Welcome to the 2026
Summer Reading Program!
Registration
Our Summer Reading Program - Plant a Seed, Read - begins May 30th and runs through the end of July! Pick up your calendars, and BINGO sheet for all ages. This BINGO sheet can be completed throughout the summer and be returned by Saturday, August 2nd for a prize.
Programming
Programming will kick-off on Saturday, May 31st at 6:15pm with a Movie in the Park with The Iowa Children's Museum! Head to Creekside Park at 6:15pm for Outdoor Play activities with The Iowa Children’s Museum, crafts, pick up Summer Reading calendars/BINGO sheets, and stick around at 7:15pm to watch a screening of The Wild Robot with movie snacks provided!
Throughout the summer we'll have fun weekly activities as well as incredible featured programming you won't want to miss including: Navigation Play, The Dealt Hand, Cartoonist Buck Jones, National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, and so much more!
Take a look at what's to come on our calendar: https://www.oxford.lib.ia.us/events
Treehouse Story Time with Ms. Megan
The first and third Tuesday of the month starting at 10:30am Ms. Megan will be hosting Story Time in a treehouse at Calyx Creek Lavender & Lodging. Bring the family for a fun morning full of stories, song, activities, and of course, bubbles!
Can't make it on a Tuesday morning? We'll be hosting some Saturday story times at the library as well with featured guests like Johnson County Conservation for 'Poop Happens!' in June and Midwest Chinese Academy for our Chinese Story Time in July.
Adult Book Fair with Sidekick Coffee & Books
Please join us at our book fair on Friday, June 12th, from 6 pm to 8 pm! If you're chasing the childhood bookfair nostalgia, this is the event for you! This fair is catered toward adults, but there will be something perfect for all ages. Whether you're shopping for yourself, picking out a gift, or donating to the library, we'll have the perfect book! Even better, you'll be supporting the library with 20% of all sales for the evening going back to the library. Check out the event on our Facebook page!
BINGO Sheets
This tracker is for everyone! Work toward a BINGO (or even a black-out!) throughout the summer. Completed BINGO sheets will be entered to win the Babies, Kids or Adult prize drawing.
When you turn in your BINGO sheet kids will win a mini prize and everyone will win a book from our Prize Cart, as well as be entered into the grand prize drawing for their age group.
The final day to turn in your BINGO sheet for prize eligibility is Saturday, August 1 by 12pm. Winners of the prize drawings will be announced the following Tuesday.
Daily Fun at the Library
Guessing Jars: We will have guessing jars at the front desk in June and July. Submit an entry - 1 per day max - with your guess of how many items are in the jar. The closest guess will win the whole jar! Winners will be announced at the end of each month.
Scavenger Hunts: Families can come to the library to take on the our summer scavenger hunt! Find all of the hidden pictures on your sheet and return to the front desk for a small prize.
Winnie the Worm: A worm friend keeps getting lost in the library! Help Ms. Lauren find Winnie the Worm in the library and win a small prize. Winnie can be found once per day (per patron or group).
Make a Donation
Get involved with the Oxford, Iowa, Public Library Plant a Seed, Read Summer Reading Program by donating an item/s off our Amazon wish list!
See wish list here: https://a.co/0cAVdhwR
Items on the list range from small prizes to program snacks for our array of attendees.
Thank you in advance from the Oxford Public Library!