Makea splash by exploring all your local library has to offer this summer –including hundreds of fun and educational events, prizes and more - during ourannual Summer Reading Program, May 27-July 24.
Find Summer Reading events in our online calendar, or pick up a scheduleof events at any of our 27 locations.
Make a Splash – READ!
ForKids
Pickup your free Make a Splash—READ! game board at any library, and use it to keep track of how many hours you read. Or log your hours online.
- For every six hours you read, you earn prizes
- All who read 24 hours by July 18 will receive a reading certificate and an Adventure Pass which includes a ticket for four people to the Tucson Toros' baseball finale at Hi Corbett Field on Sunday, July 25.
- Six hours of extra reading earns you a pass to Breakers Water Park and a free paperback book.
For Adults
June 5, 7:30-9:30 pm
Bring your friends, family and picnic and celebrate Makea Splash-READ! with outdoor evening events at Himmel Park's Amphitheater. Imagine classic instrumental surf tunes blasting from a '49 Flathead Woody at our kick-off event, a concert featuring surfing music by alocal favorite The El Camino Royales.
July 17, 8-10 p.m.
Catch a screening of the film Endless Summer, the first and most influential film of the surf movie genre.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Makea Splash – READ!
Track the hours you spend reading as well as rating and reviewing books online. Justfor signing up online (beginning May 27 ) with your email address, you'll earn a chance to win weekly drawings for a $5 Bookmans credit.
Those who reach their personal reading goal will earn a Pima County Attractions pass, including a discount towards a purchase at the Friends of the Library Book Barn.
Make Waves @ Your Library
For Teens
-Earn prizes and gift coupons good at community businesses for every 10 hours read.
-Prizes include a $10 gift certificate to Bookmans and a backstage pass to the MakeSound Waves Rock Concert finale, where you'll be able to party with performing bands in the Joel D. Valdez Main Library's parking garage.
-Register online beginning May 27 or drop by your neighborhood library foradditional details.
