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Dog River Public Library will be closed on Monday 1/26, due to weather. 

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Summer Reading Program 2026

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Have fun with Summer Reading in 2025!

Color your world this summer at your WGRLS library! Visit any of our locations to sign up or join us through Beanstack, and let the fun begin!

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5/27/2025: Registration begins REGION WIDE

6/1/2025: Summer Reading begins REGION WIDE

7/31/2025: Summer Reading end REGION WIDE

8/8/2025 @ 10 AM; Live Facebook Drawing for our region-wide age group prize winners.

Visit our library locations for a detailed program of events summer schedule.

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Completed your summer reading program?

Completed the Summer Reading Program? Check out these resources to keep your reading going all year long!

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*Anyone is welcome to participate, but in order to qualify for prizes, make sure and register for summer reading at your local library!

Looking to track more reading?

Download our bonus logs!

Pre-School Extra Reading Tracker
School Age Extra Reading Tracker
  • Color a picture and give it to someone in your family!

  • Adults, connect with your little one through a series of mindfulness activities, fun stretches, and relationship- building partner poses. Learn skills to cultivate mindful practices and make a calming glitter Mindfulness Jar to take the practice home with you. Ideal for ages 1-6

  • Read a book from the Readers Advisory SRP Picture Book List

  • Draw a portrait of you with your friends

  • Read a book about community helpers. Talk about what makes a good community and how we can become community helpers to make our communities better.

  • Make artwork or cards for local nursing homes or long-term care facility.

  • Paint kindness rocks and place them in your favorite places in your community for others to find and enjoy.

  • Go to a Bilingual Storytime or check out a Bilingual Picture Book to learn some new words in a different language.
  • Write a story or draw a comic about your group of friends. Go on an epic adventure, be the superheroes you always wanted to be, or it could just be your normal Tuesday

  • Make charms for your friendship bracelet. Each charm could represent a different friend and can be made out of any materials.

  • Read a book from the Readers Advisory SRP Picture or Chapter Book List

  • Create a Spatial Poem of your neighborhood or city using the PLiX Spatial Poetry activity found here

  • Read a book about community helpers. Talk about what makes a good community and how we can become community helpers to make our communities better

  • Make artwork or cards for local nursing homes or long-term care facility.

  • Paint kindness rocks and place them in your favorite places in your community for others to find and enjoy.

  • Draw a portrait of you with your friends, try it in different art styles

  • Celebrate Uncommon Musical Instrument Day by watching videos about musical instruments you haven’t heard play and listen to their beautiful music.

  • Make origami art or bookmarks
  • Write letters to your favorite author and ask them about the characters in their books.

  • Start a journal and write about what your life is currently like!

  • Check out a table-top gaming night at a local game shop or your local library

  • Read a book from the Readers Advisory SRP Chapter or YA Book List

  • Buddy Read a book with a friend

  • Write an email or letter to your local government or congress person to advocate for a cause that is important to you.

  • Create a Spatial Poem of your neighborhood or city using the PLiX Spatial Poetry activity found here

  • Paint kindness rocks and place them in your favorite places in your community for others to find and enjoy.

  • Join the Teen Advisory Group at your local library, if they have one.

  • Join a Community Service Project
  • Make origami art or bookmarks
  • Introduce yourself to your neighbors. Who knows, you might make a new friend!

  • Join a group in your community. Like Friends of the Library!

  • Find a recipe and learn how to make a dish from a culture different from yours. Consider making it a friends night in, everyone bring a dish from a different culture and have a culture night.

  • Read a book from the Readers Advisory SRP YA or Adult Book List

  • Buddy Read a book with a friend

  • Get a book recommendation from a librarian and check that book out. Write a review for it on Beanstack or submit it to your local library

  • Create a Spatial Poem of your neighborhood or city using the PLiX Spatial Poetry activity found here

  • Paint kindness rocks and place them in your favorite places in your community for others to find and enjoy.

  • Join a Community Service Project

  • Make origami art or bookmarks

  • Participate in World Knit in Public Day on June 10, 2023 and make new hobby friends.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Events

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  • Waring Center Archaeology Stations

    Carrollton - Neva Lomason Memorial Library 710 Rome Street, Carrollton, GA, United States

    The Waring Center for Public Archaeology will be bringing four stations (artifact table, mock excavation pits, friendship pots, gorgets) relating to archaeology for this year's Summer Reading Program. Waring Center […]

  • Chess Club

    Villa Rica Public Library 869 Dallas Highway, Villa Rica, GA, United States

    Learn to play or just meet some new chess friends at our weekly event. This is a great activity for the whole family.

  • Teriffic Thursdays SRP W/Mad Scientist Don White

    Carrollton - Neva Lomason Memorial Library 710 Rome Street, Carrollton, GA, United States

    Join us for a Terrific Thursday of Family Entertainment. Today's show is with Mad Scientist Don White!

  • Jurassic Scavenger Hunt

    Carrollton - Neva Lomason Memorial Library 710 Rome Street, Carrollton, GA, United States

    Dinos from Jurassic park escaped into the library, find them all and turn the sheet in to circulation and win a prize! The scavenger hunt runs July 11th - 25th

  • Summer Finale Party

    Carrollton - Neva Lomason Memorial Library 710 Rome Street, Carrollton, GA, United States

    Let's get together and celebrate summer! Folks can turn in their SRP logs (and through July 31st), grab a sweet treat, play Dino Bingo, and check out our fall preview.

  • Chess Club

    Villa Rica Public Library 869 Dallas Highway, Villa Rica, GA, United States

    Learn to play or just meet some new chess friends at our weekly event. This is a great activity for the whole family.

  • Dog River Library SRP Finale GLOW Party

    Dog River Public Library 6100 GA Highway 5, Douglasville, GA, United States

    Get ready to stomp, chom, and glow like it's the Jurassic Age! Join us for our annual GLOW Party where the vibes are dino-mite! Wear your favorite neon colors and […]

  • Chess Club

    Villa Rica Public Library 869 Dallas Highway, Villa Rica, GA, United States

    Learn to play or just meet some new chess friends at our weekly event. This is a great activity for the whole family.

  • Puzzle Day!

    Franklin - Heard County Public Library 564 Main Street, Franklin, GA, United States

    Drop in anytime today to work on a puzzle or two with us!

  • Family Game Night

    Franklin - Heard County Public Library 564 Main Street, Franklin, GA, United States

    Join us for an evening of family fun before back-to-school begins. Featuring board games, puzzles, and dinosaur trivia!

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