Adventure Begins at Your Library - Summer Reading 2024

Summer Reading is FREE for ALL AGES!

  • Pick up an age-appropriate reading record at any of our libraries between June 3 and August 3, 2024. 
  • Log your time spent reading or listening to someone else read. 
  • If you read together as a family, you can all count that time!
  • Pick up prizes before August 3.
  • Prizes are limited and subject to availability. 

Summer Reading is for all!

Children Birth to Age 3:
Receive a Book at Reading Record Pick-Up Complete Activities and Receive Another Book!

Children entering Preschool — 6th grade:
Receive a Book at Reading Record Pick-Up
Read 10 Hours and Receive Another Book!

Teens entering 7th — 12th grades:
Receive a Book at Reading Record Pick-Up
Read 15 Hours and Receive Another Book!

Adults, 18 years and Older:
Read 20 Hours and Receive Final Prize!

More Information

More information about how the program works and what activities we have planned, is coming soon!

2024 Summer Reading brochure is coming soon!

Upcoming Events

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Library Branch: Hoyt Main
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Other
Description:
April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate the Public Libraries of Saginaw is welcoming you to submit to our Poetry Contest! Whether you write in rhyme, converse in couplets, scrawl in sonnets, or frolic with free verse, we want to see your bes...
This event is in the "Children" group.
Library Branch: Zauel Memorial
Room: Dr. Kurumety Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Description:
This story time is an interactive learning experience that helps preschool aged children strengthen the skills necessary for a successful transition to kindergarten.  Story time and activities focus on early literacy and kindergarten readiness s...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Great Reads! Book Club

2:15pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Hoyt Main
Room: Hoyt Library Mezzanine
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Description:
Do you love reading classic books? Do you want to get out of your comfort zone and finally read the classics you've never read? Well, this is your book club! We read older classics, modern classics, and even some non-fiction from time to time. This m...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Library Branch: Hoyt Main
Room: Hoyt Library Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Other, Performance
Description:
Michigan poet Monica Rico, a Hopwood-winning University of Michigan creative writing graduate from Saginaw, reads and discusses her debut collection, Pinion, that explores love, capitalism, and her Mexican-American heritage. For more information a...