Summer Reading
Due to the coronavirus, our annual summer reading program looks a little different this year than in years past. The program is entirely online. See below for lots of ways to participate, have fun and earn prizes!
Register on Beanstack
Use Beanstack to register online for Summer Reading. Beanstack is a website and app that allows you to track your reading and earn prizes by participating in reading challenges. You can register as an individual, family or classroom. Visit our Beanstack page to create your account and learn more.
Register on Beanstack
Read & Win
Children (Newborn – Age 11)
Read (or be read to) four hours to enter weekly drawings for gift cards. Receive an entry for the grand prize for every four hours read. You can track and submit hours online through Beanstack.
There will be four winners each week for the weekly gift card drawings and four winners for the grand prize.
- Weekly Prize
- $20 gift cards to Target or Amazon
- Grand Prize
- Six-month subscription to Kiwi Crates (STEAM & Science Kits for Kids)
Teens & Tweens (Ages 11 – 19)
How to Participate:
Read five hours to enter weekly drawings for themed prize packs and to receive an entry for the midsummer prize. Read 30 hours to win a book and an entry for the grand prize. You can track and submit hours online through Beanstack.
There will be four winners each week for the weekly prize packs. There will also be four winners for the midsummer prize and grand prize.
- Weekly Prize Themes
- Electronics Week: June 6 – 13
- Board Games Week: June 14 – 20
- Chill & Relax Week: June 21 – 27
- Musical Week: June 28 – July 4
- #Trending Week: July 5 – 11
- Sports Week: July 12 – 18
- Fandom Week: July 19 – 25
- Art Week: July 26 – 31
- Midsummer Prize
- Fujifilm Instax Camera
- Grand Prize
- Amazon Fire Tablet
Adults
How to Participate:
Read five hours to enter weekly drawings for gift cards. You also receive an entry for the midsummer prize and grand summer prize for every five hours read. You can track and submit hours online through Beanstack.
There will be four winners each week for the weekly gift card drawings. There will also be four winners for the midsummer prize and grand prize.
- Weekly Prize
- $20 gift cards to a variety of places. Smashburger, Home Depot, Amazon and Starbucks are just a few!
- Midsummer Prize
- $50 Target gift card
- Grand Prize
- $100 Target gift card
Online Programs
Unfortunately, we are not able to have our Summer Reading Kickoff, Jolly Thursdays, Tower Tuesdays, Art After Hours or other programs at our branches this summer. Don’t worry though! We have lots of online programs planned that you can enjoy from home.
Our online programs are primarily divided into three different types: Take & Make programs, Zoom programs and YouTube programs.
Take & Make Programs
Registration is required for these virtual programs. The programs include Take & Make bags that provide everything you need to participate. Take & Make bags must be picked up three days prior to the program for those who have registered unless arrangements have been made.
The tutorial for each program will be available on the designated program date and time by visiting https://www.cc-pl.org/articles.
Zoom Programs
These are live programs that are conducted via Zoom, a free online video conferencing platform. Registration is required. On the day of the program, we will email you with the link to join the live program. You are not required to have a Zoom account.
YouTube Programs
These programs are released on our YouTube channel on the program date and time listed. Story times, yoga and a tour of the animals at Good Green Earth Farm are just a few of the ones we have planned. There is no need to register for these programs. However, you can sign up to receive an email reminder for the program so you can make sure you don’t miss it!
Our YouTube Channel
View the Schedule
Start planning your summer of virtual fun by browsing our upcoming programs below!
Zoom Program: Kentucky Science Center Virtual Weather Expo
Online Program: CCPL Roblox Club
Take and Make: Paper Airplanes
Registration Required
You've Been Booked! - "Educated" by Tara Westover You've Been Booked! - "Educated" by Tara Westover
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Newport Book Club: 'The Great Alone' by Kristin Hannah Newport Book Club: 'The Great Alone' by Kristin Hannah
Brown Bag Book Club - "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson Brown Bag Book Club - "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
Zoom Program: Thursday Mornings with Miss Brittany
Color Changing Slime
Registration Required
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Take & Make: Book Page Dahlia Wreath
Registration Required
Kawaii Pencil Top Holders Kawaii Pencil Top Holders
Registration Required
Take & Make: Decorate a Telescope
Registration Required
Online Program: Virtual Dungeons and Dragons on Roll20
Online Program: Minecraft Club
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Coffee & Conversation — "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman Coffee & Conversation — "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Zoom Program: Yoga & Meditation with Phoenix Wilson
Paint and Chat Paint and Chat
Registration Required
Cup of Crime Book Club - 'The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind' by Barbara Lipska Cup of Crime Book Club - 'The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind' by Barbara Lipska
Zoom Program: Thursday Mornings with Miss Molly
Cartoons & Canvas Cartoons & Canvas
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Zoom Program: If You Give a Kid a Book Club — "Gator, Gator, Gator" by Daniel Bernstrom
Registration Required
Online Program: Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Show
Zoom Program: Tween Book Club - "New Kid" by Jerry Craft
Zoom Program/In Person Program: Tie-Dye Paper Craft Zoom Program/In Person Program: Tie-Dye Paper Craft
Registration Required
Bunny Butt Spring Pots
Registration Required
Zoom Program: Puppy Tales
Teen Anime Club Teen Anime Club
Tuesday Book Club - "The Woman in the Window" by A.J. Finn Tuesday Book Club - "The Woman in the Window" by A.J. Finn
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Talking Tech Troubles With Morgan Talking Tech Troubles With Morgan
Take & Make Program: Masterpiece Makers — Georgia O'Keeffe
Registration Required
Tween Scene: Design Your Own Dino Tween Scene: Design Your Own Dino
Registration Required
Zoom Program: City BBQ Food for Thought Series – Myths vs. Reality: The History of the Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Northern Kentucky
Young Adult for Grown Adults Book Club: "Last Night I Sang to the Monster" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Young Adult for Grown Adults Book Club: "Last Night I Sang to the Monster" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Take & Make Program: DIY Kaleidoscopes
Registration Required
Take & Make Program: Watercolor & Salt Snowflakes for Teens
Registration Required
Zoom Program: Thursday Mornings with Miss Nina
Homeschool Book to Movie Club – "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'engle Homeschool Book to Movie Club – "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'engle
Bookworm Light Up Bookmark Bookworm Light Up Bookmark
Registration Required
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Alexandria Book Club – "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek" by Kim Richardson Alexandria Book Club – "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek" by Kim Richardson
YouTube Program: CCPL Reads to Their Pets
Take & Make Program: Gem Mining
Registration Required
The Great Island Show Off! The Great Island Show Off!
Coding Card and Board Games
YouTube Program: Baby Time with Miss Joyce
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Zoom Program: Cam's Kids Book Club — "Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México" by Duncan Tonatiuh
Take & Make Program: STEAM Straw Challenge
Zoom Program: Yoga & Meditation with Phoenix Wilson
STEAM Trivia STEAM Trivia
Zoom Program: The Cincinnati Museum Center Presents: Incredible Insects
Zoom Program: Thursday Mornings with Miss Jennifer
Rainbow Science Rainbow Science
In Person Attendance FULL/Waitlist Available
Registration Required
Game Day
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Real Men Read - "The Death of Mrs. Westaway," by Ruth Ware Real Men Read - "The Death of Mrs. Westaway," by Ruth Ware
Zoom Program: STEAM Trivia Night
Online Program: CCPL Roblox Club
"Shadow and Bone" Kahoot Trivia Night! "Shadow and Bone" Kahoot Trivia Night!
Take & Make: The Endless Cube
Registration Required
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Zoom Program: Thursday Mornings with Miss Brittany
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Take & Make: Spring Photo Frame
Registration Required
Online Program: Virtual Dungeons and Dragons on Roll20
Take & Make: Bird Houses
Registration Required
Take & Make: Cat in a Pot Paper Collage
Registration Required
You've Been Booked! - 'One of Us Is Lying' by Karen M. McManus You've Been Booked! - 'One of Us Is Lying' by Karen M. McManus
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Newport Book Club: 'Census' by Jesse Ball Newport Book Club: 'Census' by Jesse Ball
Brown Bag Book Club - 'Little Fires Everywhere' by Celeste Ng Brown Bag Book Club - 'Little Fires Everywhere' by Celeste Ng
Zoom Program: Thursday Mornings with Miss Molly
Weave a Tree for Earth Day Weave a Tree for Earth Day
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Take & Make: Hedgehog Painting
Registration Required
Zoom Program: Tween Book Club - 'Aru Shah and the End of Time' by Roshani Chokshi
Signature Series: Junior Sisk Bluegrass Band
Zoom Program: Stage Combat with Kentucky Shakespeare
Online Program: Minecraft Club
Flower Mobile Flower Mobile
Registration Required
Free Tax Preparation from AARP Tax-Aide
Registration Required
Coffee & Conversation — 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame Coffee & Conversation — 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame
Take & Make Program: Masterpiece Makers — Vincent Van Gogh
Take & Make: Flower Button Pins
Zoom Program: Cam's Kids Book Club — 'I'm Trying to Love Spiders' by Bethany Barton
Zoom Program: City BBQ Food for Thought Series – American Immigration in World-Historical Perspective
Zoom Program: Yoga & Meditation with Phoenix Wilson
Take & Make Program: Wooden Birdhouses
Registration Required
Zoom Program: Weather Science
Take & Make Program: Himalayan Salt Scrub for Teens
Zoom Program: Bingo for Kids
Cup of Crime Book Club - 'The Betrayal of Pearl Bryan' by Larry Tippin Cup of Crime Book Club - 'The Betrayal of Pearl Bryan' by Larry Tippin
Zoom Program: Thursday Mornings with Miss Nina
Homeschool Book to Movie Club - 'The Breadwinner' by Deborah Ellis Homeschool Book to Movie Club - 'The Breadwinner' by Deborah Ellis
Little Poems for Big Kids Little Poems for Big Kids
Cartoons & Canvas Cartoons & Canvas
Zoom Program: If You Give a Kid a Book Club — 'Senorita Mariposa' by Ben Gundersheimer
Alexandria Book Club — 'Banking on Trouble' by Kathi Reed Alexandria Book Club — 'Banking on Trouble' by Kathi Reed
Youtube Program: 24 Hour Read-a-thon for 'Shadow and Bone' by Leigh Bardugo
YouTube Program: CCPL Reads to Their Pets
Take & Make Program: Sliding Knot Charm Bracelets
Poetry Slam! Poetry Slam!
Zoom Program: Puppy Tales
Online Program: CCPL Roblox Club
YouTube Program: Baby Time with Miss Joyce
Tuesday Book Club - 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark' by Michelle McNamara Tuesday Book Club - 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark' by Michelle McNamara
Talking Tech Troubles With Morgan Talking Tech Troubles With Morgan
Tween Scene: Cardboard Sword Forging Tween Scene: Cardboard Sword Forging
Young Adult for Grown Adults Book Club: 'Lovely War' by Julie Berry Young Adult for Grown Adults Book Club: 'Lovely War' by Julie Berry
Adventure Club: The Cincinnati Museum Center – Digging for Dinosaurs Adventure Club: The Cincinnati Museum Center – Digging for Dinosaurs
Registration Required
Zoom Program: Thursday Mornings with Miss Jennifer
Game Day
Real Men Read - "Becoming" by Michelle Obama Real Men Read - "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
"Shadow and Bone" Premiere Party!
El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day)
Tech Program: Beginner Basics