Every year, libraries across the country celebrate summer reading with special programs designed to keep kids and teens engaged and learning year-round. Well, why do the kids get to have all the fun?! The Garland County Library's Summer Reading Program has expanded to include amazing prizes for adults, too!
STEP 1: Pick up a paper reading tracker from the Library beginning 5/30/26. Don’t lose this tracker - you need it to claim all your awesome prizes!
STEP 2: Set a daily reading goal. This can be anything - 10 minutes to 10 pages a day.
STEP 3: Each day you reach your goal, move forward one space on the tracker.
STEP 4: For every ten days you read, scratch off your sticker and bring your tracker to the library for a small prize and a raffle ticket.
STEP 5: Enter tickets in raffle boxes for a chance to win special prizes, to be drawn on 8/3/26.
STEP 6: Turn in completed trackers for an extra raffle ticket by 7/31/26.
Every 10 days, readers can pick up a small prize and a raffle ticket to enter for a chance to win a BIG prize.
Kids and Teens will earn:
Day 10 - Candy
(earliest day to claim: 6/8)
Day 20 - Dino Egg Dig OR Squishy
(earliest day to claim: 6/18)
Day 30 - Notebook & Shuttle Pen
(earliest day to claim: 6/28)
Day 40 - Book from the Prize Cart
(earliest day to claim: 7/8)
Day 50 - Summer Shirt & Dino Puzzle
(earliest day to claim: 7/18)
Adults will earn a prize based on a PLINKO token drop!
AGES 0-12
- $50 Funtrackers Gift Card
- $50 Hobby Lobby Gift Card
- Alcohol Marker Set
- American Girl Accessories
- Dinosaur Bank
- LEGO Set
- Mid-America Family Pass
- Nee-Doh Set
- Nintendo Switch Lite
- Play-Doh/Kinetic Sand Set
- Spinning Chair
- Stanley Cup
AGES 13-17
- $50 7 Brew Gift Card
- $50 Dick's Sporting Goods Gift Card
- $50 Steadfast Gift Card
- Alcohol Marker Set
- Insta-Camera
- Jurassic World 7 Movie Collection
- LEGO Set
- Mid-America Family Pass
- Nintendo Switch 1
- Stanley Cup
AGES 18+
- Backyard Firepit
- Hot Springs National Park Gift Basket
- Jurassic Franchise Gift Basket
- LEGO Set
- Mid-America Science Museum Membership
- Mini Espresso Machine with Grounds & Gift Card
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Photography Mini Session with Mallory Golden
- Samsung Galaxy Tablet
- Superior Bathhouse Brewery Gift Card
- Tattoo Gift Certificate
A HUGE thanks to the Friends of the Garland County Library! They provide year-round monetary support for all our endeavors. If you’ve ever won a prize, had a snack, or used program supplies, it’s all thanks to our (BEST) Friends group.
Thanks to YAC's generosity, we will be able to purchase more prize books for this year's Summer Reading Program! -- The YAC is an offshoot of the Hot Springs Area Community Foundation, which is a division of the Arkansas Community Foundation! HUGE thanks to all three organizations for their efforts in making Hot Springs and the surrounding communities a great place to live!
Walmart Hot Springs Village and Walmart Neighborhood Market Hot Springs - Malvern Ave - provided Spark Good Local Grants for this year's SRP, which help fund awesome prizes for all of our participating readers this summer!
