Summer Reading

Summer Reading

During the summer libraries across the nation host additional programming and reading incentives to stop the "summer slide" of academic skills. Our theme this year is Unearth a Story! 

Snapology STEM programs will be held on Thursday afternoons at Penningtonville Presbyterian Church. This STEM series is funded by Fulton Bank through a PA-EITC grant.

We will also support the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of Atglen Borough with several local history programs. Pick up a passport and visit all of the CCLS member libraries for their Bells Across Chester County displays.

Many of your school-year favorites will roll right through the summer, too.

Read & Bead Summer Reading Challenge

Track your reading time to earn jibbitz or lampwork beads that you can put on a cable to wear as a bracelet or hang from a backpack. You will receive a reading tracker and a cable when you register.

Patch Power 

Earn embroidered patches to hang on backpacks or sew onto clothes. Complete programs and at-home activities for a total of 3 to earn each patch – it’s that easy! We have four new patches for our nation's 250th anniversary, and patches from previous years are still available. Collect them all!