Summer 2023

Summer Reading

Registration

Registration begins May 22.
Registration ends July 1.
Register at the Library, Kick Off Event on May 30th, or any of the Tuesday Performances.
Pick up your bags when you register. Each bag comes with a reading log, bookmark, pencil, and sticker.

Reading

Ages 2 to 5: Read 25 books or have them read to you
Ages 6 to 11: Read for 25 hours
Teens 12 to 18: Read for 25 hours
Adults: Read for 25 hours

Completion

Turn in your logs when you finish for your awesome t-shirt, completion certificate, and name to go into the grand prize drawing! Grand Prize drawings will be on August 1 at our End of Summer Celebration.

Summer Events Every Tuesday

1100 W 5th Street (Armory) Roy V. Floyd Community Center

Starting at 10:00 am

May 30 - Kick-Off

Touch a Truck, Face Painting, Petting Zoo, Kona Ice, Summer Reading Registration

June 6 - Dallas Zoom

June 13th - Professor Brainious

June 20 - Creature Teacher

June 27 - TaleWise

July 11 - Bruce Chadwick - Magic of Reading

July 18 - Cathy's Critters

July 25 - Slick Juggling

August 1 - End of Summer Carnival

Carnival games, Kona Ice, Face Painting, Grand Prize Drawings, Presentation to the Animal Shelter, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Graduation

Weekly Summer Programs

Ages 0 - 5 - Wednesdays @ 10:00 am

Ages 6 - 11 - Thursdays @ 10:00 am

Ages 12 - 16 - Mondays @ 10:00 am

Young Adults - Mondays @ 5:30 pm

Everyone - Fridays @ 2:00 pm - Movie and Popcorn

Special Summer Programs

June 5 - B.Y.O.Book @ Neighbors Place Winery @ 5:30

June 6 - Workforce Solutions will be at the library till 1 with a booth of information, a wheel of prizes, and a VR of careers

June 6 - We will have Texas Tuition Promise hosting a webinar about securing a college tuition fund at 4:00 pm.

June 26 - BookTok Review @ 6:00 pm

June 30 - Kamica King will be here for a concert @ 10:00 am

July 15 - We will have Texas Tuition Promise hosting an in-person information session about securing a college tuition fund at 9:00 am.

July 18 - Workforce Solutions will be here for our Middle School and High School students. She will have several VRs to play with to examine different career paths.