Summer is for Reading!

SUMMER CHECK-OUT!

Your Swanson Library welcomes 6th and 7th graders to check out up to 10 books for the summer! Your account must be clear and you must turn in a signed permission slip from your parents. You can get the permission slip from the circulation desk in the library or here. All books will be due upon return to school in August.

ARLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY’S SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

Summer days are long but read for 30 of them and you may win prizes and tickets to a Washington Nationals game! There are also fun and interesting events going on at all libraries throughout the summer. Think you’re up to The Challenge? Sign up at any branch or on the library’s app.

SWANSON’S ONLINE LIBRARY

Explore any of these collections for electronic reading resources:

Sora = ebooks and e-audiobooks (also available via their free apps)

Comics Plus = graphic novels, comics and manga

Teen Book Cloud = unlimited e-books and e-audiobooks

and lots of databases to explore informational reading!

WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? Here are some resources to get you started:

Sora’s Summer Sweet Reads – Sora’s Summer Reading Program
Book Breaks’ Summer Reading list – of author’s who will virtually visit us next year!
Virginia Readers’ Choice – from the Virginia State Literacy Association
Social Justice Books – Lists of K-12 books dealing with topics on social justice
New York Public Library’s 125 Books We Love for Kids – NYPL librarians list of the best books for kids to celebrate the library’s 125 anniversary
Book Lists for Teens and TAB Book Lists – from Arlington Public Libraries
Reading Without Walls from Reading Rockets – explore “books about characters who look or live differently than you, topics you haven’t discovered, or formats that you haven’t tried”
The Children’s Book Council Favorites Awards – “The books on the annual FAVORITES lists are new books read and rated by thousands of children, teachers, and librarians in rural, suburban, and urban schools and libraries across the U.S. every year!”
Start with a Book: Read. Explore. Learn! – from WETA, a website with book, website, and podcast suggestions as well as activities