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An open book with the words Color Our World coming out of the pages surrounded by plants, art supplies, and bright colors

Summer Reading 2025: Color Our World

Starts in:

June 1 - July 31

Summer Reading 2024 has ended! Grand Prize winners will be contacted August 5. Thanks for reading with us - we'll see you next year!

Read to Earn Prizes

A group of friends reading and writing togetherEarn a raffle ticket for each hour you read! You can log your reading and submit tickets online, or visit your favorite branch for an old-fashioned paper tracker.

Each ticket can be submitted for a chance to win one of our fabulous Grand Prizes!

But that's not all - everyone can also earn the following prizes:

Kids and Teens Prizes:

1st hour of reading: A Railcats ticket

2nd hour of reading: Colored pencils

3rd hour of reading: Free book

4th hour of reading: Color-on book tote and crayons

Adult Prize:

At 4 hours of reading: 3 free books

the words Colorea Nuestro Mundo surrounded by art supplies, books, a rainbow, and birds

FAQs:

Q: What if I read to someone else?

A: Both of you get credit for that reading time!

Q: Do audiobooks count?

A: Yes! Time spent listening to a book is time spent reading.

Q: I can't read for a whole hour at a time. Can I log smaller units?

A: Yes! You can log as little as 1 minute at a time (and no more than 900 minutes in a day).

Q: When do I find out if I won a Grand Prize?

A: Grand Prize winners will be contacted August 4.

Special Events
Sat, May 03, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Children's Program Room,Large Meeting Room
Join us at the Lake Station-New Chicago Library to learn about the different careers in our community. Children can ask questions to the various vendors from bank tellers to policemen.

Grand Prize Raffle

Thank you to the Friends of LCPL for providing this year's awesome prizes! For each hour you read, you earn one raffle ticket to put toward one of these prizes. You can also earn smaller prizes for your first 4 hours of reading!