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Summer Program

Join the Summer Reading Program

Tell us what you’re reading, support the South Orange goal of reading 2,026 books!

 

Summer Events for Everyone

 

Unearth a Story and join the Summer Reading Program at South Orange Public Library

Registration is easy; simply visit either library location now through August 14th.  The program is about having fun with reading and preventing the summer slide.  See how you can be a part of it today.

Adults

Teens

Children

Summer Reading Incentives

Reading is rewarding in itself, and when it’s done throughout the summer it can prevent the “summer slide” in youth, or in other words it can help to retain the knowledge and skills learned in the previous school year.

Keeping reading fun is an excellent way to nurture life-long reading.  SOPL is incentivizing readers who participate by sharing the books or number of books they read.  These books will help us reach the community reading goal of 2,026 books.

Everyone who visits the library and shares new books read on their reading lot, for children or teens, or a book review by an adult enter to win a prize.  See your age category for prize claim specifications.

 

Unearth a Story for Adults

All adults are welcome! Simply choose option 1 or 2, submit a new entry as many times as you’d like, by dropping it off at either library location: the Baird Branch or 298 Walton Ave.

Every entry enters you to win a monthly prize AND the grand prize!

  • Option 1 – WRITE A REVIEW of a book (any format), magazine, or newspaper. With your permission, reviews can be published on the library’s social media.
  • Option 2 – Complete “BINGO” with 5 consecutive squares horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.  Download the BINGO card here. 
Play BINGO

Unearth a Story for Teens

All tweens and teens are invited to participate in the summer program.

  • Record books read in the provided Reading Log.
  • Present the Reading Log to the library as frequently as daily.
  • Every time you present your reading log with new titles you can pick a daily prize AND enter to win a prize.

Unearth a Story for Teens

Unearth a Story for Children

All children are invited to participate in the summer program.

  • Record books or pages read in the provided Reading Log.
  • Present the Reading Log to the library as frequently as daily.
  • Every time you present your reading log with new titles you can pick a daily prize AND enter to win a prize.