Summer Reading 2025 is here!
Summer Reading Adventures Await You and the Whole Family at Southeast Oklahoma Library System. Your local library is the place to be this summer! You will see activities, books, and programs that center around the 2025 Summer Reading theme, Color Our World.
All 17 libraries and our Bookmobile will be hosting a variety of activities during the summer, including educational programs, reading challenges, craft projects, story times, performances, and more.
Summer Reading Prevents the Summer Slide
For young people, Summer Reading is more than just fun. It actually helps prevent the summer learning slide. Children who do not read and do not continue learning during their summer vacations can lose two months of achievement and fall behind in school. Keeping young people reading and learning during their summer vacation is key to the future success of students.
To enhance your local Summer Reading program, here's some more resources that parents can use to help their children keep learning during their summer vacations:
How to Prevent Your Kids From Losing What They Learned in School During Summer Vacation
Upcoming Events
Celebrate love and nature! Coloring sheets feature adorable animals, lovebirds, and Valentine’s Day hearts. Kids can spread creativity and friendship aboard the Bookmobile.
Cozy & Curated Blind Date with a Book
This month is all about you! Unwrap a preselected book made for self-care, cozy vibes, and little moments of joy. Each comes with a treat—because loving yourself never goes out of style.
Hearts & Hurdles Book Box Raffle
Celebrate love and courage this Valentine’s Month! Enter for a chance to win a book box featuring a heartfelt story about navigating life’s challenges and finding unexpected connections.
Backyard Explorers: Backyard Birds
February is the perfect month to welcome feathered friends into your backyard!
Games
Play, compete, and have fun with the Nintendo Switch! All ages welcome—try multiplayer games, solo adventures, and discover new favorites in a friendly, screen-safe space.
Storytime
Weekend Wondertales brings stories to life with fun and imagination! Enjoy engaging tales and a cozy storytime experience perfect for little ones to spark curiosity and creativity.
Come get messy and have fun learning about the process of making slime with a Mardi Gras flare! We will be using baking soda, contact solution, glue, glitter and confetti to make our slime.
Line dance & Let Loose
Has your for-you-page and newsfeeds been filled with new line dances?? Do you find yourself wishing you had someone to teach you those dances? Come by the library and let a certified fitness dance instructor teach you!
Black History Presentation by Dr. Barbara Smitherman
Join us at the library for a special Black History presentation with Dr. Barbara Smitherman, an accomplished scholar, educator, and community leader. Dr.
This program is supported in whole or in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services & Technology Act, administered by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.