Summer reading club
Summer reading club is every summer at every library in British Columbia for kids in kindergarten through grade 6. The 2024 club is "World of Curiosities" with artwork by Meneka Repka. City Library also has a Read-to-Me Club for kids 5 and younger.
Quick links
Register
You can join the club in person at the children's department in the library or online any time. In-person registration at the library opens June 10. Once you register, you are a club member! Members must read every day for 50 days to receive a medal. You can decide with your parents or caregivers how long to read each day: 15 minutes, 30 minutes or even an hour!
Medal ceremony at the library, Saturday Sept. 14
Join us Saturday, Sept. 14 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. for free music, popcorn and games on the plaza as we celebrate a summer of reading! All Summer Reading Club participants are invited to City Library's medal ceremony. Bring your completed reading record to earn your final stickers and medal. Younger Read-to-Me Club members will receive a book prize!
Summer reading recommendations
Specially curated selections from our librarians
Regularly updated lists of books, ebooks, magazines and more. These include physical items you can borrow from the library and digital items you can enjoy on your devices at home or on the go. Click on a book to learn more or choose your preferred format.
Where Did We Come From?
A Simple Exploration of the Universe, Evolution, and Physics
Houston, Is There A Problem?
A Teen Astronauts Novel
Physics for Curious Kids
An Illustrated Introduction to Energy, Matter, Forces, and Our Universe!
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures
The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
Canada Wild
Animals Found Nowhere Else on Earth
She Persisted Around the World
13 Women Who Changed History
Super Agent Jon Le Bon!
Formula V
CatStronauts
Race to Mars
Farm Crimes!
Cracking the Case of the Missing Egg
Crab & Snail
1, The Invisible Whale
Bean Dog and Nugget
The Ball
Amulet
Book One, The Stonekeeper
Rover and Speck
Volume 1, This Planet Rocks!
Owly
Volume 1, The Way Home
Adventuregame Comics
1, Leviathan
Fluffy Strikes Back
A P.U.R.S.T. Adventure
Participate & win prizes
How do I participate?
Read every day for seven weeks to earn your own reading club medal! Pick up your reading record and welcome packet at the children's department or register online.
You'll earn a sticker to add to your reading record for each week you read. Come into the library for your weekly sticker, starting June 29.
Win prizes!
Summer Reading Club members can enter a weekly prize draw! Beginning June 29, stop into the library and enter to win a gift card to Kidsbooks. More prizes will be announced soon! Check the library calendar regularly to find SRC programs all summer long.