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First Readers Book Club for Kids: Take-Home Kits!

The First Readers Book Club is for kids who are reading early reader books. The First Readers Book Club includes a paperback copy of an early reader book, discussion questions, and a craft. If you are beginning to read and love books like Elephant and Piggie, Frog and Toad, Biscuit, and Fly Guy – this book club is for you!

The 2025 First Readers Book Club kits will be offered on the following dates:

  • Saturday, January 4th, 2025
  • Saturday, April 5th, 2025
  • Saturday, June 7th, 2025
  • Saturday, July 5th, 2025
  • Saturday, August 2nd, 2025
  • Saturday, September 6th, 2025
  • Saturday, November 1st, 2025

Available while supplies last. Books and supplies are provided by the Friends of the Library.

Upcoming Kits

Book cover with blue background and a white yeti standing with a unicorn with rainbow mane.

Unicorn and Yeti: Fun and Games by Heather Ayris Burnell

July 5, 2025: Unicorn and Yeti: Fun and Games by Heather Ayris Burnell

Unicorn wants to play a board game. Yeti wants to play a card game. Unicorn and Yeti play hide-and-seek. But Unicorn is not good at hiding. They work on a puzzle together. Could there be more than one way to do a jigsaw puzzle?

A limited number of kits will be available for pick-up beginning Saturday, July 5, 2025, on a first-come, first-served basis at each library branch.

A small number of kits will also be available for home delivery. Please contact Youth Services at 541-766-6794 for more information.

Book cover featuring girl with brown skin holding a marshmallow on a stick in front of a campsite.

Yasmin the Camper by Saadia Faruqi

August 2, 2025: Yasmin the Camper by Saadia Faruqi

Unicorn wants to play a board game. Yeti wants to play a card game. Unicorn and Yeti play hide-and-seek. But Unicorn is not good at hiding. They work on a puzzle together. Could there be more than one way to do a jigsaw puzzle?

A limited number of kits will be available for pick-up beginning Saturday, August 2, 2025, on a first-come, first-served basis at each library branch.

A small number of kits will also be available for home delivery. Please contact Youth Services at 541-766-6794 for more information.

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All Are Welcome: Welcome Back! by Alexandra Penfold

September 6, 2025: All Are Welcome: Welcome Back! by Alexandra Penfold

Illustrations and rhyming text follow a group of children who learn how to write, spell, make friends, and be kind on the first day back at school.

A limited number of kits will be available for pick-up beginning Saturday, September 6, 2025, on a first-come, first-served basis at each library branch.

A small number of kits will also be available for home delivery. Please contact Youth Services at 541-766-6794 for more information.

Past Titles

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