Children Services
🌱 Plant a Seed – Read! 🌻
2026 Summer Reading Program
June 1st through August 21st
Hey everyone! You’ve all done so well this summer so far with our Summer Reading Program,
reading tons of books and earning oodles of Book Bucks!
As we get closer to the end of the program (August 21),
make sure to get your challenges turned in because the last day to earn Book Bucks is this Friday, August 14th!
Book Bucks can be spent until the last day of Summer Reading.
Any challenges turned in after Friday will still be entered into our grand prize drawing, so keep up the hard work!
Prizes and programs made possible with support from our sponsors:
Friends of the Willmar Public Library
Janning ENT
Jennie-O
Lulu Bean’s
Willmar Community Foundation
Prairielands Library Exchange
Healthy Fusion
MN Clean Water & Land Legacy Amendment
Marcus Construction
Wriggle and Read Storytime
Wednesdays at 10 am
in the Multipurpose Room
This program has stories, songs, and playtime for littles!
Best for kids 0-3.
Tween/Teen Paint & Pops*
Wednesday, August 12 | 2:00 – 3:30 pm
in the Multipurpose Room
Join us for an afternoon of painting! Create your own
individual artwork with acrylic paints on canvas. Enjoy
different flavors of pop and popcorn as a treat. Supplies
are limited so registration is required. This event, for
teens ages 10-18, is made possible by the Prairielands
Library Exchange.
Register online here
This project is funded in part or in whole with money from
Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
ECFE at the Library
Friday, August 21 | 10:00 am
in the Multipurpose Room
Kiddos of all ages are welcome to enjoy some stories with Miss Rachel on the last day of the Summer Reading Program!
ECFE at the Library
Friday, August 28 | 10:00 am
in the Multipurpose Room
Sing songs, read books, and make crafts with
Willmar’s ECFE teachers!
