{"id":897,"date":"2026-05-31T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=897"},"modified":"2026-05-31T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:11:15","slug":"santa-clara-county-libraries-roll-out-summer-reading-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=897","title":{"rendered":"Santa Clara County libraries roll out summer reading program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Santa Clara County Library District launches its summer reading program on June 1, encouraging patrons to \u201cPlant a Seed, Read.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=895\">East Bay industrial buildings land buyers amid murky real estate sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the primary goals of summer reading is to avoid the \u201csummer slide\u201d among school-age children, and prevent the loss of skills and knowledge gained during the school year.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, patrons can visit\u00a0sccld.org\/summer\u00a0and sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge in\u00a0Beanstack. Librarians have compiled suggested summer book lists for\u00a0kids\u00a0and\u00a0teens. All children who read and log at least five books\u2014including audiobooks, ebooks, comics and picture books\u2014and complete one activity will receive a prize while supplies last. Prizes are also available for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=893\">Latest line: A good week for Xavier Becerra, a bad week for Shannon O\u2019Connor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The library district also has myriad\u00a0events and activities planned\u00a0for all ages as part of the summer reading program. Entomologist Stephanie Dole, aka the Beetlelady, will bring her Pop-up Bug Museum to the Campbell Library on June 10, 3-4 p.m. The program will include displays of terrestrial arthropods from around the world, live bug terrariums and activities suitable for all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Parents and caregivers can also sign up children ages 0-5 for the\u00a0Dolly Parton Imagination Library\u00a0at\u00a0sccld.org\/imaginationlibrary\/.\u00a0Each month a book, in English or Spanish, will be sent to their home. Santa Clara County recently reached the milestone of 100,000 books mailed, with the library district as the program\u2019s lead local agency.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=891\">NCAA baseball tournament: Saint Mary\u2019s falls 14-1 to Cal Poly, takes on UCLA in elimination game<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrons are invited to \u2018Plant a Seed, Read.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Santa Clara County libraries roll out summer reading program - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=897\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Santa Clara County libraries roll out summer reading program - 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