful mosaic art and make a mosaic cupcake to eat. Meijer staff will be on hand to add to the fun.
Cotton Candy Colors – Science That Tastes Good!
Tuesday, July 29 @ 10 AM
Learn all about the science of cotton candy in this fun, interactive show featuring all the colors (and flavors) of the rainbow. Chemists of all ages will enjoy this fascinating program. Plus it tastes good too!
Creative Stations
June 25 – July 30
Wednesdays at 2 PM
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Art, crafts, and building sets!
Masterpiece Makers
June 26 – July 31
Thursdays @ 10 AM
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Learn about famous artists and create artwork inspired by their masterpieces.
Felix Colors Otsego
June 21 – August 2
0-5 Years Old
Felix the Fox is painting downtown Otsego! Find Felix and his colorful paintbrushes during this fun, interactive activity. Find them all, return your completed sheet to the library, and receive a prize!
Scholastic Book Fair
June 11 – June 28
Come shop the fair and reward your kids and grandkids for a great school year!
All your purchases help earn the library FREE Books!
Book Packs To Go
Would you like a library staff member to pick out books for you or your child?
You can list your interests or genre’s you prefer and a staff member will choose up to 10 books that they feel you will enjoy. Do you like a certain genre or want to learn more about a certain subject? Staff member(s) will choose books to match that subject. The library will put them on hold for you to be able to pick up at our Drive-Thru Pickup Window. Click HERE to get your book pack started!
Rising Reader Activity Kits
We are VERY excited about this collection at ODL: Rising Reader Activity Kits! These are packs families will be able to check out that have phonics sets of books, games, flashcards, puzzles, and reading activities in them to help kids learn to read/improve their reading skills! The kits are based on the areas of vocabulary, phonics, comprehension, fluency, and phonemic awareness and are full of fun activities for families to do together. There are multiple kits for preschool through third grade! Rising Reader Kits require parental supervision and are not for children under 3 due to choking hazards in some of the game pieces. These kits were brought to us by the generous memorial donation of Albert Hoekstra.
STEAM Kits
Announcing the installment of our new ODL STEAM kits! These STEAM kits offer your family a fun way to learn and work on various science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics topics through stories, activities, games and flash cards!
This round of kits made possible by a generous grant from EATON. These Math topics are heading to the shelves shortly: Addition, Subtraction, Time and Clocks, Fractions, Money. Also coming soon – Place Value & Decimals, and Ecosystems and Biomes! You can look forward to even more science and technology kits this year from our recent EATON grant as well!
