Summer Reading

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Summer Reading 2023 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 2023 Summer Reading theme, All Together Now : Todos Juntos Ahora – Kindness/Friendship/Unity (with artwork by Frank Morrison).

All 16 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

How to Beat the Summer Slide

Building Literacy Every Day

 

Free Admission to the Oklahoma City Zoo & Botanical Gardens!

Read for Adventure - Free Tickets to the OKC Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Oklahoma Department of Libraries and local libraries have partnered with the OKC Zoo and OG&E on the Read for Adventure summer reading promotion. When a family checks out the book Juniper’s Butterfly Garden, they will receive a voucher redeemable for FREE admission to the Oklahoma City Zoo for four people (child, adult, or senior). The voucher is good through June 30, 2023.  Check out the book today for some extra fun this Summer!

 

Upcoming Events

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Take and Make for Adults

All Day 6/1 - 6/30
Idabel Public Library
Library Branch: Idabel Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Take and make for June for adults will be a bejeweled Butterfly Silhouette.  Come get one. ...
This event is in the "Children" group.

Take and Make for Children

All Day 6/1 - 6/30
Idabel Public Library
Library Branch: Idabel Public Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Come and pick up a take and make for June and you can put together an ice cream cone.  Sounds like fun. ...
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Take and Make for Teens

All Day 6/1 - 6/30
Idabel Public Library
Library Branch: Idabel Public Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Take and makes for June will be making Mandala Stones.  Come and pick up a bag and start crafting. ...
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Tiny Art

All Day 6/1 - 6/30
McAlester Public Library
Library Branch: McAlester Public Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Come pick up a "Tiny" Canvas in June to participate in our Tiny Art Showcase in July. We will have canvasses, while supplies last, for you to pick up and return to the McAlester Public Library by June 30, 2023. If you need a theme we suggest, "All To...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Senior Fit

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Choctaw County Public Library
Library Branch: Choctaw County Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Senior Care, Health & Wellness, Mental and Physical Health
Event Details:
Join Ms. Karen in staying active and independent!   ...
This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Coding Club

3:30pm - 4:30pm
McAlester Public Library
Library Branch: McAlester Public Library
Room: Whiteacre Room AB
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Technology Class
Event Details:
Children, Tweens, and Teens Weekly Coding Club. Join us and learn to code using fun and exciting software. You'll learn at your own pace with a variety of coding languages available! ...
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Children" group.

Book Bugs Storytime

9:00am - 10:00am
Stigler Public Library
Library Branch: Stigler Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

Storytime introduces children to books and other fun and interactive activities while assisting in the development of early literacy skills. Parents/Guardians must remain with their children during the Story Time program.
Event Details:
Join us for a fun story and a messy time. We will spend the morning playing in the mud! ...
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.

Wiggle Worms

10:00am - 10:30am
McAlester Public Library
Library Branch: McAlester Public Library
Room: Whiteacre Room B
Age Group: Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:
Join us every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 10 AM for our most popular program! Toddlers enjoy storytime and sing-along songs with Miss Heidi! ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult Exercise Hour

10:00am - 11:00am
Idabel Public Library
Library Branch: Idabel Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Mental and Physical Health
Event Details:
We will be doing Exercise each Tuesday and Thursday at 10.  Nothing to hard so come and join us. ...

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.