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Orange logo with a yellow sun at the top and white text that reads, Summer Reading Challenge. Below in smaller text: Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library.

June 1 – August 3

Reading Challenge cards coming soon!

Download the card online or pick one up at any service desk.

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Reading Challenge Details

Important Dates:

  • Challenge Cards Available: Monday, May 18

  • Official Challenge: June 1 – August 3

  • First Day of Prize Redemption: Monday, June 8

Important Notes:

  • Read in your preferred format – audio, digital, and physical all count!

  • A parent or caregiver’s signature is required for child and teen participants.

  • Adult participants must provide their MPHPL card number. If you don’t have a card, get started on our Get A Card webpage.

  • Prize book can be selected from any age group.

  • If a parent/adult caregiver wants to limit selection choice, they must accompany the child/teen for book pickup.

  • Limit one reading challenge card redemption per person.

How It Works

A white circle icon featuring a black square with a checkmark inside.

Mark a square for each activity you complete. 
Titles can be used to complete more than one square. Looking for more options? Feel free to swap a square for one of the activities featured on the right.

Mark a square for each activity you complete. 
Titles can be used to complete more than one square. Looking for more options? Feel free to swap a square for one of the activities featured below.

A stylized icon showing an open teal book with a maroon arch and bookmark above it, on a maroon background with rounded corners—perfect for promoting reading challenges or a summer reading challenge.

Libby

Read a magazine on Libby
A red square icon with rounded corners featuring three white curved lines arching upward from the bottom left, creating a dynamic, wave-like design—perfect for representing a summer reading challenge.

Freegal

Download or stream a song on Freegal
A white lowercase letter k in a serif font on a solid black background, perfect for promoting your summer reading challenge or other reading challenges.

Kanopy

Watch a video on Kanopy
A black calendar icon with hollowed squares, representing days in the month.

Programs

Attend a program
A colorful beach ball with red, blue, yellow, and white segments is centered on a white circular background with a black border.

Complete all five squares marked with a beach ball and bring your card to a service desk for a prize.

An open wooden treasure chest contains a colorful beach ball, a yellow rubber duck, a red candy bar, a patterned notebook, and a blue pen.
A white circle icon featuring a rectangle representing a simplified challenge card with small squares on the bottom half and a checkmark at the top.

Complete the entire card and return it for a new book from our prize book selections. Prize options are subject to change.

A stylized icon showing an open teal book with a maroon arch and bookmark above it, on a maroon background with rounded corners—perfect for promoting reading challenges or a summer reading challenge.

Libby

Read a magazine on Libby
A red square icon with rounded corners featuring three white curved lines arching upward from the bottom left, creating a dynamic, wave-like design—perfect for representing a summer reading challenge.

Freegal

Download or stream a song on Freegal
A white lowercase letter k in a serif font on a solid black background, perfect for promoting your summer reading challenge or other reading challenges.

Kanopy

Watch a video on Kanopy
A black calendar icon with hollowed squares, representing days in the month.

Programs

Attend a program
An open wooden treasure chest contains a colorful beach ball, a yellow rubber duck, a red candy bar, a patterned notebook, and a blue pen.

Book Prize Lists

Children

Board Books and Picture Books
Beginning Readers and EZ Fiction
Fiction
Non-Fiction

Tween & Teen

Tween (Fiction & Non-Fiction)
Teen (Fiction & Non-Fiction)

Adult

Fiction
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Orange and white graphic with a sun icon and text that reads: Summer Reading Challenge Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library Kick-Off Party.
Saturday, June 6  •  10 a.m.-Noon  •  Mishawaka Library

Celebrate the launch of our Reading Challenge with crafts, games and more!

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