Pre-registration for the 2026 Summer Reading Challenge is open!
Children, Teens, and Adults have a chance to win amazing prizes by tracking their reading from June 1 – July 25. Click here to pre-register or visit your local Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library Branch.
Our thanks to the W-E Library Boosters for sponsoring the Summer Reading Challenge again this year. We would also like to offer our gratitude to the many local businesses listed below who generously donated prizes.
Children’s Prizes
Raffles
Along with earning free toys, books, and prize wheel spins, children will also have the opportunity to win over 90 prizes in our Summer Reading Challenge raffles. Prizes include:
| Kings Island | Free Book |
| Dunkin’ Donuts | Roblox gift card |
| Target gift card | Five Below gift card |
| Walmart gift card | Amazon gift card |
| Lake Farmpark | 1 Free General Admission to The Holden Arboretum or Cleveland Botanical Garden |
| Raising Canes Prize Basket | Atlas Cinema Free pass |
| Great Lakes Science Center Admission | JumpYard Admission |
| United Skates Birthday Party | Cavs Swag Bag |
| Browns Swag Bag | Prize Basket from Mentor-On-The-Lake DQ |
| $10 Batting Cage Tokens from Lost nation sports park |
Prize Packs
One of the kids’ (and parents’) favorite incentives for tracking their reading through the Summer Reading Challenge is a prize pack. These prize packs include coupons donated by these local businesses:
| Atlas Cinema | CP’s Cooler |
| Wickliffe Lanes | Applebee’s |
| Raising Cane’s | Zeppe’s Pizza |
| Willoughby Martial Arts | McDonald’s |
| Red Robin | Cleveland Monsters |
| Cleveland Charge | Texas Roadhouse |
| Master Pizza |
Teen Prizes
Teens will be eligible for raffle prizes of gift cards from the following:
| Amazon | Roblox |
| Walmart | Regal Cinemas |
Adult Prizes
This year, adults will have the chance to win 40 different gift card prizes in our Summer Reading Challenge from the following locations:
| Julia’s 1902 | Amazon |
| Target | Walmart |
| Giant Eagle | Trader Jack’s |
| Ace Hardware | Pie Café |
| Dunkin’ Donuts | Harbor Freight |
| Alesci’s | Erie + Vine |
| CP’s | Viridian Bookshop |
| Gale’s Garden Center | D’Amico’s |
| Sweets Geek | Lobster Pot |
| Mario Fazio’s | Chagrin River Diner |
| Firehouse Grill & Pub | Don Tequila |
| Dynamic Duo | Gaetano’s |
Summer Reading Theme & Programs
The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge is “Unearth a Story” with a focus on dinosaurs, paleontology, and archaeology. We are offering fun programs all summer long, many of them with this theme, many of them not, but all of them fun!
Here are a few Summer program highlights:
Forecast Live!, June 13, 6 – 9 pm, Willoughby Hills
BYOT Tie Dye, June 17, 1 – 4 pm, Willowick
Dr. Dave and Whiz Bang Science Present: The World of Dinosaurs!, June 26, 3 pm, Willowick
Family Tie Dye, June 27, Eastlake, 11:30 am – noon
2nd Saturday Singalong with Mr. Jeff!, July 11, 11 am – 1 pm, Wes Point Park
Storytime and Superhero Training with Spider-man & Ghost Spider, July 11, noon, Willoughby Hills
