Give yourself permission to be imperfect! Join us for the ultimate competition where we will create our own portraits with anything but a paintbrush. At the end of the night, participants will vote on the worst disaster-piece. The winner will take home a ribbon and bragging rights.

Wednesday, June 1 1 - 6:30 p.m. West Community Library at SPC/Gibbs

And

Thursday, July 1 7 - 6:30 p.m. North Community Library

This program invites you to decorate your own pillar candle. White pillar candles will be provided. Participants can then cut out designs from cocktail napkins and adhere them to their candle using melted wax that is kept warm in a crock pot.

Saturday, July 19 - 11 a.m. Mirror Lake Community Library

And

Thursday, July 24 - 6 p.m. North Community Library

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!

Learn the art of Sashiko, a traditional Japanese form of hand-stitching used for decorative mending and embroidery. The session will teach the basics of Sashiko stitching, focusing on creating a small patch to mend a piece of fabric.

Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm

Location: Maker Space

Library: James Weldon Johnson Community Library - 1059 18th Ave. S

And

Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025

Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm

Location: Community Room--LI101

Library: West Community Library - 6700 8th Ave. N

Attend a Color Our World K-2^ndGrade 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 a Color Our World 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 a Color Our World 3rd - 5th 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.

Read a 2025-2026 Sunshine State Young Readers Award book from the 3rd-5th Grade list to earn extra points.

Find a list of the Sunshine State Young Readers Award titles here.       

Read a 2025-2026 Sunshine State Young Readers Award book from the 6th-8th Grade list to earn extra points.

Find a list of the Sunshine State Young Readers Award titles here.

Read a 2025-2026 Sunshine State Young Readers Award Jr. book from the Kindergarten-2nd Grade list to earn extra points.

Find a list of the Sunshine State Young Readers Award titles here.       

Read a 2025-2026 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.  

Join us as we collaborate with Sparks Creative Stories to create a video illustration of “We’re Reading Everywhere!” - a reading-themed poem. Please submit photos of you and your family reading in the library or around town and any drawings that illustrate the poem. All submissions will be combined into a single video. We will be accepting submissions throughout the summer from May 31 - August 2. There will be one in-person program on August 5 with Sparks Creative Stories providing the actors to share the poem and Creative Clay providing the artists to help inspire the drawings. Please submit any photos and drawings to spark@stpete.org. The poem is included in the Summer Reading folder.

Hit a reading home run by reading for 24 hours and you can receive a $24 savings credit for a Suncoast Minor Savings Account at Suncoast Credit Union, along with 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.

Hit a reading home run by reading for 24 hours and you can receive a $24 savings credit for a Suncoast Minor Savings Account at Suncoast Credit Union, along with 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.

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?

Artist and illustrator CJ Southern will guide attendees through the process of LEGO printmaking. Those attending the program will receive a hands-on demonstration on the ins and outs of printmaking, and by the end will get to take home their very own LEGO print.

Space is limited, please visit the library events calendar to register.

Saturday, June 21 - 12 p.m. - Johnson Community Library

Hit a reading home run by reading for 24 hours and you can receive a $24 savings credit for a Suncoast Minor Savings Account at Suncoast Credit Union, along with 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.