Summer Reading

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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

How to Beat the Summer Slide

Building Literacy Every Day

 

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Upcoming Events

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Tweens" group

Alchemist Academy: Snowstorm in a Jar

All Day 1/1–1/31
Children, Tweens
SEOLS Bookmobile
Offsite Event
Library Branch: SEOLS Bookmobile
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Bring the winter magic indoors with a mesmerizing mini snowstorm!

This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group

Chills & Thrills

All Day 1/1–1/31
Teens, Adults
SEOLS Bookmobile
Offsite Event
Library Branch: SEOLS Bookmobile
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Start the year with a shiver! Unwrap preselected books packed with suspense, mystery, and edge-of-your-seat twists. Each pick comes with a little treat to make your winter reading even more thrilling.

This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group

New Year Noir: January Book Box Raffle

All Day 1/1–1/31
Teens, Adults
SEOLS Bookmobile
Offsite Event
Library Branch: SEOLS Bookmobile
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Start the new year with a twist in our New Year Noir: January Book Box Raffle!

This event is in the "Everyone" group

Snow Much Fun Coloring Station

All Day 1/1–1/31
Everyone
SEOLS Bookmobile
Offsite Event
Library Branch: SEOLS Bookmobile
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
This event is in the "Everyone" group

Snow Much Fun Coloring Station

All Day 1/1–1/31
Everyone
SEOLS Bookmobile
Offsite Event
Library Branch: SEOLS Bookmobile
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Start the new year with creativity aboard the Bookmobile at our Snow Much Fun Coloring Station! Kids can color chilly winter scenes filled with snowflakes, mittens, and frosty fun.

Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

All Day
Latimer County Public Library (Wilburton)
Closing
Branches:
Latimer County Public Library (Wilburton)

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

All Day
McAlester Public Library
Closing
Branches:
McAlester Public Library
Description:

Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 

This event is in the "Toddlers" group

Wiggle Worms

10:00am–10:30am
Toddlers
McAlester Public Library
Library Branch: McAlester Public Library
Room: Whiteacre Room AB
Age Group: Toddlers
Program Type: Music, Storytime
Event Details:

Storytime

Bring your littles every Tuesday and Thursday at 10am for our interactive toddler storytime, where little ones can sing, dance, and enjoy a delightful story!

This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Children" group

Book Bugs Storytime

10:00am–11:00am
Toddlers, Children
Stigler Public Library
Library Branch: Stigler Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Event Details:

Let it snow at Book Bugs Storytime! Little ones will enjoy a storytime and then get creative painting beautiful snowflakes.

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.