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Youth Services: Summer Reading Program 2025

Ramapo Catskill Library System Youth Services provides support to young adult and children’s librarians throughout all of Orange, Rockland, Sullivan and southern Ulster counties. By offering services and advocacy through a combined system wide effort, RC

Summer Reading Lists 2025

Summer Reading Resources

Summer Reading at New York Libraries

New York State Library: Summer Reading at New York Libraries

Children's Summer Reading Workshop: 2025

Hour 1

Chalk Contest

Kids Create.....(artist name)!

Ready. Set. Grow!

Incorporating Programming & Book Displays from the Spanish Language Manual


Transition Fun–Rebus Puzzles

Hour 2

A Messtival

Art Adventurers

Color Your World with SCIENCE!

Color Quilt

Transition Fun

Hour 3

Steps and Stories

Water Blaster Paintings and/or International Snack Taste Test

Whimsical Witches

Giant Wall Board Game

Link to Presentation Slides: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gCvoGvc-oKNwslEHr-m_mA-m0-SMogcK?usp=sharing

Video From the start: https://youtu.be/ic0W9ishunA?si=zF-YeUibgvaQqfZG

Teen Summer Reading Workshop: 2025

Hour 1
Hour 2
Hour 3

Link to the Teen Workshop Presentation Slides: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NEGZFb1e2N6VD4kNMx4ubFHM7HLCgXFX?usp=drive_link

Teen Workshop Recording Video from start: https://youtu.be/6v_NA80KBss?si=vb332562y7LbNCcx

CSLP Summer Symposium Recording

Recording: Keynote: You Belong in Libraries with Mychal Threets

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Slides – CSLP Symposium Intro Dec.5, 2024

Mychal Threets is a librarian, literary ambassador, and the library’s number
one fan (according to himself, admittedly). He grew up in Fairfield, CA --right
between Sacramento and San Francisco. He was raised in his local library
as a homeschool kid.
He got his first library card at the age of five and was hooked on libraries
from there. He got his first library job as a library shelver at the library he
grew up in and worked his way up to become Supervising Librarian of that
very same library.
He is very open about his mental health. He talks about it in hopes that it’ll
help others in their mental health journey. He is adamant about encouraging
people to believe him when he says he’s happy they are here.
He considers it an honor to the library people who raised him that he is a
recipient of the 2023 “I Love My Librarian” award from the American Library
Association, one of School Library Journal’s 2024 Movers and Shakers, and
one of TIME Magazine’s 2024 Next Generation Leaders.

Recording :From Planning to Palette to Posting: Summer Reading Marketing with Cari Hillman and Katie Rothley

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Slides

Brush up on your summer library marketing with tips & tricks utilizing  advertising best practices, existing CSLP tools, and art-centric inspiration!

 

Recording:  A Rainbow of Opportunities for Creative Programming with Amanda Raiche

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Slides

Presenter Amanda Raiche sets for the following agenda:
• What is process art?
• What are the benefits of process art?
• Program ideas
• Simple changes
• Resources to explore

Recording: Coloring Our World Green: Sustainability and Summer Reading Programs with Keturah Cappdonia and Haleigh Mikolajczyk

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Join us for a discussion on the various ideas, resources, and partners that can support your library in sustainable programming. Some ideas include:

Eco-Themed Reading Lists
Environmentally Friendly Program Materials
Green Workshops and Activities
Incentives and Rewards with a Sustainable Focus
Encourage Energy and Resource Conservation
Collaborate with Local Environmental Organizations
Create Awareness Campaigns