The Library is closed for professional bed bug treatment after an issue was identified during an inspection. Experts are on-site and we will reopen once we are advised that it is prudent to do so. We have been in communication with the Westfield Regional Health Department and the City of Summit. Please hold on to...Read More

2025 Summer Reading Program June 7th – August 30th, 2025 To register, click the links below: Children & Teens || Adults The Summit Free Public Library invites the entire community to take part in this year’s Summer Reading Program, which kicks off on June 7th and continues through August 30th. Open to children, teens, and...Read More

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Children and teens in Grades K-8 are welcome to submit a piece of artwork for the library’s 5th annual Lunar New Year Art Show. Each piece of artwork will be hung on the bulletin boards in the Children’s Department, and will be juried by library staff, volunteers, and local artists. We invite artists of Summit...Read More

2024 Summer Reading Program: June 8-August 31 Children & Teens Adults The theme of this year’s Summer Reading is Adventure Begins at Your Library, and there will be a series of programs for all ages, including intergenerational programming. Some of these events will be held outdoors at local sites like Mabie Playground, while others will...Read More

Parents and other caregivers (babysitters, au-pairs, nannies, grandparents) are babies’ and preschoolers’ first and best teachers. However, numerous research studies have found that many children begin kindergarten without the early literacy skills needed to learn to read. Attending library storytimes is a great way to prepare young children for reading. For this reason, this autumn,...Read More

Birdbrain Technologies has updated its documentation for the Finch Robot 1.0. If you have checked out a finch robot from the Library of Things, please click the links below to get started.     How to use Snap with Finch Robot: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/slpage/snap-installation-for-finch/#updating Using Finch Robots with Python: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/finch1/python/install#download Teacher Resources and Lessons: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/finch1/program/Read More

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. This year, they are on display right across from the “Ask Us” desk, so you can stop in and pick...Read More

The youth services department will celebrate “March Madness” with our very own “Book Madness” brackets. Find the bulletin board in the Activity corner to see all the characters in the running, and vote for your favorite book characters out of each pair.  We will celebrate Summit’s favorite Children’s Book characters or series with a party...Read More

Our current storywalk book is Poe & Lars, by Kashelle Gourley, and illustrated by Skylar Hogan Contact our Dial-A-Story number at 908-277-9480 to listen to the story read by Youth Services Librarian,  Lisa O’Shaughnessy. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Storywalk® is...Read More