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Celebrating Summer Reading Success
August 6, 2025​​​​

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2025 PLJCS Summer Reading "Color Our World"

We'd like to take a moment to celebrate our amazing library community! Thanks for helping us "Color Our World" this summer. We didn't just turn pages - we added hues to our imagination, painted new worlds, and created our own colorful adventures. The totals have been tallied and the winners have been notified for our 2025 Summer Reading Programs.

Adult Summer Reading Program Stats: 

  • 260 book review bookmarks submitted

  • 58 program attendees

  • 17 adult programs 

  • Grand prize winner: Elisabeth H.

Teen Summer Reading Program Stats:

  • 963 minutes of reading logged

  • 130 program attendees

  • 15 teen programs 

  • Grand prize winner: Seraphina M.

Youth Services Summer Reading Program Stats:

  • 226 completed summer reading logs submitted

  • 236, 020 minutes of reading logged

  • 2,027 program attendees

  • 44 youth programs

  • Grand prize winners:

    • 1st place: Zaki N.​

    • 2nd place: Sarah H.

    • 3rd place: Amaya D.

General Audience Events & Programs

  • 94 program attendees

  • 10 general programs

We have had a blast with all of you this summer! Looking forward to Summer Reading 2026: "Unearth a Story"!

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