We're back for another bigger and better year for the Teen Summer Takeover at Penticton Public Library!
Teen Summer Takeover is a choose-your-own-adventure program hosted by the Library each summer. This year, our theme is Cryptid Campout!
During July and August, teens can register for the program, then pick up a challenge passport. The passport has dozens of different activities than teens can complete at their own pace (with the exception of in-person craft programs), and they can also complete as few or as many activities as they want - and still get prizes!
Once activities are completed, teens show proof by bringing the passport along with any photos required by activities to the Library to Lara. Each completed activity earns 1 Cryptid Cash (unless otherwise stated), the currency for this year's program.
Cryptid Cash can be exchanged for prizes (more details come soon).
To match the theme, this year teens will be collecting Scout Badges once they complete specific activities or challenges in a supplementary booklet. Activities will be identified with 14 different icons for each of the fourteen badges. Each badge has a different theme based on a different cryptid. Collecting all 14 badges will earn the final badge automatically.
Badges can be displayed on a banner (purchased with a small fee of Cryptid Cash, of course!) and hung on a wall, and each completed badge also comes with a unique collector card for the Cryptid it is associated with.
The Teen Summer Takeover will run from July 2 - August 15 2025.
Weekly in-person craft programs will be on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30, either in the teen are or in the Library Auditorium. Programs are on:
- July 4
- July 11
- July 18
- July 25
- August 1
The week of August 8 will have a take-home craft kit, available for pick-up on Tuesday, August 5.
Stay tuned for more information about other TST 2025 in-person events!
Any teen between ages 13-18 is welcome to join the Teen Summer Takeover! We also invite youth turning 13 during the program (July and August) to participate as well.
No library card is required, and you don't have to live in Penticton either - you can participate from Summerland, Naramata, or other nearby communities!
REGISTRATION LINK COMING SOON
Stay tuned for more information to come!
How do I get Cryptid Cash for prizes?
Once you complete a challenge, visit us at the Library and show staff what you've done to get the challenge stamped and earn your Cryptid Cash
Where do I get Cryptid Cash?
- visit the check out desk and ask to redeem your TST challenges
What prizes are there?
- TBA!
When is the grand prize draw?
Friday, August 15
What books can I read?
Any book you want! Accepted formats for reading challenges are:
books, audiobooks, graphic novels, ebooks, downloadable audiobooks, and comic books. Sorry - no magazines!
I lost my passport!
No problem! Just come into the library and we'll give you a new one with your TST# on it (just promise you won't double up on challenges you've already finished)
I'm out of town for the summer - can I still join?
Absolutely! Just pick up your booklet before you leave and email us pictures of your completed challenges to earn your Cryptid Cash
Then, if you see a prize from the website you are interested in, let us know in your email and we can set it aside for you!
Note: if you are moving, the Library is unable to mail any prizes.