Remember the joy of summer reading programs as a kid? Logging books, collecting stickers, and racing to the prize table? Turns out, some libraries still get it and they’re making summer reading fun for adults too! 🙌

Here are 3 SoCal libraries that totally understood the assignment:

📍 Long Beach Public Library

🎮: Level Up at Your Library

🗓️: June 14 – August 9

📖: Read 6 books and earn prizes along the way

🏆: 2 free books, keychain, patch, book light, and tote bag

📍 Los Angeles Public Library

🌳: Summer With the Library Reading Brings Us Together

🗓️: June 1 – August 1

📖: Read 60 minutes each week for at least 3 weeks

🏆: Sticker sheet & exclusive LAPL tote bag

📍 OC Public Library

🎮: Level Up! Summer Reading Challenge

🗓️: June 16 – August 3

📖: Read once a day for 20 days

🏆: Free book from Friends of the Library or a brand new squishmallow

I’m genuinely so grateful to these libraries for making summer reading fun again and not just for kids, but for all of us book lovers! Some other systems offered only grand prize drawings (no guaranteed rewards), but these three? They showed up and handed out the goods.