Go for a walk and look for letters of the alphabet all around you! For example, two branches on the ground might form the letter T. The goal is to find the letters without having to move items around to create the letter. Mark off each letter as you find it!
Street maps of the neighborhood surrounding the library will be displayed at each library. Visit the library to leave a note or poetry about the library or surrounding area. These posters will be debuted at the summer programming kickoff and displayed continuously throughout the summer. At the end of summer party, the posters will once again be displayed. The poems and notes will be typed up and placed in a binder for viewing after the summer is over.
Saturday, July 29 10 am
Mirror Lake Community Library
Learnabout some of the significant historical buildings and sites in downtown St.Pete. The tour will start at Mirror Lake Library and will end at nearbyWilliams Park. The tour will last about 90 minutes with a total walking distanceof 0.7 miles. All ages are welcome.
Get your little ones to expand their horizons. This can be accomplished by trying something new or seeing things in a different light. Teach your little ones that you don’t have to travel far to explore new things—wonderment can be found everywhere!
Saturday, July 8 at 10 am
Families,teens, and adults are invited to a cleanup event at Meadowlawn Park, hosted inpartnership with Keep Pinellas Beautiful. Trash bags and other cleanup supplieswill be provided by Keep Pinellas Beautiful. Closed toe shoes are recommended.
Saturday, June 10 at 1 pm
West Community Library
Saturday, June 24 at 1 pm
North Community Library
Familiesor small groups will compete to see who can assemble the same 100 piece puzzlethe fastest. The winning team will receive a $25 gift card to Bright Ice ScoopShop as a prize. Register your group online at www.splibraries.org and click on the date on the calendar.
Small gestures make the most difference on a daily basis. It's easy to get so preoccupied with our own lives that we forget about others, but with just one simple act of kindness, we can change the way someone else's day goes, and we can better ourselves and the world in the process. This challenge is designed for you to take the time to do something for someone else — and hopefully they will pay it forward to the next person!
Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by marking each place you read. Get out and read!
Available starting May 27 while supplies last
Createa kumihimo style friendship bracelet. Request a take and make craft kit at thecirculation desk of any St. Petersburg Library location.
Join us for an online ocean adventure! Solve puzzles to escape the virtual escape room, “A Sea Tale.” Play 24 hours a day, by yourself or with a team. Visit https://splibraries.libguides.com/asp2022 for more information and to access virtual programs.
Attend an All Together Now S.T.R.E.A.M. Club at any St. Petersburg Library Community Library. Click here to see our calendar of programs. Ask library staff for the secret password to enter below to earn points.
Attend an Oceans of Possibilities SPARK Lab program at any St. Petersburg Library Community Library. Click here to see our calendar of programs. Ask library staff for the secret password to enter below to earn points.
Attend an All Together Now K-2ndGrade program at any St. Petersburg Library Community Library. Click here to see our calendar of programs. Ask library staff for the secret password to enter below to earn points.
Attend an All Together Now 6th-12th Grade program at any St. Petersburg Library Community Library. Click here to see our calendar of programs. Ask library staff for the secret password to enter below to earn points.
Attend an Oceans of Possibilities K-2ndGrade program at any St. Petersburg Library Community Library. Click here to see our calendar of programs. Ask library staff for the secret password to enter below to earn points.
Attend an Oceans of Possibilities 6th-12th Grade program at any St. Petersburg Library Community Library. Click here to see our calendar of programs. Ask library staff for the secret password to enter below to earn points.
Complete one row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) on the Early Literacy Summer Reading Bingo Board.
Find the Bingo Board on your READsquared dashboard.
Mayor's Reading Challenge for Students Entering 3rd-5th Grade
Read a 2021-2022 Sunshine State Young Readers Award book from the 3rd-5th Grade list to enter a special drawing for a
Kindle Fire!
Find a list of the Sunshine State Young Readers Award titles here.
Read a 2022-2023 Sunshine State Young Readers Award book from the 6th-8th Grade list to earn extra points.
Read a 2023-2024 Sunshine State Young Readers Award book from the 6th-8th Grade list to earn extra points.
Complete a second row for a total of two (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) on the Early Literacy Summer Reading Bingo Board.
Join us for Felines and Folktales! Adult Services staff share their favorite cat-themed stories and folktales while at the PetPal Animal Shelter kitten room! Available 24 hours a day and you can watch them again and again! Click here and then click on “Felines and Folktales Storytimes” to view it.
Read a 2022-2023 Sunshine State Young Readers Award book from the 3rd-5th Grade list to earn extra points.
Read a 2023-2024 Sunshine State Young Readers Award book from the 3rd-5th Grade list to earn extra points.
Read a 2032-2024 Sunshine State Young Readers Award Jr. book from the Kindergarten-2nd Grade list to earn extra points.
Complete a third row for a total of three (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) on the Early Literacy Summer Reading Bingo Board.
Who doesn’t love pizza? Watch a tasty show then try acting it out yourself or grab an apron and get cooking with some delicious recipes and crafts. Complete two activities to earn a Pizza Pizzazz Badge.
Read a 2022-2023 Florida Teens Read book list for students entering 9th-12th Grade to earn extra points.
Find a list of the Florida Teens Read titles here.
Read a 2023-2024 Florida Teens Read book list for students entering 9th-12th Grade to earn extra points.
Hit a reading home run by reading for 24 hours and you can receive two (2) tickets to a Rays game and other Reading with the Rays prizes! To earn points, visit a St. Petersburg Community Library to pick up a game card or visit https://www.mlb.com/rays/community/reading and download a game card.
Please note, tickets are mobile only. Fans will access tickets through the MLB Ballpark app. Please download the app prior to your visit to the ballpark. Paper tickets, including print-at-home and PDF versions, are not available or accepted. Visit raysbaseball.com/mobile for more information.
Please note, tickets aremobile only. Fans will access tickets through the MLB Ballpark app. Pleasedownload the app prior to your visit to the ballpark. Paper tickets, includingprint-at-home and PDF versions, are not available or accepted. Visitraysbaseball.com/mobile for more information.
Do something nice and show kindness to others! These activities are great ways to show your generosity.
Teen Mosaic is an annual magazine published by the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, designed to highlight the creativity of Pinellas County School Students.
If you have a drawing, painting, story, or poem that you would like to get published, please submit your work and the Mosaic application to any St. Petersburg Community Library.
Click here for the application.
Attend a live Zoom lecture about Florida native aquatic plants, presented by Jan Allyn of the Florida Native Plant Society. This event will be held on July 17th at 2 p.m. and will last about an hour. Register by clicking here and click on “Whale of a Cattail”. You will be prompted to register with your name and email address and will receive the Zoom link immediately via email.
Captain’s logs and ship’s logs have a rich history, and provide insight into how life on seafaring vessels went (and still go today). Continue this tradition by keeping track of what, where, and how you read this summer.