Palm Springs, CA
Another summer of fun is right around the corner. Monday June 10 begins the 2024 Summer Reading program at the Palm Springs Public Library. Everyone can sign-up and participate in Summer Reading, there is a program for kids, teens, and adults! Registration is easy to do online and our six-week program offers weekly in-person programs focused on sustainability, recycling, and being good stewards of our resources with the theme Read, Renew, Repeat! These programs are in addition to our weekly Preschool and Baby Story Times and Youth D-I-Y crafts. For a full schedule of events visit the Library’s calendar at www.pslibrary.org.
Once again, courtesy of the Friends of the Palm Springs Library, the Library will give away FREE new books each week to children and teens. Participants just check in once a week at the Library to receive a voucher to select a FREE new book of their choice! Adults will also receive a voucher for a FREE gently used book (up to $2 in value) from the Friends of the Palm Springs Library bookstore, so everyone gets a FREE book!
Besides free books, children, teens, and adults can enter to win door prizes at each of the weekly in-person events all generously donated and provided by local merchants and organizations. Plus, through the generosity of the Palm Springs Sustainability Commission and the Friends of the Palm Springs Library there is a variety of grand prizes that each participant has a chance to win. By checking in each week and by completing their reading goals each participant can earn a ticket to enter to win the Grand Prize of their choice; up to 12 tickets! There are 8 bikes all with helmets and a bike lock plus an electric scooter, all courtesy of the Palm Springs Sustainability Commission. Other grand prizes include: A Nintendo Switch, a PlayStation 5, a $100 Amazon gift card, a portable power station, a smart Thermostat and Air Quality sensor, a Tonies reading starter kit, a Sphero Mini Coding Robot Ball, a Little Tikes 3 in 1 Garden to Table Playset, just to name a few! More Summer Reading program information can be found online at www.pslibrary.org.
“It’s another great year full of wonderful in-person programs and free books” said Jeannie Kays, Library Director. “Summer Reading helps combat reading loss sometimes experienced over the summer, studies indicate that students who read recreationally outperform those who do not, and we know that students read more when they can choose materials based on their own interests!” So, mark your calendars and don’t miss this fun, annual celebration of reading! Online registration begins Monday, June 10, 2024 at palmspringsca.beanstack.org.
The Palm Springs Public Library is located at 300 S. Sunrise Way, on the corner of Sunrise Way and Baristo Road. For more information about the Library call 760-322-READ (7323) or go to www.pslibrary.org. Follow the Library on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and become a subscriber to the Library’s YouTube channel and sign-up online to receive the monthly e-Newsletter.