Programming and activities for all-aged youth are a core part of our library’s summer reading programs, which are designed to encourage our community’s youth to keep reading during summer vacation. Preventing the “summer slide” continues to be the main objective of summer reading programs across the nation.

The benefits of summer reading programming for youth:

• Youth are motivated to read.

• Youth develop positive attitudes about reading, books, and the library.

• Youth maintain their reading skills during summer vacation.

• Youth have access to experiences that further their sense of discovery and through which they can learn to work cooperatively.