Color Our World Summer Experience
June 21 - August 16, 2025
The 2025 Summer Experience theme was "Color Our World!" Readers of all ages embarked on a journey of art and creativity, celebrating the myriad ways in which art enriches our lives.
We planned programs for all ages, including adults (18+), tweens and teens (ages 10-18), and children from preschool age through entering grade 5. This was our 67th year of providing exciting and fun special summer programs for all members of the Goffstown community.
Wow! It Was a Busy Summer
Kids
- Participants = 70
- Badges Earned = 617
- Reading Minutes = 39,840
- Activities Completed = 82
- Book Reviews Submitted = 21
Popular events included Magician Peter Boie, The Silver Circus, and Wildlife Encounters.
Tweens & Teens
- Participants = 47
- Badges Earned = 783
- Reading Minutes = 68,315
- Activities Completed = 90
- Book Reviews Submitted = 55
The most-attended events were Flavor Our World: Boba Tea, The Great Cake Off, Teen Archery, Teen Cookbook Club, and Teen Tie Dye.
Top five books:
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
- Hearts Overboard by Becky Dean
- A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
- This is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua
Adults
- Participants = 66
- Badges Earned = 560
- Books Read = 301
- Activities Completed = 191
- Book Reviews Submitted = 55
Popular events were Cemeteries and Gravestones, Monadnock Falconry, New England UFOs, Sunflowers and Starry Nights: Inside the Genius of Van Gogh, and Yoga on the Lawn.
Top five books:
- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
- Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
- The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Many Thanks!
Thank you to the Friends of the Goffstown Public Library, who generously funded many of the summer programs, including the Kitchen in a Box used for Teen Flavor Our World events, Magician Peter Boie, Monadnock Falconry, and New England UFOs.