Latest news with #2025SummerReadingProgram
Indianapolis Star
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
Not sure what to read this summer? Here's what people are checking out at the Indianapolis Public Library
Even if you don't have travel plans this summer, you can still go on adventure or learn something new by picking up a book. More than 22,000 community members are participating in The Indianapolis Public Library's 2025 Summer Reading Program, logging 13.8 million minutes as of July 1, according to Keshia McEntire, the Public Relations Manager for the library. If you're looking to do some summer reading of your own but aren't sure where to start, here's which books have been borrowed the most at the library so far this summer. 1. The Women by Kristin Hannah 2. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore 3. Happy Place by Emily Henry 4. The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden 5. Sandwich: A Novel by Catherine Newman 1. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan 2. Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 3. The New Menopause: Navigating your Path Through Hormonal Change With Purpose, Power, and Facts by Mary Claire Haver 4. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer 5. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions by Glennon Doyle Story continues after photo gallery. 1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten 2. Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson 3. The Tell: A Memoir by Amy Griffin 4. Cher: The Memoir. Part One by Cher 5. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 5. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1. The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems 2. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems 3. The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems 4. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems 5. Pete the Cat Screams for Ice Cream! by Kim Dean 1. Dog Man 13, Big Jim Begins by Dav Pilkey 2. Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney 3. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder by Dav Pilkey 4. Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey 5. Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel by Ellen T. Crenshaw 1. The Tenant by Freida McFadden 2. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros 3. Funny Story by Emily Henry 4. Caught Up by Navessa Allen 5. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry If you don't have a library card, it is a quick process. In order to apply for a new library card, you must: All you need to do is head to any Indianapolis Public Library location, bring your ID and fill out an application on site to receive your library card in-person same day. The library card application is available in 12 different languages and you can also access it online to fill it out in advance before you arrive at the library. You can also apply for a library card online, but applying in-person is the fastest way to get a library card. Already have a library card but need to renew? You can do that online. If you're still interested in joining the 2025 Summer Reading Program you still have time, there's just under two weeks left. All you have to do is sign up and track how many minutes you read and you have the chance to earn prizes. The last day to log any reading time is Saturday, Aug. 2. For more information on the summer reading program and how to sign up, visit
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Puzzles, games, D&D: Sioux City Public Library hosting youth, adult reading programs
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The Sioux City Public Library is hosting a free summer reading program throughout June and July. The public library said the 2025 Summer Reading Program consists of the Youth Summer Reading Program and Adult Summer Reading Program. Participants are encouraged to read throughout the summer, and as a reward, they can win prizes. Open to teens, families, and children Opening event is on June 9 at the Downtown Library from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Includes: Story times Family board game day Read-To-Me Dogs Performance by Climb Theatre A visit from Great Plains Zoo Family yoga Teen After-Hours events Toddler Game Day Imagination Builders Innovation Studio Family Movie Fridays LEGO events Sioux City Transit System offers Kids Ride Free Program for 19th year Open to caregivers, parents, and adults Opening event is on June 4 at Buffalo Alice from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Includes: Trivia Night Presentations by Senior Planet Partners Dungeons and Dragons Game Night with Games King Puzzle competition The library said, if you can't make it to the launch event, you can sign up at any location during June or July. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Registration opens for summer reading program
Registration is open now for New Mexico's state-sponsored 2025 summer reading program. The free initiative — a joint effort by the New Mexico Public Education, Early Childhood Education and Care and Higher Education departments — will serve 15,000 students from incoming kindergartners to incoming ninth graders, sharpening their reading skills through small-group instruction in June and July. 'The state's Summer Reading Program is essential for equipping students with vital literacy skills over the summer, ensuring they continue to advance their knowledge,' Higher Education Secretary Stephanie Rodriguez said in a statement. She added, 'We invite New Mexican families to take advantage of this program to develop literacy and comprehension skills that will enhance their children's academic success and future.' This is the second year New Mexico will provide free summer literacy programming to students. In 2024, the state served nearly 10,000 students through a similar program as part of a statewide push to bolster students' reading progress using structured literacy, a teaching model based in explicit and systemic instruction of elements essential to reading. Plus, keeping kids' noses in books during the summer will combat summertime learning loss, said Public Education Secretary Mariana D. Padilla. 'When students lose reading skills over the summer, it can make the start of the school year more challenging," Padilla said. "The 2025 Summer Reading Program helps students return to school confident and prepared to succeed in the classroom."
