Reading Public Library

Get ready to Unearth A Story at Reading Public Library this summer! 🦖

Summer@RPL is from June 13 - August 8, featuring reading and activity challenges and free community events all summer long! This year's theme is "Unearth A Story", but we won't make you dig for exciting stories or free summer fun! It's all waiting for you right here at the library.

Earn free prizes or raffle entries for even bigger prizes by reading or completing activities. Then, join us for an exciting lineup of free community events!

Featured Children & Teen Events:
🌞 Summer@RPL Kick Off Parties
🌞Ridiculous Nicholas Super Science Show
🌞 Fossil Exploration with Reading Public Museum
🌞C3BRIX Lego Program
🌞 Critter Connections (meet live animals)
🌞 Library Field Trips..and more!

Featured Adult Events:
🌞 Sax in the Stacks with saxophonist Timillion
🌞 Junk Journal Workshop
🌞 Color Your Summer (guided painting)
🌞 Craft Party
🌞 Creative Writing Workshops
🌞 Plant and Grow Day with GoggleWorks Gardens..and more!

Learn more at https://readingpubliclibrary.org/summer-at-rpl/

Heads up! Our Author Visit at RPL Main with Lissette Norman, author of "Plátanos Go with Everything", has been rescheduled to this Friday, May 29 at 1PM. Thank you for your patience and understanding. See you there!

UPDATE: RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY, MAY 29 AT 1PM. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

This Thursday is our author visit with Lissette Norman at RPL Main! Lissette will read her award-winning children's story, "Plátanos Go with Everything"! After story time, families will participate in a book-themed activity inspired by Yesenia's world and the delicious traditions featured in the story.

Thank you to United Way of Berks County for making this visit possible with an early literacy grant!