Delafield Public Library

Create a personalized summer decoration using your family’s handprints! We supply the paint and canvas, you supply the hands!

Request a kit in the library during open hours or in the comments section of your curbside signup. While supplies last.

Transform a humble empty toilet paper roll into your favorite book cover or character.

Submit your creation to the library with an entry form (available at the front desk). All entries will be displayed in the library.

Timeline:

• Submissions due on July 23
• Winner(s) to be announced on August 3
• Take home your creation between August 3 and 13

Our 2021 Summer Reading Program is free and for all ages.

Register for the program

1. Pick up your registration packet at the library beginning on June 14th–packet includes bookmarks, recipes, summer event calendar, coloring sheets, a free book (for ages 0-18), and more!
2. Visit delafieldlibrary.beanstack.org or download the Beanstack Tracker app on your mobile device
3. Log in with your account from last year OR set up an account for one family member with a username and password
4. Add family members to the account you just set up
5. Register for challenges–family members will be eligible for different challenges based on their age

For more detailed instructions, our Start Guide is here to help!

How it all works

• 1 badge = 1 ticket to apply to a raffle prize
• Earn badges by
  • Registering for a reading challenge
  • Logging your time spent reading
  • Finishing 3 of the 5 activities in an activity theme
  • Completing the program by earning 10 badges
    • Why stop there? More badges = more chances to win!
• Children and teens will also earn coupons along the way
• Prize winners for the raffle prizes will be drawn in August

This project was brought to you by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services grant LS-00-19-0050-19. 

Professional chalk artist Molly Skifton presents tips for creating fabulous chalk art.

RSVP is required.

• Please RSVP below and be sure to include your email address
• We will email you a link to join the Zoom presentation
• Online registration closes 24 hours prior to the start of the event, but you may call the library or email the organizer (below) on the day of an event to make a late reservation

Help us kick off our Tails and Tales Summer Reading Program with HAWS Tails and Trails bus! Stop by our garden to meet some adoptable furry friends and grab some human and doggy trail mix for the road.

No RSVP necessary.