Reading Programs
Exhibit Hours: Mon & Wed: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Tue & Thu: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. | Fri & Sat: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Dinosaurs: Fossils Exposed is made possible by the Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Funded by Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation. © CSLP 2026 • Artwork by Tom Bonson
Dinosaurs: Fossils Exposed is made possible by the Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Funded by Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation. © CSLP 2026 • Artwork by Tom Bonson
Exhibit Hours: Mon & Wed: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tue & Thu: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. | Fri & Sat: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Exhibit Hours
Mon & Wed: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tue & Thu: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Fri & Sat: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Summer Learning at ACPL!
June 1 - July 31
All Ages & Abilities
Summer Learning at the library celebrates science, play, arts, reading and knowledge–all the wonderful ways that we learn and discover together!
Free Lunch
& Snack at the Library
June 1 - July 31
Available Monday - Friday at these locations:
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Main Library
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Lunch: 11:30 am
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Snack: 2:15 pm
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Georgetown
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Lunch: 11:45 am
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Snack: 2:15 pm
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Hessen Cassel
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Lunch: 11:45 am
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Snack: 2:45 pm
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Little Turtle
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Lunch: Noon
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Snack: 3 pm
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Pontiac
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Lunch: Noon
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Snack: 2:30 pm
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Shawnee
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Lunch: 11:45 am
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Snack: 2:45 pm
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Tecumseh
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Lunch: Noon
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Snack: 3 pm
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Waynedale
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Lunch: 11:45 am
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Snack: 3 pm
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No meals served June 19 or July 3. Groups, please call the library at (260) 421-1200 so additional food may be ordered. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. Free lunch is provided by FWCS through partnership with the USDA.
Blessings in a Backpack
at the Library
June 1 - July 31
Available on Fridays at these locations:
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Main Library
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Georgetown
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Hessen Cassel
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Little Turtle
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Pontiac
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Shawnee
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Tecumseh
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Waynedale
All food is non-perishable and ready to eat. Food provided by Blessings in a Backpack is free for youth ages 18 and under.
Blessings in a Backpack is a non-profit organization that provides bags of ready-to-eat food on the weekends for school-aged children across America who might otherwise go hungry. Blessings in a Backpack provides services for over 130,000 children in Allen County on an annual basis.
The Blessings in a Backpack initiative is made possible through the support of Brotherhood Mutual, Cathy Fitzgerald Trust, Lippert, and Surack Family Foundation. The 2026 Summer Learning Program is made possible through the generous support of Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation.
Summer Learning for Adults
FitzGerald, Holly Conklin
Ruthless river : love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios
Grann, David
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder
Bryson, Bill
A walk in the woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
Lawrence, Mark, 1966-
The book that wouldn't burn
Summer Learning Funding
Funded by Foellinger Foundation, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation. © CSLP 2026 • Artwork by Tom Bronson