Summer Reading @ BPL 2025

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COLOR OUR WORLD
Summer Reading 2025

Come get creative with Benzonia Public Library
and help us COLOR OUR WORLD!

Join the fun! Must be registered at BPL to win a prize.

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Printable Summer Reading Forms (PDF):

• Summer Reading Log, 6 per page
  
• Summer Reading Log, 4 per page with instructions
• Summer Reading flyer with program information
• ​​Baby Bingo, sheets, 2 per page

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 Baby Bingo ​@BPL
For ages 0-3.
Featuring FUN activities to 
enjoy with your little one.
​Pick a prize for each bingo activity sheet
turned in by Thursday, July 31st.
Must be registered at BPL to receive a prize.
Bingo sheets at BPL or download above

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2025 Summer Reading Schedule of Activities

PLANT A RAINBOW

SUMMER READING @BPL
​Thursday, June 19th, 3 pm
Benzonia Public Library
Upper Level-Mills Community House
​891 Michigan Ave. (US-31), Benzonia MI  
Link to Google Map>     
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Did you know that you can plant a rainbow of color in your own yard? The BPL Puppet Lab will spark our creativity with a fun show!  We will then plant our own rainbow window boxes!

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ART CLASS AND EXHIBITION
*Special Presentation by Oliver Art Center*

SUMMER READING @BPL
​Thursday, June 26th, 3 pm
Benzonia Public Library
Upper Level-Mills Community House
​891 Michigan Ave. (US-31), Benzonia MI  
Link to Google Map>       
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Come use your imagination to create some amazing art that will be displayed at a community exhibition at the Oliver Art Center on July 24th from 5-7pm!

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HAPPY 4th OF JULY! - NO PROGRAM THIS WEEK

No Program on July 3rd, but keep creating on your own!

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ART OF QUILTING
*Special Presentation by Benzie Area Historical Society*

​​SUMMER READING @BPL
Thursday, July 10th, 3 pm
Benzonia Public Library
Upper Level-Mills Community House
​891 Michigan Ave. (US-31), Benzonia MI  
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Quilts are more than blankets!  Come learn the importance of quilts in families through quilting stories and activities.  We will make our own Community Quilt to be displayed at BPL!

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FEEL THE SUN

SUMMER READING @BPL
​Thursday, July 17th, 3 pm
Benzonia Public Library
Upper Level-Mills Community House
​891 Michigan Ave. (US-31), Benzonia MI  
Link to Google Map>     
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Join the BPL Puppet Lab to learn about the way our sun affects EVERYTHING!  Then stick around to design your own sun catcher.

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COLORS OF NATURE

SUMMER READING @BPL
​Thursday, July 24th, 3 pm
Benzonia Public Library
Upper Level-Mills Community House
​891 Michigan Ave. (US-31), Benzonia MI  
Link to Google Map>     

What colors do you see in nature?  We will use different colors to create "hedgehog" habitats after hearing the BPL Puppet Lab tell us their favorite things about nature!

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COME PLAY THE BLUES

SUMMER READING FINALE PROGRAM
​Thursday, July 31st, 3 pm
Benzonia Public Library
Upper Level-Mills Community House
​891 Michigan Ave. (US-31), Benzonia MI  
Link to Google Map>     

We will join Pete the Cat in making instruments and then march in our very own celebration parade!  Come hear what the buzz is about as we wrap up another fabulous Summer Reading Program at BPL!

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THANKS FOR THE EXCITING PRIZES FROM OUR AMAZING SPONSORS!

• A. Papano's Pizza
  
• Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theater
• Cherry Hut
• COGNiTiON Science and Discovery Center
• The Corner Toy Store
  
• Crystal Falls Mini Golf
• East Shore Market
• Evergreen Merchantile

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• Friends of BPL
• Garden Theater
  
• Hill Top Soda Shoppe
• Nugent Ace Hardware
• Riverside Canoe Trips
• Roadhouse
• Sleeping Bear Motors

Many, many thanks to our prize sponsors for this year's amazing line-up of awesome prizes. We are so grateful to our local businesses for their continued support in keeping kids reading!