SummerREAD 2026

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The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library is thrilled to announce your 2026 SummerREAD Program theme: Unearth a Story! We invite you to embark on a journey of digging into a good book, uncovering hidden histories, and exploring the past.

An amazing kick off party is planned for June 1 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. The evening party is scheduled from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Come and enjoy a variety of crafts, activities, scientific exploration, and more fun. Special guests will include Awakening Minds Art, the Children’s Museum of Findlay, Findlay City Parks and Recreation, Hancock County Farmers’ Market, Hancock County Parks District, and the University of Findlay.

SummerREAD registration is open to all ages, infant through adult. The library is providing a free gift book to all early literacy, children’s and teen registrants. This summer, the library is again using an online platform, READsquared, for participants to keep track of their reading progress. Beginning June 1, patrons can register for SummerREAD at findlaylibrary.readsquared.com, and all programs are free of charge. Participants can earn great prizes by logging reading, writing a review, or completing fun activities. Children and teens can earn completion prizes for each level completed, and all readers earn raffle tickets at each level for a prize drawing at the end of the program. The more you read, the more tickets you get to be entered into a grand prize drawing.

If you prefer not to track your reading online, there will be paper forms available at the library to log reading progress.

Families are invited to join in reading together, and to attend wonderful summer programs. Please check our calendar for a summer full of exciting programs. Be sure to stay updated on the library’s Facebook page to receive updates, see surprises, and take part in the excitement all summer.

SummerREAD is is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library, Archie's Drive-In, The Baking Company, Beer Barrel Pizza & Grill, Brinkman's Country Corner, Call of the Canyon Cafe, Chick-fil-A, Coffee Amici, COSI: Center of Science and Industry, Crumbl Cookies, Dietsch Brothers, Domino's Pizza, Fort Findlay Coffee & Doughnut Shoppe, Imagination Station, Jac and Do's of Arlington, Little Caesars, Main Street Deli & Arcade, Main Street Eats, McDonald's, Nara Ramen, Norwood's Café & Catering, NWO Railroad Preservation, SOAR! Adventure Park, Taco Bell, Toledo Mud Hens, and the Wildcat Café.