June 15–August 10Summer Reading Program
The 2024 Summer Reading Program theme is A Journey Awaits: Where books are your passport and imagination is your destination sponsored by Evergreen Federal Bank, Josephine Community Library Foundation, and the State Library of Oregon’s Ready to Read grant.
Register or login to an existing account
Register as an individual reader or use your login information to register multiple family members under the same account. Community members of all ages who participated in last year can login to an existing account to join the 2024 Summer Reading Program.
Passport and stamps
Collect weekly “stamps’’ by filling out the weekly reading log in the free Summer Reading Program passport and by attending library events. Passports can be picked up at your preferred branches in Grants Pass, Williams, or Wolf Creek upon registration or click below to view the printable PDF. Registered participants are automatically entered into a raffle to win a grand prizes at the end of the Summer Reading Program. Each hour read earns one raffle ticket.
Related reading and more
Featured events
Teen Bad Artists Club
Join us every Thursday from 5–7 pm at the Grants Pass branch and collect weekly stickers, listen to music, and make bad art with new friends.
Storybook Walk
During July, find the Pop-Up Storybook Walk featured at select Summer Food Oregon locations, local parks, and other places in Josephine County.
Summer Reading Program Bingo
Pick up the adult Summer Reading Program Bingo at your preferred branch or print the PDF. Completion prizes are available while supplies last.
Week 1 | Time Travel | June 16–22
Craftivity
Create a time capsule | 1–4 pm at open branches
Events
Bugs-R-Us | Tuesday, June 18 | Grants Pass | 11 am–12 pm & 1–2 pm
Bugs-R-Us | Wednesday, June 19 | Wolf Creek | 11:30 am–12:30 pm
Bugs-R-Us | Friday, June 21 | Grants Pass | 10:30–11:30 am
Bugs-R-Us | Friday, June 21 | Williams | 1–2 pm
Zoro the Drummer Author Talk | Saturday, June 22 | Grants Pass | 1–2 pm
Week 2 | Around the World | June 23–29
Craftivity
Texture Collage | 1–4 pm at open branches
Week 3 | Inner World | June 30–July 6
Craftivity
“How does your hand work?” Experiment | 1–4 pm at open branches
Week 4 | Outer Space | July 7–13
Craftivity
“How do we see Outer Space?” | 1–4 pm at open branches
Events
Among the Stars | Friday, July 12 | Grants Pass | 2–3:30 pm
Among the Stars | Saturday, July 13 | Wolf Creek | 1:30–3 pm
Among the Stars | Saturday, July 13 | Williams | 4:30–6 pm
Week 5 | Oceans | July 14–20
Craftivity
Underwater Suncatcher | 1–4 pm at open branches
Events
Journey Under the Sea | Saturday, July 20 | Grants Pass | 1:30–3 pm
Week 6 | Into the Unknown | July 21–27
Craftivity
Build Your Own Structure | 1–4 pm at open branches
Week 7 | Great Outdoors | July 28–August 3
Craftivity
Nature Journal | 1–4 pm at open branches
Events
Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve | Friday, August 2 | Wolf Creek | 1–2 pm
Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve | Friday, August 2 | Grants Pass | 3:30–4:30 pm
Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve | Saturday, August 3 | Williams | 10–11 am
Week 8 | No Place Like Home | August 4–10
Craftivity
The Colors of Oregon | 1–4 pm at open branches
Events
Takelma Bilingual Storytime | Friday, August 9 | Grants Pass | 2–3 pm
Summer Food Service Program
The Summer Food Service Program offers free meals to all youth without any paperwork, income verification, and regardless of immigration status.
Find a Summer Meals site near youFood Hero
With Food Hero, you can budget for, plan, and create countless healthy, super tasty meals and learn how to grow your own food.
Visit Food HeroLemonade Day
Youth can register to join Lemonade Day by June 21 sponsored by the Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce. Lemonade Day is a free, fun, experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their own business – a lemonade stand. Each child that registers receives a backpack with an Entrepreneur Workbook that teaches them the lessons of Lemonade Day like creating budgets, setting profit-making goals, serving customers, repaying investors, and giving back to the community. Along the way, they acquire skills in goal-setting, problem solving, and gain self-esteem critical for future success.
Thank you sponsors
Josephine Community Library and the Grants Pass Daily Courier have partnered to ensure children of all ages continue reading over summer. Each week, look for additional summer reading activities, recommended reading, and opportunities to win prizes in the Sunday edition of the Daily Courier and the Wednesday Country Weekly.
Other sponsors include Concierge Security, Cynthia Harelson CPA, Evergreen Federal Bank, Grants Pass Surgery Center, Josephine Community Library Foundation, Robco, Inc., Robinson Orthodontics, Roe Motors, the State Library of Oregon, and Welch Investment Group.
By supporting the Summer Reading Program, our sponsors are investing in education and literacy in our community for years to come.