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Contoocook, New Hampshire 03229
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New Hampshire Summer Quest

All ages are invited to participate in this event in celebration of the Hopkinton Town Library Summer Reading Program. This summer the theme is Summertime…and The Reading is Easy, with books, activities and programs based on a summer theme.  For the NH Summer Quest, you may work with a partner or have up to 6 people in your group. At least one person should be in all of the pictures. Please mount your photographs on foam board and bring them to the Hopkinton Town Library by July 31. There must be 15 pictures of 15 different things. Yes, that means that 6 of the choices are optional.

Discover New Hampshire by having someone take a picture of you at/with the following:

  • Farmer’s Market
  • On a mountain/hiking
  • On a picnic
  • At a museum
  • Doing a water sport (waterskiing, fishing, etc,)
  • Doing something outdoors (reading in a hammock, etc)
  • At a summer carnival or fair
  • Camping
  • Picking berries
  • A summer collection (rocks, shell, postcards, beach sand, feathers, etc.)
  • At a summer scene
  • Reading a book
  • At a playground
  • Eating ice cream
  • At a balloon festival
  • At a flea market
  • At a NH State Park
  • At a NH attraction
  • With our state flower
  • With a piece of granite
  • With our state motto Hint…..it will help you get where you’re going

Questions? Please contact Leigh Maynard at 746-3663 or lmaynard@hopkintontownlibrary.org . All participants who meet the above requirements will be celebrating at the Summer Reading Program Ice Cream Social on Friday, August 14 at 10 AM at the Hopkinton Town Library. Special thanks to Colonial Village and the Cracker Barrel for providing the ice cream, toppings, and paper products.

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