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Summer Reading is for All Ages
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年暑期阅读活动 

Adults, Kids and Teens: Join us for reading and learning fun this summer! Read (or listen to) books, do activities, come to library events, and win great prizes. Free sign-up books, too. 

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Log Your Progress: "What Counts?"

For Kids

  • Read a book or an e-book for 20 minutes

  • Listen to a someone else read a book or to an audiobook for 20 minutes

  • Attend a library program

  • Visit a museum (get free passes with Discover and Go) or a CA State Park (free passes available)

  • Go on a nature walk

  • Review a book in beanstack

  • Draw a picture (or build with legos or build a diorama) of a scene from a book you just read

For Teens & Adults

  • Read a physical or e-book

  • Read a graphic novel or manga

  • Attend a library program

  • Write a poem or short story

  • Make a recipe from a cookbook

  • Read a magazine or e-magazine

  • Watch a free movie with Kanopy or Hoopla

  • Listen to an e-audiobook on Libby or Hoopla

  • Read your favorite book from childhood

  • Sing your favorite song

  • Listen to free music (digitally with Alexander Street, Hoopla, Naxos or check out vinyl and CDs!) 

Reminder: Library staff are here to help you find reading materials and to use the online collections and resources.  Just ask us!  Come into our libraries or give us a call at 510.981.6100, option 4.

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What Could I Win?

Kids: a karaoke machine; gift cards to places like Pegasus Books & Mr. Mopp's Toys and Books; passes to such as the Bay Area Discovery and Chabot Space & Science Museum; a new 8 speed bike, a ukulele & more! 

Teens & Adults: a karaoke machine, 924 Gilman Street tickets & t-shirt; gift card from Pegasus Books; a ukulele; a Crystal 17 Key Kalimba; an Otamatone Electronic Synthesizer, a Fujifilm Instax camera bundle & more!

Thank you to all our summer reading sponsors who make these prizes possible!

Free Sign-Up Books

Sign up for summer reading and receive a free book to keep. Sign-up books are available at all Berkeley Public Library locations, while supplies last.

Adult Sign-Up Books

Teen Sign-Up Books

Kids Sign-Up Books

This Saturday: Summer Reading Party

Central

Saturday, June 10
1:30-4pm

There are many events at our Libraries
for all ages & interests this Summer
(really... there are SO MANY)!

Browse Event Calendar

Summer Reading is made possible by the support of the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library. Thank you, Friends!



Library Services Reminders:

  • The History Room at Central is now open to the public on Wednesdays from 10am - 1pm.

  • The Library's website www.berkeleypubliclibrary.com has a new plug-in that quickly translates it into 100+ languages.

  • All Library buildings are closed on Monday, June 19 for Juneteenth.

  • All Library buildings will open late at 11am on Friday, June 30 due to an all staff meeting. 


For more event info,
book recommendations and other fun things...

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