Unearth a Story: Summer Reading at Our Area Libraries
This year's theme is all dinosaurs, fossils, and digging up good books — and every library around us is running a free Summer Reading Program. Here's every location's full schedule, sorted by town, so you can grab a library card and start excavating. 🦕
All Summer 2026 · Always Free
Summer reading is hands-down the best free deal of the season around here, y'all. 🦖 Every library in the Tullahoma area is running a free Summer Reading Program — and this year's nationwide theme, "Unearth a Story," means dinosaurs, fossil digs, volcanoes, and dino crafts at basically every branch. Sign-ups are easy, the prizes are real, and it keeps the kids reading all the way to August.
I pulled together every area library's schedule below as a little month-at-a-glance calendar, sorted by town. Tap a pin on the map to find your closest dig site, then scroll down for that library's full lineup. Everything here is free. 🦕
🗺️ Find Your Closest Dig SiteTap any pin for that library's address & theme
🦕 "Unearth a Story" (dino) 🚧 "Readers Under Construction"
🦴 How summer reading works (at every library)
Stop by your local branch to sign up — it's free and usually takes two minutes. Log the books you read over the summer, earn prizes, and drop in for the storytimes, performers, and dino crafts on the calendars below. No library card yet? They'll set you up right there.
🦕 Coffee County Lannom Library · Tullahoma
312 North Collins St, Tullahoma · 931-455-2460 Mon–Thu 8am–8pm · Fri & Sat 9am–5pm · Sun closed · All events free
Every week: Storytime Wed 10am · Under 3 Club Thu 10:30am · Themed Scavenger Hunt Tue 8am–4pm · Writer's Group Tue 6:30pm. 🎒 First 250 sign-ups get a free library tote.
🦴 Manchester–Coffee County Public Library · Manchester
1005 Hillsboro Blvd, Manchester · 931-723-5143 · All events free
⚠️ Heads-up: the main building is closed for maintenance
Until they reopen, programs (including storytime) are at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza — Wednesdays in the Community Room, Thursdays in the Main Lobby. The full kids' "Unearth a Story" lineup wasn't posted yet as of early June; check their Facebook before you go.
Every week: Storytime with Miss Gina, Wed & Thu 10am (at the Plaza).
🦖 Shelbyville–Bedford County Public Library · Shelbyville
220 S Jefferson St, Shelbyville · 931-684-7323 · All events free · Sign-ups opened May 23
Every week: Monday Madness Mon 2pm · Storytime Wed 10am (ages 2–5) · "Meet Me At…" Fri 2pm (location changes — see calendar).
🦕 Franklin County Library · Winchester
105 S Porter St, Winchester · 931-967-3706 Mon–Fri 8am–6pm · Sat 8am–1pm · All events free · Sponsored by Nissan
The rhythm: Monday Madness performers (Mon 2pm) · Family Storytime (Wed 10am) · "Meet Me At…" outings (Fri). Kicked off May 23.
🦴 Moore County Public Library · Lynchburg
17 Majors Blvd, Lynchburg · 931-759-7285 · All events free
Every week: Lifeway Academy classes — Mon 11am (grades 1–5) & Tue 2pm (grades 6–8), free drop-in · Preschool Story Hour 10:30am (ages 3–5).
📲 Find Moore County on FacebookTheir schedule lives on their Facebook page (search "Moore County Library Lynchburg") — their old .com web address is no longer the library, so don't use it.
🚧 Fayetteville–Lincoln County Public Library · Fayetteville
306 Elk Ave N, Fayetteville · 931-433-3286 Mon/Wed/Fri 8:30am–5:30pm · Tue/Thu 8:30am–7:30pm · Sat 8:30am–2:30pm · All events free
🚧 This one swapped bones for hard hats!
Fayetteville is the rebel of the bunch — instead of dinosaurs, their 2026 theme is "Caution! Readers Under Construction!" Same idea (a whole summer of free reading and events), just building readers from the ground up. 🏗️
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Summer Reading Kick-Off — Sat, June 13, 10am–12:30pmRegister for Summer Reading, then dig in: a Touch-A-Truck with TDOT construction vehicles, a Dig Site, Hard Hat Decorating, a Wrecking Ball Game, Hammer Station, Bean Bag Toss, a Skid Steer inflatable, and ice cream from The Pythian Parlour — featuring the custom library flavor "Bookworm Crunch." 🍦
Their full weekly lineup "breaks ground" in mid-June — watch flcpl.org/events for the rest of the dated schedule as it posts.
🦕 May Justus Memorial Library · Monteagle (Grundy Co.)
24 Dixie Lee Ave, Monteagle · 931-924-2638 Mon 8:30am–4:30pm · Tue–Fri 8am–4pm · All events free
Every week, June & July: Storytime Wednesdays 10am · Summer Reading Program Thursdays.
Grundy County's other branches — Tracy City, Altamont, Beersheba Springs, Coalmont, and Palmer — all take part in the statewide Summer Reading Program too. They don't post detailed calendars online, so call your nearest branch for that week's plans.
🦴 Sign Up at Your Library
Every program here is free. Tap your closest branch to get started:
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"Summer reading is the best free deal going — air conditioning, dinosaur crafts, a stack of new books, and somebody else doing the activity planning. Screenshot this, save it, and go dig up a good story. 🦕🧡"
— Jennifer @ Tullamama 🧡
