Welcome to our 2024 Summer Reading Program
May 16-July 27, 2024
Click the appropriate age group for program information.
Summer Reading Kickoff Event – May 16 – 2 to 7pm
Register for Summer Reading and receive a packet of information and prizes
Sedgwick County Zoo Reach Booth on the lawn from 2-5pm
PaperPie Book Fair with books and resources for sale (a portion of sales benefits the library)
Music by DJ Anthony Stringer and the Wheat Capital Sound Machine
Yard Games and More!
Children
Weekly Activities
Note: Children’s programs will not meet during the Wheat Festival, July 9-13
Mondays — visit the Library for a Weekly Challenge
Tuesdays — Explore and Play @ 10:30am
— National Explorers (Grades 2-5), 2nd and 4th Tuesdays @ 4:30pm
Wednesdays — Raising Readers Storytime & Craft @ 10:30am
Thursdays — Special Afternoon Programs, check the calendar for details
Special Events
Library Booth at Picnic in the Park during the Kansas Wheat Festival
Bookmark Design Contest — Voting on Thursday, July 13
Edible Book Contest — Voting on Thursday, July 13
Book List
Picture Books & Early Reader
Atkinson, Cale. Super Detectives!
Bruel, Nick. Bad Kitty Goes on Vacation.
Burnell, Cerrie. Harper series. Available on Sunflower.
Clanton, Ben. Bubbles (Narwhal and Jelly Board Book)
Dean, James and Kimberly Dean. Pete the Cat’s Family Road Trip.
Gutman, Dan. Mrs. Barr Has Gone Too Far! Available on Sunflower.
Hecht, Tracey and illustrated by Josie Yee. The Tasty Treat .
Snyder, Laurel and illustrated by Dan Santat. Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! Available on Sunflower
Middle Grade
Bertagna, Julie. Wildheart: The Daring Adventures of John Muir. Available on Sunflower.
Deinard, Jenny. How to Draw Kansas’s Sights and Symbols.
Entrada Kelly, Erin. Hello, Universe.
Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School series.
Glaser, Karina Yan. The Vanderbeekers on the Road. Available on Sunflower.
Grabenstein, Chris. Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series.
Graley, Sarah. Glitch: A Graphic Novel. Available on Sunflower.
Grandin, Temple. Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor. Available on Sunflower.
Keller, Tae. When You Trap a Tiger.
Korman, Gordon. The Superteacher Project.
Lincoln, Beth. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels.
Sabol, Stephanie. Where Are the Constellations?
Stone, Tamara Ireland. Click’d series. Available on Sunflower.
Thayer, Mike. The Double Life of Danny Day. Available on Sunflower.
Woodard, Brad. The Nature Explorer’s Drawing Guide for Kids.
Young, Brian. Healer of the Water Monster. Available on Sunflower.
Makerspace. How to Draw 101.
Makerspace. Rocket Science.
Makerspace. Making Simple Robots.
Makerspace. The Robot Book.
Youth (ages 13-18)
Special Events
Library Booth at Picnic in the Park during the Kansas Wheat Festival on
Edible Book Contest — Voting on Thursday, July 13
Bookmark Design Contest — Voting on Thursday, July 13
Book List
Barba Higuera, Donna. The Last Cuentista. Available on Sunflower.
Boulley, Angeline. Firekeeper’s Daughter. Available on Sunflower.
Brooks, Nick. Promise Boys. Available on Sunflower.
Ho, Joanna. The Silence that Binds Us.
Gracia, Anna. Boys I Know. Available on Sunflower.
Heard, Wendy. We’ll Never Tell. Available on Sunflower.
Jackson, Tiffany D. White Smoke. Available on Sunflower.
Lin, Judy I. A Magic Steeped in Poison. Available on Sunflower.
Méndez, Yamile Saied. Furia. Available on Sunflower.
Ryan, Tom and Robin Stevenson. When You Get the Chance. Available on Sunflower.
Segel, Jason and Kirsten Miller. Otherworld.
Sharpe, Tess. The Girls I’ve Been.
Makerspace. The Big Book of Makerspace Projects.
Adults 19+
Weekly Activities
Mondays — Pick up Weekly Challenge and complete to win a prize
Special Events
Library Booth at Picnic in the Park during the Kansas Wheat Festival on
Bookmark Design Contest — Voting on Thursday, July 13
Edible Book Contest — Voting on Thursday, July 13
Book List – Adult (19+)
Diaz, Hernan. Trust. Available on Sunflower.
Douaihy, Margot. Scorched Grace. Available on Sunflower.
Hawkins, Rachel. The Villa. Available on Sunflower.
Henry, Emily. People We Meet on Vacation. Available on Sunflower.
Jost, Colin. A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir. Available on Sunflower.
Mackintosh, Clare. The Last Party. Available on Sunflower.
Makkai, Rebecca. I Have Some Questions for You.
Nez, Chester. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WII. Available on Sunflower.
Penny, Louise. A World of Curiosities.
Rinella, Steven. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World.
Sutanto, Jesse Q. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. Available on Sunflower.