Do you know someone entering Grades 6-12 at Lawton C. Johnson or Summit High School in the new school year? Summit Free Public Library has plenty of copies of your summer reading requirements for school.  As always, they are on display in the Teen Room at the Library, so you can stop in and pick...Read More

The 2021 Summer Reading Program kicked off on Sunday, June 20! To register, please visit the Ask Us Desk or the Information Desk at the library, or visit https://summitlibrary.readsquared.com. You can also download the Readsquared App on Google Play or the App Store. For more information about the program, take a look at the slideshow...Read More

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As researched by the World Health Organization, one in five individuals between the ages of 10-19 will experience some form of mental illness. WHO also identifies that suicide is the third leading cause of death for those between the ages of 15-19. Recognizing and addressing mental illness can be...Read More

Did you miss this year’s Top 10 Mistakes Students Make on College Application Essays on Zoom with Randy Levin on April 7, 2021? Click the video below to see the presentation in its entirety.  We hope that the workshop is informative!  Read More

Beverly Cleary, celebrated Children’s Author died on March 25, 2021, at age 104. Originally from McMinniville Oregon, Cleary, as both an author and a former children’s librarian, is well known by several generations of young readers for her creation of novels for children, most notably the Ramona Quimby series. Zoe Chace from NPR’s All things...Read More

Do you like to read and write reviews of the books that you’ve read?  Consider becoming a CATSS Critic!  Check out a Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, or Adult Fiction Book from the Summit Free Public Library. Read the book, and either write a review about the book, or film yourself doing a booktalk video. ...Read More

Summit Free Public Library, the Summit library Chinese Club, and the Friends of the Summit Free Public Library would like to announce the results of the 2021 Summit Library New Year Art Show. The response we received for this event was extremely overwhelming; in total, we’ve received 260 pieces of artwork from 167 entrants of...Read More

Not quite new books… The books and the librarians miss you in the library! 😕 We are still ordering books for the collection. So, if you’re looking for something new to read, there are a few ways to do it. Browse our shelves: Take a look at some of the lists of new books for...Read More

The 2021 Chinese New Year Art Show is officially live. We have received over 200 artwork submissions from around Summit and in surrounding towns; participants range in age from 4-14. If you’d like to take a quick look at the art show, the complete works are listed below.  They are divided into three categories: Art...Read More

Do you need help looking for new reading material for your family or your child to read? Are you a middle or high school student and looking for some new books to read? Ask the Youth Services Librarians at Summit Free Public Library, and we will pull some books for you, and put them on...Read More