How it Works

September 12, 2026 · Noon–5pm · Frontier Park & Erie County

The Book Crawl is a bookish scavenger hunt built around LitFest. Most of it can be done right at the festival — venture further out if you want to make a day of it.

Get Your Book Crawl Card

Pick up a card at our Book Crawl table at Frontier Park during Litfest, or at a participating location.

Explore

If you are at Litfest, start right where you are — the library Bookmobile, Werner's Book Bus, Thousand Lives Bookshop, Book Club on Main (pop-up), and Pressed (just across the street). Want to wander further? Other Erie County bookstores and bookish stops are open throughout the day too.

Check Off Squares as you go

Complete bingo squares as you go — buy/check out a classic, find poetry, read for 30 minutes, get a library card, ask for a book recommendation, find a local book, snap a "shelfie," and more.

Donate a Book (optional)

Bring a new or nearly-new children's book to the Book Crawl table at Litfest in Frontier Park to donate to Hooked on Books for Kids.

Turn in Your Card

Drop off your completed bingo card at a participating library or bookstore, or at the Book Crawl table at Litfest for a raffle entry. Check out the raffle rules and possible prizes here.

HOOKED ON BOOKS FOR KIDS

Hooked on Books for Kids is an all-volunteer nonprofit devoted to literacy, the love of reading, and lifelong learning among the underprivileged children and youth of Erie County. Since its founding in 1990, it has distributed over 600,000 books.

When you donate to Hooked on Books for Kids, those books or monetary donation go toward distributing books through schools, social service agencies, food banks, service organizations, and other nonprofits that serve underprivileged children in Erie County.

Plan Your Route

Click on the map to find all the stops and start planning your day!

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