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NLS Summer Reading Program 2024 Underway

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Adventure begins at your library! You can still register for the NLS Summer Reading Program. Dive into a world of captivating books and exciting activities.

Scheduled Events

Sign up using the links below or email us at nlspes@loc.gov so we can help you register.

Story time and music by Turtle Dance Music (K–3rd grade)

Thursday, July 18, 4:00 p.m. eastern time

Sign up now: https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_GIVwYux3QnGjC3YVrC3mhg [loc.zoomgov.com]

Author Talk: Angeline Boulley with Andrea L. Rogers (YA and Adult)

Thursday, July 25, 7:00 p.m. eastern time

Submit your questions for Angeline Boulley to nlspes@loc.gov before Friday, July 19. Boulley is the author of Firekeeper’s Daughter (BR24040, DB102762) and Warrior Girl Unearthed (BR25116 in process, DB114761).

Sign up now: https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Tylh6sSXQQqT8PfR344FoQ [loc.zoomgov.com]

Online Activities:

Test your smarts with the Whispering Library Escape Room (for families or all-ages groups):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe05vv9-iy3IxuUi3Y3UYKyC8525k1jQTuT9rVnXkEIz-tfaA/viewform?usp=sf_link [docs.google.com]

Let us help you find your next book with Choose Your Reading Adventure.

This version is for school-age children and young adults: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSem6kkbJG8HfEo9qJYKSWD6gUwDJYTKX_gFrYRuhSzcl1C5Rg/viewform?usp=sf_link [docs.google.com]

This version is for adults: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcF5aHTZmZMmmF5jO6P3p_QR9Z3lGvj6mMzUdOr3fgCAr49Q/viewform?usp=sf_link docs.google.com]

Can’t visit Washington, D.C,. in person? Take the audio described tour of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress (YA and Adult): DB121189, or listen to it on the Summer Reading Program webpage at www.loc.gov/nls/summerreading2024 [loc.gov].

Need a summer reading list based on this year’s summer reading theme? Contact your network library or write to us at nlspes@loc.gov.

Also check with your NLS network library [loc.gov] that may have other summer events occurring locally where you live. 

For more information, please contact nlspes@loc.gov