Summer Reading Program 2026

HERE IT IS:

Our summer reading program calendar!

Print copies will be available soon in English and Spanish, but you can preview all of our activities here!

Carthage in Bloom

Voting is now open for Vision Carthage’s ‘Carthage in Bloom’ Award!

We hope you will stop by the Carthage Public Library and see what’s new before voting for your favorite non-profit.

You can scan the QR code, or click here:

https://shorturl.at/KM9tq

CPL Wins Imagination Playground DINO’mite Giveaway

Imagination Playground:
🦖📚 AND THE WINNER IS… 📚🦖
WOW… you all showed UP for your libraries 💙
We loved seeing communities rally together, tag their favorites, and fill the comments with ROARS 🦕—this is exactly what the power of play (and reading!) is all about.
After an incredible run…
🏆 Carthage Public Library is our DINO’mite Giveaway WINNER with 119 ROARS!! 🦖💥
Absolutely AMAZING!!

Carthage Public Library:
WE WON! 🤩🎉
To say we are overwhelmed would be an understatement! Thank you, Carthage Public Library Community, for rallying for your library! These additional manipulatives are going to add so much fun and creativity to our summer reading program! We will post a ‘thank you’ on Imaginative Playground’s FB page as well. Please take a moment and give your thanks to this US owned and operated company as well. (A ‘like’ to our thank you goes a long way to help us get noticed and them get recognition 😊)

Route 66 Traveling Exhibition at Carthage Public Library

Missouri’s Main Street: 100 Years of Route 66

Carthage Public Library is proud to exhibit a Route 66 Traveling Exhibition at from the State Historical Society of Missouri. Come and experience a piece of the past! Two lucky visitors will get the chance to take home a Route 66 gift basket – just for visiting our display of the traveling exhibition!

May 5th – May 28th, 2026
Carthage Public Library
612 S. Garrison Ave
Carthage, MO 64836

Flyer – PDF

 

Celebrating National Library Week, April 6-10th, 2026

We are celebrating National Library Week a little early this year!

We invite our patrons and new applicants to stop by for special treats April 6th – 9th, 2026!

  • Laser Engraved Coasters
  • Bloom Bar
  • Books & Book Marks
  • Popcorn & Pages

 

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