Summer Fun

SUMMER FUN

Thank you for participating in SUMMER FUN 2022. We’ll be back next year.

Read

After signing up, kids and teens can head to their local Library location to pick up one free book as a registration prize.

For participants of all ages, every 20 minutes you read (or a pre-reader is read to), mark your reading tracker. You can print a reading tracker yourself or pick one up at any Library location after you sign up.

For every 200 minutes you read, complete the Achievement Form online or at a Library location to be entered into the prize drawing.

Audiobooks and e-Audiobooks count too.

Learn

Don’t miss the Library’s free summer programs for every age, from children to adults. From drawing classes to Summer STEM, we are especially delighted to host a full lineup of workshops and performers for kids, tweens, and teens.

A snake visits the Library as part of SUMMER FUN program Wild Visitors from Audubon Zoo.

An instructor shows kids how to make giant bubbles as part of SUMMER FUN program Giant Bubble Play Space.

A New Orleans woman forms an enormous bubble as part of SUMMER FUN program Giant Bubble Play Space - Hey Now Productions Brings the Big Bubbles.

A drag queen reminds us, "Reading is Fundamental," as part of SUMMER FUN program Drag Queen Story Time.

A drawing by Adriana Gonzalez as part of SUMMER FUN program Teen Drawing Workshop: Character and Creature Design Basics.

A young girl uses a soldering gun as part of SUMMER FUN program Solder with Electric Girls.

Luther Gray and Jamilah Peters-Muhammad, co-founders of the Congo Square Preservation Society, will conduct the Interactive Imagination Tour Drum and Dance Workshop.

New Orleans teens learn kitchen skills with SUMMER FUN program Cooking in the Kitchen Teen Program with Liberty’s Kitchen.

Dogs and their handler perform in SUMMER FUN program The Magical Poodles Show.

A dog leaps through a hoop in SUMMER FUN program The Magical Poodles Show.

A camera films a snake as part of SUMMER FUN program Wild Visitors from Audubon Zoo - Virtual.

Explore

Explore everything your Library has to offer by completing activities on the Bingo card. After completing your card, fill out the Achievement Form online or at a Library location to be entered into the prize drawing.

Download Bingo Card and Reading Tracker

Descargue su Tarjeta de Bingo y su Registro de Lectura

Why SUMMER FUN?

Libraries across the country host summer reading programs to encourage reading as a lifelong habit, maintain reading skills that children and teens have achieved throughout the school year, and increase interest in libraries. Also, it’s just plain fun.

Quicklinks

» Fill Out Achievement Form

» Download Bingo Card and Reading Tracker

» Descargue su Tarjeta de Bingo y su Registro de Lectura

The 2022 New Orleans Public Library SUMMER FUN reading program is sponsored by the Friends of the New Orleans Public Library with support from the RosaMary Foundation, the Keller Family Foundation, the Entergy Charitable Foundation, and Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers. The Friends of the New Orleans Public Library is a proud recipient of a $5000 Summer Impact Grant provided by United Way of Southeast Louisiana and Baptist Community Ministries. The funds will be used to expand Summer Fun programs at NOPL for youth.