Reading Colors Your World
Track your reading and win prizes!

Summer reading is open to all ages
and starts Saturday, May 15th!

Log reading online or with the children’s Summer Reading Log and win free books! There’s a program for every age.
 
Participants who earn a prize are automatically entered into a raffle for one of three Roku Expresses. Winners will be drawn after Summer Reading ends. 
 
Want more from this year's Summer Reading? 

  • Complete activity challenges. 

  • Link with friends on Beanstack and see what your friends are reading. Ask a parent or guardian for permission if you are under 18.

  • Jump start Summer Reading by picking up an Activity Kit! There are kits for all ages and each kit includes a craft to make at home and Summer Reading material. Kits are available starting May 15. 


For Children birth – entering 6th grade:

  • Track reading online with Beanstack or on a reading log that you can print from home or pick up at the Library.

  • For every 600 minutes children read or are read to, they win a free book! Up to two books during the summer! 
 
  • This year, you can also complete summer activities on Beanstack or the back of your log and earn a free bookmark!

For Teens 6th – 12th grade:

  • Track reading online with Beanstack.

  • For every 600 minutes read, teens win a free book. Up to two books during the summer!

  • Teens who have read at least 15 minutes are entered into a monthly drawing for a free book series.

  • This year, you can also complete summer activities on Beanstack! Can you complete them all? 

For Adults post high school and up:

  • Track reading online with Beanstack.

  • For every 4 books you read, you can win a free book. Up to two books during the summer!

  • This year, you can also complete summer activities on Beanstack and win a free bookmark! 


The Summer Reading Program is generously supported by The Friends of the Urbana Free Library.
NEW! Automatic renewals!
We're making it easier for you to use the Library! Items from the Library now automatically renew up to 10 times just like Champaign Public Library items. Automatic renewals do not apply to overdue items, items that have requests, items with loan periods of less than three days, rental items, interlibrary loan items, or eResources (like eBooks), so be sure to keep tabs on item due dates so you don't get late fines (overdue fines don't apply to eResources).

Check your online account for due dates, or call us at 217-367-4057 for any questions you have about due dates or if you need help placing a hold on an item.
Young Artist's Studio Zoom Edition:
Kids Rock Painting!
Sunday, May 16
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Zoom

Join us for the next installment of our Young Artist’s Studio featuring staff from the City of Urbana Arts & Culture Program who will introduce our young participants to adventures in rock painting! After registering online, you may pick up your craft packet beginning May 8 by stopping by the Check Out Desk or calling Curbside Pick up at 217-367-4057.

The Young Artist's Studio is a series of art workshops sponsored by The Urbana Free Library and The City of Urbana Arts & Culture Program designed to offer youth an opportunity to explore the arts. All events in the series are free and open to the public. The series is designed for children ages 5 to 11 (7 and under with a caregiver).

We can’t wait to see you there! Please register here through the Library’s event calendar. We’ll email a link and a phone number to the email you provide in your registration so that you can join us online with Zoom.
Though this program is online, the Library reminds everyone to be as courteous and kind as they would be at a program in the Library.
Fantastic Fiction Book Club
Saturday, May 22
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Zoom

Each month we'll read something a little different, ranging between fantasy, science fiction, and horror. We'll focus on picking newer fiction rather than older, shorter books rather than longer, and a diverse mix of authors. There's a lot of excellent fiction being written in these genres, and we're looking forward to talking about it with all of you!

This month we'll be reading This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladwell.

Register for the event here!
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