Umatilla Public Library
Your Hometown Library
Kids Summer Reading Program
Reading Game
Kids/Teens Prize Desk Hours:
MON—WED : 9:30 am—5:30 pm
THU—FRI : 9:30 am—4:30 pm
SAT : 9:30 am—11:30 am
Closed Sundays & July 4
Wednesday, 6/4/2025
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Special surprise party for kids when they sign-up for Summer Reading 2024 and get a reading bag with a reading log and begin reading for prizes. This program is for children up through 5th grade. Don't worry, if you miss the party you can still sign-up at the library during prize desk hours.
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Reading Incentives
June 4-July 18
Weekly Prizes for Reading
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Every week for 7 weeks. Read for at least 20 minutes every day. Track your progress on your reading log. Once a week show your log at the prize desk and win a prize for having read. Come and get your prize even if you only read one day that week. Kids and Teens have different reading prizes. Must be registered to play.
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Golden Ticket Drawings
June 9-July 18
Weekly Drawings
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Every week for 6 weeks we will hold a drawing and 1 lucky kid will win a tote bag filled with books and
another filled with prizes. We thank Florida Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities for the Summer Reading Program Grant which allowed us to purchase books about art for the children.
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Get tickets by signing-up for the kids’ reading program, at the Golden Ticket booth, by completing the
challenges in the kids reading log, and with other fun surprises all summer.
​Zoo Mom
Friday, 6/27/2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Best suited for elementary school aged children.
Meet a variety of animals and learn about them from Zoo Mom, a real science teacher.
Storytime & Craft
Thursdays, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 - 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
All Ages Welcome
Storytime & Craft is spectacular in the summertime. Stories, songs, read-alouds, STEM and a craft!
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Babies & Toddlers
Wednesdays, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16 - 2025
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Ages 0 to 36 months with a caregiver.
Sweet and simple storytime and playgroup.
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Chess Club​
Wednesdays, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30 - 2025
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Grades KG - 8th
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Make DO Cardboard​
Wednesday, 6/11/2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Ages 7-12
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Japanese School Life
Wednesday, 6/18/2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Ages Elementary through Adults.
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Friday, 6/20/2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ages 7-12
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Wednesday, 6/25/2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Ages 7-12
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Wednesday, 7/2/2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Ages 7-12
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Wednesday, 7/9/2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Ages Elementary through Adults.
Teen Summer Reading Game
Reading Game
Kids/Teens Prize Desk Hours:
MON—WED : 9:30 am—5:30 pm
THU—FRI : 9:30 am—4:30 pm
SAT : 9:30 am—11:30 am
Closed Sundays & July 4
Teen Reading Challenge
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Join us this summer for our teen reading challenge and get a chance to spin the prize wheel. Read each week for as long as you’d like and bring in your reading log punch card during that week and have it punched. You will automatically get a Golden Ticket, as well as a chance to spin the prize wheel. If you miss reading for a week, then you miss your chance to spin the wheel!
Teen Messy Art
Friday, 6/20/2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Friday, 7/11/2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Pre-register at the front desk.​
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Some Adult activities are also open to teens. Crochet Club, BeeKeeping 101, Author Visit, How to Get Published and Dungeons & Dragons are great for teens and you are welcome.
Adult Summer Reading BINGO & Activities
Reading Game
Umatilla Adults, get back into reading this summer.
Read and play BINGO for Prize Drawings & Instant Winner Scratch-off Tickets.
Show your hometown library a little love.
Adults - Read for Prizes this Summer.
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* Scratch-Off Tickets - Your first one is on the back panel of this brochure. Are you an instant winner?
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* Monthly Drawings. There will be one drawing in June and one in July. The prize is a $50 gift card to a local area restaurant.
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* Weekly surprises. If you are entered in our game you might win a silly or sweet surprise when you visit the library.
Potential prizes include free items from the Friends Used Book Sale, scratch-off tickets (another chance to win), silly things, or candy. There will also be two lunch drawings, one in June and one in July. The winner of each drawing will receive a $50 gift card to a local area restaurant or business.
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Two Ways to Play:
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No Phone/Computer Required:
1) Register and get your first scratch-off ticket. You might be an instant winner!
2) Read anything. Fill out the entry for the June drawing and return it.
3) Attend adult activities for more chances to win, including drawing entries.
Use the Beanstack App for More Chances to Win:
1) Still do all the things above but also...
2) Track your reading with the Beanstack App
3) Complete Challenges to make BINGO
4) Enter ticketed drawings for more prizes and chances to win the big monthly drawings.
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Search for Lake County Library System on the Beanstack App to find us.
Or go to this link: https://mylakelibrary.beanstack.org/reader365.
You will need your library card to create an account.
Look for this LOGO
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Ask us for help if you would like to participate in the Beanstack BINGO game but aren't sure how.
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All of these activities are perfect for senior citizens and adults are welcome.
Crochet Club
Tuesdays, 6/3, 6/17, 7/1, 7/15, 7/29/2025
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults and teens aged 15 and up are welcome.
Bring your crochet project to this friendly crochet circle and learn from one another. Beginners are welcome. If you are a beginner bring a skein of yarn and a j-hook along with a starter project idea. Crochet ideas can be found in books in the library. This is all-fun, no stress. Limited seating. Pre-register at the library.
Bee Keeping 101
Friday, 6/6/2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Room
Adults and interested young people are welcome.
Learn the basics of beekeeping from David Westervelt, international expert.  Limited seating. Pre-registration required.
Writing Your Memoirs
Monday, 6/9, 7/14/2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults
Remember and reflect on your life and preserve these memories in a book or series of essays. This memoir writing class is perfect for senior citizens. Taught by the Friends President, Janet Pauley.
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Local Author Amy Nielsen Virtual Visit
Monday, 6/7/2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults & Teens Welcome
Amy Nielsen is the author of several books, including the YA novel, "Worth It," bronze medalist in the 2024 Florida Book Award Young Adult Literature category. "Worth It" is about a pregnant teenager in an abusive relationship who finds hope and life. This semi-autobiographical novel is set in Central Florida in the late 1980's. The fictional town in depicted in the novel is actually Umatilla. The author was raised in Umatilla and attended Umatilla schools. During the virtual author visit she will provide details about which locations, and maybe characters, are based on places and people from Umatilla. Although she will be remoting in on a virtual platform, this presentation is strictly for our Umatilla audience.
Umatilla Literary Society
Friday, 6/13, 7/11/2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults
In Literary Society book lovers get together and discuss whatever they are reading. They compare notes, make lists of new titles to try, and encourage each other to break out of reading ruts. 
Dungeons & Dragons
Saturday, 6/14/2025
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Pre-Registration ONLY. Special Event with Limited Seating. Details to follow. Save the date.
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Master Gardener: UF/IFAS: FL Friendly Landscaping Principles
Monday, 6/16/2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults
Pre-Registration required.
BINGO
Tuesdays, 6/17, 7/15/2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults
Play BINGO for fun prizes. Limited Seating. Pre-Registration Required. ​
So You Want to Write a Book That Gets Published: a Step-by-Step Guide.
Tuesday, 7/20/2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults & Teens Welcome
Amy Nielsen is the author of several books and a literary agent at the Purcell Agency. In this workshop she will teach you how to get published via traditional methods, by selling your work to a publishing house. Although she will be remoting in on a virtual platform, this presentation is strictly for our Umatilla audience. Adults and teens are welcome.
Turkish Style Candleholders
Tuesday, 6/24/2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults
Try your hand at creating a Turkish style candleholder, a much simpler and easier version of the beautiful and complex Turkish lamp. All materials are provided. Adults Welcome. Limited seating. Pre-Register.
Bad Painting
Tuesday, 7/8/2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Meeting Room
Adults
Talentless hack? Not at all. Together we will deliberately free ourselves from the fears and inhibitions that keep us from creating. Paint badly, on purpose. Have fun again. All materials are provided. Adults welcome. Limited seating. Pre-Register.
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Wednesday, 7/9/2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Ages Elementary through Adults.
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