The long-awaited summer months are finally here, and while fun in the sun is top of mind for us all, we’re also thinking about how we can help encourage students to keep reading over the summer. The East Baton Rouge Parish Summer Reading Program is the answer!
Make plans to join in the fun during the 2023 EBRP LIBRARY’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM. The East Baton Rouge Parish Library hosts reading challenges for babies, kids, teens, and adults.
All Together Now! Summer Reading Extravaganza
kick off Summer Reading at the Bluebonnet Regional Branch on Monday, June 5 at 2:30 p.m. for music, dancing, calligraphy, Korean lettering, and more as members of the Baton Rouge community share their special talents. Fun for the whole family! Registration is required. To register, call 763-2260.
EAST BATON ROUGE LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM
Beginning Thursday, June 1, and running through Tuesday, August 15, enjoy an entire summer of FREE programs, workshops, storytimes, concerts and performances for all ages, scheduled throughout the Library system. Read books, record them on your summer reading log, attend free programs, and win prizes. This summer’s program offerings for youth include art, crafts, STEAM, storytimes, and a great lineup of guest presenters.
First, sign up at your local Library location or online at ebrpl.beanstack.org starting June 1. Then, read books and log them into your Beanstack account to earn virtual badges, completion rewards, and entries for weekly prize drawings! There are reading challenges and incentives for kids, teens, and even adults! Don’t forget about eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital resources available free with your library card too.
Kids Program – Ages 0 – 11
The Kids Program is for ages 0 to 11. Choose your preferred way to log reading:
- Earn 1 point for every book logged
- Earn 2 points for every 30 minutes of reading logged
- For every 5 points earned, you will receive a drawing entry. Earn up to 6 drawing entries total!
- Collect a FREE book bag once you’ve earned 10 points!
- Completion packets contain a certificate, coupons from area vendors, a FREE book of your choice, and a little something extra too!
- Participate in fun, kid-friendly activities to earn lots of fun virtual badges!
For more information, call 231-3760.
Teens – Grades 6 to 12
The teen challenge is for grades 6 to 12. Earn 1 badge for every 3 books completed, up to 25 badges. Each badge earns an entry into prize drawings. Additionally, you can earn 5 virtual activity badges, for a maximum of 30 drawing entries.
Check out the teen calendars to see what’s happening at your branch this summer.
For more information, call 231-3770.
Adults – 18 and Up
The Adult Challenge is open to ages 18 and up. Adults must read at least 3 books to complete the challenge, but you can also keep reading and earn up to 27 virtual activity badges and 3 entries into our end-of-summer grand prize drawings!
For more information, call 231-3740.
Sign up for all reading challenges on BeanStack!
Summer Reading Program Entertainment
Harvey Rabbit and Friends
Join Harvey Rabbit, Cecil the Orangutan, Miss Laura, and Mr. Tim as they bring fun and mayhem to the Library with ventriloquism, puppetry, music, magic and comedy! It just wouldn’t be summer without this gang’s fun and entertainment! Group registration is required. Harvey Rabbit and Friends will visit more Library locations in July!
Thursday, June 1 at 10 a.m. – Scotlandville Branch
Thursday, June 1 at 2:30 p.m. – Baker Branch
Monday, June 12 at 10 a.m. – Central Branch
Monday, June 12 at 2:30 p.m. – Zachary Branch
Thursday, June 22 at 10 a.m. – Jones Creek Regional Branch
Thursday, June 22 at 2:30 p.m. – Bluebonnet Regional Branch
Friday, June 23 at 10 a.m. – Pride-Chaneyville Branch
Baton Rouge Youth Ballet Presents Coppélia
Set to the timeless music of Leo Delibes, Coppélia is a comic story ballet set hundreds of years ago in a festive Hungarian village. Follow the antics of Swanilda and Franz, two young lovebirds, who quarrel over the beautiful maiden in the window of the local toymaker’s shop. In Dr. Coppélius’ toyshop, discover life-size, dancing toys, and the truth about the girl in the window. This program lasts approximately 45 minutes. Group registration is required.
Thursday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. – Baker Branch
Thursday, June 1 at 11:30 a.m. – Zachary Branch
Thursday, June 1 at 1:30 p.m. – Central Branch
Thursday, June 1 at 3:30 p.m. – Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch
Monday, June 5 at 11:30 a.m. – River Center Branch Monday
June 5 at 1:30 p.m. – Scotlandville Branch Monday
June 5 at 3:30 p.m. – Delmont Gardens Branch
Tuesday, June 6 at 11:30 a.m. – Bluebonnet Regional Branch
Tuesday, June 6 at 1:30 p.m. – Fairwood Branch
Tuesday, June 6 at 3:30 p.m. – Jones Creek Regional Branch
Wednesday, June 7 at 3:30 p.m. – Main Library at Goodwood
Monday, June 9 at 9:30 a.m. – Carver Branch
Baton Rouge Mounted Patrol
The Baton Rouge Mounted Patrol will trot out their finest equine officers to share with us a demonstration of their day-to-day activities and show how the Mounted Patrol train to serve and protect our community. Families are welcome to come meet the officers and their equestrian partners. These visits will take place outside of the library. Registration is required. The Baton Rouge Mounted Patrol will visit more Library locations in July!
Thursday, June 1 at 10 a.m. – Pride-Chaneyville Branch
Tuesday June 13 at 10 a.m. – Bluebonnet Regional Branch
Thursday June 15 at 10 a.m. – Scotlandville Branch
Tuesday June 20 at 10 a.m. – Zachary Branch
Thursday, June 22 at 10 a.m. – Fairwood Branch
Tuesday, June 27 at 10 a.m. – Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch
Thursday, June 29 at 10 a.m. – Main Library at Goodwood
Rick Kelley Presents “Don’t Just Sit There…Read Something!”
Singer-songwriter-keyboardist-one-man band AND Children’s author, Rick Kelley presents “Don’t Just Sit There…Read Something,” a fun-filled, extremely interactive music program designed to excite kids and families about reading and developing a passion for learning and books. This event includes sing-a-longs, dance-a-longs, comedy, and movement! Group registration is required.
Monday, June 5 at 10 a.m. Pride-Chaneyville Branch
Monday, June 5 at 2:30 p.m. Zachary Branch
Tuesday, June 6 at 10 a.m. Fairwood Branch
Tuesday, June 6 at 2:30 p.m. – Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch
Wednesday, June 7 at 10 a.m. – Main Library at Goodwood
Wednesday, June 7 at 2:30 p.m. – Central Branch
Thursday, June 8 at 10 a.m. – Carver Branch
Thursday, June 8 at 2:30 p.m. – River Center Branch
Friday, June 9 at 10 a.m. – Jones Creek Regional Branch
Saturday, June 10 at 10 a.m. – Bluebonnet Regional Branch
Monday, June 12 at 10 a.m. – Scotlandville Branch Monday, June 12 at 2:30 p.m. – Baker Branch
Tuesday, June 13 at 10 a.m. – Eden Park Branch
Tuesday, June 13 at 2:30 p.m. – Delmont Gardens Branch
Cangelosi Dance Project
Cangelosi Dance Project presents their annual summer dance performance with choreography by Kris Cangelosi performed by her company in variety of jazz, modern, and ballets styles. Group registration is required.
Tuesday, June 13 at 10 a.m. – River Center Branch
Tuesday, June 20 at 10 a.m. – Bluebonnet Regional Branch
Lady Chops
Universally, people are always brought together through music. Elizabeth Vidos, also known as Lady Chops, brings her one woman drumming show to our libraries this summer. She will amaze, delight, and bring us all together through music! Lady Chops is a talented percussionist who previously performed in the hit off-Broadway show “STOMP!” Lady Chops’ performances are energetic, interactive, and fun for all ages! Group registration is required.
Thursday, June 15 at 10 a.m. – Pride-Chaneyville Branch
Thursday, June 15 at 2:30 p.m. – Zachary Branch
Friday, June 16 at 10 a.m. – Jones Creek Regional Branch
Saturday June 17 at 10 a.m. – Bluebonnet Regional Branch
Saturday June 17 at 2:30 p.m. – Fairwood Branch
Tuesday, June 20 at 10 a.m. – Carver Branch
Tuesday, June 20 at 2:30 p.m. – Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch
Wednesday, June 21 at 10 a.m. – River Center Branch
Wednesday, June 21 at 2:30 p.m. – Main Library at Goodwood
Thursday, June 22 at 10 a.m. – Central Branch
Thursday June 22 at 2:30 p.m. – Eden Park Branch
Friday June 23 at 10 a.m. – Baker Branch
Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. – Delmont Gardens Branch
Saturday June 24 at 2:30 p.m. – Scotlandville Branch
Carver Cubs Book Club
Join the Carver Cubs Book Club where every tiger is a reader! Kids entering grades 1-6 can participate in FREE guided reading and writing enrichment with an LSU graduate student reading buddy! The club will take place at the Carver Branch from May 30
– June 9, 3-4 p.m., and will focus on reading fiction. Each Carver Cub will receive a reading certificate and enjoy a pizza party upon completion of the program. Space is limited. Registration
is required. To register, call 389-7460.
Artsy Smartsy Saturday
Join us for Artsy Smartsy Saturday at the Pride-Chaneyville Branch on Saturday, June 17 at 10:30 a.m. and explore world instruments! Hear selections from the book Before Music: Where Instruments Come From by Annette Bay Pimentel. Then, you can try out and play different instruments from around the world. You will also get to make your own tambourine and set of castanets. Limited to 8 children. Registration is required. To register, call 658-1560. Sorry, no groups.
Game Thursdays
Children are invited to the Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch each Thursday in June at 1:30 p.m. to play video games on the Nintendo Switch. Registration is required. To register, call 274-4460.
Thursdays in June:
8th Mario Kart (ages 6-11)
15th Rocket League (ages 7-11)
22th Overcooked (ages 6-11)
29th Clubhouse Games (ages 6-11)
Story Walks
Literacy and exercise go together! Visit one of our Story Walks today! There are numbered stations near each of the locations below. Each station has 1-2 pages of a children’s book, plus a suggestion for physical activity as you travel to the next station. At the last station, there will be a story-related worksheet for the children to take home. See below for branches and June’s story titles:
• Main Library at Goodwood: The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson • Baker Branch: Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied
• Carver Branch: Summer Song by Kevin Henkes
SUMMER FLICKS
Movie Mondays
Kids ages 5-11 are welcomed to bring their own brown bag lunch or snacks and join us for a movie at the Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch on three Mondays in June at 11 a.m. Registration is required. To register, call 274-4460.
Mondays in June at 11 a.m.
5: The Great Muppet Caper
12: Lilo and Stitch
26: Pete’s Dragon
Brown Bag Movies
Bring a lunch and a drink, and join the Bluebonnet Regional Branch for storytime and short, book-based movies on Wednesdays in June at 11:15 a.m. Sorry, no groups.
Wednesday’s in June:
7: Stories from Near and Far and Subway Mouse
14: The William Steig Library
21: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs; Voyage to the Bunny Planet: Mabela the Clever; and I Could Do That
28: Simms Taback Stories; The Squirrel Sisters; and Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook
Pajama Party Movie Night
Just keep swimming! Join us at the Jones Creek Regional Branch on Wednesday, June 7 at 6:15 p.m. for a showing of Disney-Pixar’s Finding Nemo. When a young fish is kidnapped, his father, with the help of some new friends, will
stop at nothing to rescue his son. Children are invited to wear their
pajamas and bring a blanket or stuffie to snuggle with during the film.
Movie Time!
Children ages 5-11 are invited to the Carver Branch on Thursday, June 29 at 2:30 p.m. to watch Disney-Pixar’s Monster’s, Inc.
Find all EBRP Library program listings in the Event Calendar.
West Baton Rouge Library Summer Reading Program
WBR Library invites you to read books, record them on your summer reading log, attend free programs, and win prizes this summer. They have library activities for all ages. This summer’s program offerings for youth include art, crafts, STEAM, storytimes, and a great lineup of guest presenters. Don’t forget about the weekly Grab & Go craft bags while supplies last. For more information, be sure to swing by the library, check out their website, or follow them on social media.
This summer they have partnered with Raising Canes and Entergy. Raising Canes is providing kids meal coupon prizes while supplies last, and Entergy is sponsoring some great presenters.
Youth Program Calendar All Activities Summer 2023
2023 Guest Entertainers & Presenters for birth to 11 years old.
2023 Teen Programs and Presenters for 6-12th grade
Ascension Parish Library Summer Reading Program
Summer is here, and while you may be in vacation mode, Ascension Parish Library wants to keep everyone’s minds active with our 2023 Summer Reading Program, Have Book, Will Travel.
There’s something for all ages! Plus, check out the library’s lineup of summer events and entertaining presenters. Discover a new activity, dive into a new book, and support lifelong learning with APL! Get your printable calendar now. Also available en español.
Registration begins on Wednesday, May 24. You can register online at myAPL.beanstack.org or by using the Beanstack app. All participation must be logged online by Monday, July 31, to be redeemed for prizes. Prizes provided by a generous donation from Friends of the Ascension Public Library.
More Summer Reading Program Resources
Kids Who Read Beat Summer Slide. Studies show that access to books during the summer prevents a drastic loss in reading skill – especially for kids in need. (PRNewsFoto/First Book)
Chuck E. Cheese – Kids can earn 10 free Chuck E. Cheese tokens for reading each day for 2 weeks.
Scholastic Summer Challenge – Scholastic has a summer reading challenge where kids read and then go online to record the minutes they’ve read this summer. They’ll also be able to take weekly challenges to earn rewards and take part in a World Record challenge!
Barnes & Noble Summer Reading for Kids– Earn a free book through the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program for kids in Grades 1- 6.
SIMPLY FOLLOW THESE THREE EASY STEPS:
- Read any eight books this summer and record them in this Summer Reading Journal. Tell us which part of the book is your favorite, and why.
- Bring your completed journal to a Barnes & Noble store between July 1 and August 31, 2023.
- Choose your free reading adventure from the books listed below.
