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Alanna Graves Librarian III: Summer Experience Coordinator alanna.graves@austintexas.gov | 512-974-7311 Program features a summer learning challenge, prizes, and over 350 free events from June 7th - August 10th 2025 Summer Reading & Badge Challenge THIS SUMMER, WE CHALLENGE YOU TO READ, LEARN, AND EARN FREE PRIZES READ COMPLETE EARN 600 Minutes Learning Badges Free Prizes Learning badges are scaled for each age group: babies & toddlers, kids & tweens, teens, and adults HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE Online Paper Logs Available at APL Locations or PDF download at library.austintexas.gov/summer FREE PRIZES! FREE PRIZES! FREE PRIZES! Adults earn an APL ceramic mug! k o o g ! e b s i n e o r o n a f r h e i r c u Y o a h h e f t t o CHALLENGE FINISHER STATS 2023-2025 COMPARISON 2023 2024 2025 % difference between 2024-2025 Minutes Logged 2,157,070 3,383,106 4,226,202 +25% increase Readers Enrolled 4,256 6,265 7,390 +18% increase Prizes Distributed 2,763 4,145 4,872 +17.5% increase *CONGRATS TO ARZ FOR GIVING OUT THE MOST PRIZES (528)! CHALLENGE FINISHER STATS 2023-2025 BY AGE GROUP 2023 2024 2025 % difference between 2024-2025 Babies, Toddlers & Pre-K 776 1,012 1,108 +9.5% increase Kids & Tweens 1,331 1,712 1,804 +5.4% increase Teens Adults 146 512 173 183 +5.8% increase 1,248 1,777 +42.4% increase *SHOUT OUTS TO BEANSTACK SPOCS! TOP 3 TITLES LOGGED BY AGE Bear’s Lost Glasses by Leo TimmersWe are Definitely Human by X. FangGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Kids & TweensBabies & ToddlersScare School Diaries by Jarrett LernerDog Man: Big Jim Begins by Dav PilkeyThe Wild Robot Escapes by Peter BrownTeensSunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsPercy Jackson: Chalice of the Gods byRick RiordanThe Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny HanAdultsGreat Big Beautiful LIfe by Emily HenryJames by Percival EverettAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid DISCOVER, LEARN, & CREATE ACTIVITY BADGES CUSTOMER ANECDOTES (2,740 RESPONSES TOTAL) DISCOVERED LIBRARY RESOURCES “I made a castle with magnatiles I checked out from the library!” -AOK Customer, age 3 “I started to sew thanks to quilting and sewing books I checked out at the library” -AHO Customer, age 30 “We learned some basic sign language from my son (and a camp he went to) and a book we checked out from the library!” -AMI Customers, ages 8 & 38 “[I discovered] ‘Ninja Kitten’ by Colleen Venable. It was displayed at St. John’s library“ -ASJ Customer, age 6 “Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry! I only discovered Emily Henry books because of APL!” -ARZ Customer, Age 31 “I have been practicing Spanish using some of the resources the library has! I have taken a class on Udemy and used Mango languages which are both available through the Library.” -AYB Customer, age 23 “[I learned] coding using an Arduino kit” -ACE Customer, age 14 “[I learned] You can rent tools at the Austin Public Library tool library, which is so cool!” -ATO Customer, age 36 LEARNED SOMETHING AT A LIBRARY EVENT “I learned about the Woodwind family during a Tuneful Tales event.” -AHO Customer, age 4 “I attended the SUSTO podcast event at Ruiz Library and learned so much about local folklore and the significance of their meaning in our communities. It was a very insightful event and now I have to listen to that podcast more! -ARZ Customers, age 34 “That APL offers more than just books and movies to check out. They also offer community events ranging from adult crafting to teen enrichment, baby story/play time and senior language classes. There really is an entire community around our libraries that we are so lucky to have in Austin.” -AGB Customer, age 37 CREATED PROJECTS AT A LIBRARY EVENT OR USING LIBRARY RESOURCES “Fun crafts (some through APL, thank you!), Lego builds, and a person out of clay.” -AYB Customer, age 6 “I stitched underwater stuffies.” -ASE Customers, age 7 “[I] Created a skeleton fashionista!” -AUH Customer, age 10 “Alcohol ink art. Lots of fun at St John’s Branch” -ACE Customer, age 59 “Tonight I went to the Menchaca Library and a made a tiny bookcase. It is so adorable and I had so much fun. I was surrounded by true artists....Thank you to the people who provided the materials for tonight and sticking around and making this possible for me...” -AOK Customer, age 48 QUESTIONS? OVER 350 SUMMER EVENTS Animal & Nature Workshops Arts & Crafts Literature & Pop Culture Musical, Theatre & Dance Performances STEM & Games ...and more! EVENT ATTENDANCE COMPARISON 2023-2025 2023 2024 2025 % difference between 2024-2025 Total Events 297 327 354 +8.25% in events offered Total Attendance 10,481 12,244 17,366 +42% in attendance EVENT ATTENDANCE COMPARISON BY AGE 2023 2024 2025 % difference between 2024-2025 Kids Tweens Teens Adults 141 events 8,321 attendees 92 events 1,565 attendees 33 events 75 attendees 31 events 520 attendees 153 events 9,143 attendees 146 events 13,985 attendees +52.9% in attendance 79 events 1,700 44 events 494 attendees 62 events 861 attendees 85 events 1,693 45 events 433 attendees 79 events 1,300 attendees -0.4% in attendance -12.3% in attendance +50.9% in attendance Special thanks to our partners & presenters! T E R R E N C E T A P S MOST POPULAR SUMMER EVENTS Kids: Tuneful Tales with the Austin Symphony Orchestra 21 performances with 3,774 total attendees Kids: Circus Chickendog 8 performances with 1,183 total attendees Adults: Tiny Libraries 5 events with 141 total attendees (all events sold out!) SUMMER KICK OFF AT KIDS BLOCK PARTY: SATURDAY, JUNE 6 2026 TH