One Million Readers
Children, teens and adults, are
you up for a challenge?
Please join CLA’s One Million
Readers summer challenge again this year, and engage even more community
members with your summer programs!
In 2015, participation in
California’s summer reading and learning programs increased by 8%. CLA is
asking public libraries to conduct outreach and create partnerships to
increase participation again this year.
Public library summer reading
and learning programs:
· foster communities of readers and
library users
· help prevent summer learning loss
in children and teens,
· are entry points for community
members to learn about the library’s resources, and
· help adults model good reading
habits for youth.
The more people who take part in
summer reading, the greater impact our programs will have.
Will you accept the #OneMillionReaders challenge? Sign up now!
- Over 790,000 Californians signed
up for a public library summer reading program during 2015.
- Over 1.4 million Californians
attended summer reading events and activities.
- Over 116,000 children and teens
read at least five books during the summer reading program.
Children, teens and adults who
take part in summer reading talk about the books they read:
76% of children | 68% of teens | 80% of adults
They enjoy the summer reading
program.
90% of children | 84% of teens | 86% of adults
And they plan to return to the library
after the summer.
86% of children | 83% of teens | 91% of adults
Children who read, succeed! And
California’s summer readers and library users return to school ready to learn!
Participating Libraries 2016
We ask participating public
libraries to commit to conducting outreach and creating partnerships to
increase their summer reading participation this year!
Are you in? Sign
up now!
Thank you to our 2016
participating libraries:
Alameda County Library, Alhambra Civic
Center Library, Amador County Library, Anaheim Public Library, Arcadia Public Library, Buena
Park Library District, Burbank Public Library, Butte County Library, California State
Library, Canyon Lake Branch Library – Riverside County Library System,
City of Commerce Public Library, Covina Public Library, Del Norte County Library District, Desert Hot
Springs Public Library, El
Dorado County Library, Escondido Public Library, Folsom Public Library, Fullerton
Public Library, Grace Mellman Community Library – Riverside County Library
System, Harrison Memorial Library, Hayward Public Library, Humboldt County Library, Huntington Beach Public Library,
Idyllwild Library – Riverside County Library System, Inglewood Public Library, Inyo County
Free Library, Irvine Unified School District – Stonegate Elementary, Kern County
Library, Lemoore Public Library – Kings County Library, Lompoc Public Library, Long Beach
Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Mendocino County Library, Mono
County Free Library System, Monrovia Public Library, Monterey County Free Libraries, Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library, Moreno Valley Public Library, Mountain View Public Library, Mt. Shasta Library, Murrieta Public Library, Nevada County Library, OC Public
Libraries, Oceanside Public Library, Ontario City Library, Oxnard Public
Library, Palmdale City Library, Pasadena Public Library, Paso Robles City Library, Placentia Library District, Plumas
County Library, Rancho Cucamonga Public Library,
Rancho Mirage Public Library, Riverside Public Library, Sacramento
Public Library, San Diego County Library, San
Luis Obispo County Library, San
Rafael Public Library, Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Clara City Library, Santa
Clara County Library District, Santa Clarita Public Library, Santa
Cruz Public Libraries, Santa Maria Public Library, Shasta
Public Libraries, Solano County Library, Sonoma
County Library, South
San Francisco Public Library, Sunnyvale Public Library, Thousand
Oaks Public Library, Tulare County Library, Ventura
County Library, Villa Park Library – OC Public Libraries, Wildomar
Library – Riverside County Library System, Yolo County Library, Yorba
Linda Public Library
