Summer Reading Program 2026
Dear readers,
Thank you so much for participating in our annual Summer Reading Program! We were so happy to see you this summer and hear about all of the amazing books you read.
250 young people (age birth to 18) participated in this year’s program! Community members reported reading 4,644 books, almost doubling our Community Reading Goal of 2,500 books!
The teen and adult Summer Reading Prize Basket winners will be drawn and contacted this week (September 8-11). Stay tuned!
Thank you for spending your summer with us and helping us celebrate the importance of story and literacy in our community! Thank you again to Ice Cream Bar for hosting our Kick-off Party this year, and thank you to all of our funders. Until next year, keep reading!
From your UPL staff:
Clay, Heather, Laura, Max, Meredith, Peggy, Scott & Stephan
This program was made possible in part with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the office of the Governor and NYS Legislature, administered by the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.
Thank you to our funders:
