Summer Read 2025
Color Our World | June 1 - July 31
It's time for the annual summer read at the library! The Summer Read is open to all ages. Simply pick up a reading record at any Information Desk to record the amount of time you spend reading or time spent outdoors. Receive rewards and collect raffle tickets for grand prizes as you go.
Youth Rewards
Day 6 - Vinyl sticker
Day 12 - Rainbow scratch bookmark set
Day 18 - Paintbrush pen + tickets to Cleveland Charge game and Cleveland Monsters game
Day 24 - Mini canvas painting kit
Day 30 - Book
30 Hours Outside - Frisbee
Youth Grand Prizes
Use your raffle tickets to enter the prize drawing to win the following: $50 Sheetz gift card, $50 Off the Wagon gift card, be a Librarian for a Day, Baby art kit, Children's art kit, Teen art kit, Tie Dye kit, Axolotl set, Instant camera and film, Ukulele, How to draw kit, 3D pen kit, Watercolor pens set, Loom knitting kit, or a Crochet kit.
Adult Rewards
Day 6 - Vinyl sticker
Day 12 - Book eraser
Day 18 - Coloring book
Day 24 - Frisbee
Day 30 - Mini art puzzle
30 Hours Outside - Enamel pin
Adult Grand Prizes
Use your raffle tickets to enter the prize drawing to win the following: Membership to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Art basket featuring Van Gogh puzzle, Sagrada board game, and Great Wave paint by number, Lego set, $100 Studio Clay gift card, or a $100 Kent gift card.
The Summer Read is generously sponsored by Kent Free Library Foundation and Friends of Kent Free Library, and the ACME Community Cash Back program.