It’s official, the Summer Reading Program at Solon Public Library is underway for Summer 2026! Extra Library Log slips are now available for readers who have already completed their first Library Log!
Can you believe June is almost over? With roomfuls of attendees at all of our programs, time is flying by with fun activities, extra Tuesday Storytimes, and lots and lots of reading!
Still considering signing up for June and July events at the Library? Register on our website calendar to sign up early or join the waitlist for upcoming events. Registration for Library events in July will be available June 20. Get ready for slime making, stingrays, and more dinosaurs!
Visit our website calendar for more information.
Library programs
We’re ending June with singing and dancing, Nerf blasters, and needle felting!
Grab your Nerf blasters and get ready! Our Nerf party will be Friday, June 26, at 6 – 8 PM.
Teens can run around the main library with Nerf blasters and play some popular games like Capture the Flag, Zombie Tag, and Elimination. Already have a Nerf collection at home? Teens are welcome to bring in their own Nerf equipment, provided they are not gas- or electric-powered. Safety glasses will be mandatory. Safety glasses and extra Nerf blasters and darts will be provided by the library. For teens (incoming 6th – 12th graders). No registration required.
Special guest Rumi from the hit movie K-Pop Demon Hunters will be at the Library for a Storytime with singing and dancing. The event starts Saturday, June 27, at 10:30 AM. All-ages are welcome. No registration required.
Want to pick up a new hobby for the summer? Try Needle Felting, Monday, June 29, at 5:30 PM. Signup to learn the basics of needle felting and spend this time completing your first felted work of art!
Take a break with pizza and cookies! For teens (incoming 6th – 12th graders).
Registration is required.
Library access
Regular Library hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Sundays. Please always refer to our website calendar or call to check hours as weather may impact our ability to be safely open.
The Library will be open Friday, June 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Everyone is welcome at the Library and our programs. Please contact us with access needs.
Online resources in the Library collection
Going on vacation and need media for mobile devices for a long drive?
Use your Library card to sign up with Libby to check out audiobooks!
Thanks to Bridges, finding audiobooks with Libby couldn’t be easier! With thousands of titles available to Library patrons, you’re sure to find audiobooks of some of your favorite authors from every genre!
You can access Libby through any browser, or any compatible mobile device. With a Bluetooth connection, you can play your audiobooks through vehicle media players and mobile speakers.
Want to watch movies without signing up for a new streaming service bill? Try out Kanopy, available on your mobile devices and smart TVs!
Kanopy is a rental streaming service made for public libraries! Make an account with your library card to access a plethora of action-packed movies, insightful documentaries, and even educational courses.
Each month, patrons using Kanopy receive 15 movie tickets to spend on whatever they’d like, no billing, no monthly fees. Download the app on your mobile devices to get started, or install it on your smart TV.
Call or visit the Library for more information about using or getting started with online resources through the Library.
What we’re reading
Here’s some of our favorite books and our summer reading from your local librarians!
Lily, our Youth Services Librarian, is recommending A psalm for the wild-built by Becky Chambers. In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers’s delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.
One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of “what do people need?” is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They’re going to need to ask it a lot. Becky Chambers’s new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?
Michael, our Adult Services Librarian, is recommending The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records.
As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he’s given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist.
Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.
Victor, our Communications and Technology Specialist, is recommending Circe by Madeline Miller. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child–not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother.
Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power–the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.
Did You Know?
The total cost of the new Solon Public Library was about 1.5 million dollars, including work-in-kind, donated materials, and contributions from many donors. No tax dollars were used. A granite donor wall in the entry contains the names of all donors who contributed $500 or more.
The Solon Public Library is truly a testament to the community’s support in establishing the Library as a community hub.