Summer Reading Club

Cleveland Public Library has always prided itself on the success of its Summer Reading Club. This past year, however, largely as a result of more aggressive community outreach and a focused effort on engaging the students in more interactive activities, we realized our highest number of registrants in three years. Not only did more children register, more children completed the full program. In fact, attendance at the reading finale event at the zoo was twice what it had been the previous year.

The Library’s Summer Reading Club targets pre-school and school-age children, as well as teens. Scheduled from June to early August, the program challenged participants to read and log at least 10 books. Ongoing engagement in the program was encouraged through weekly special hands-on maker events, NASA activities and the availability of special prizes.