2025 Summer Reading

Summer Reading is June 18 through August 15!

This year’s theme is Color Our World!

Sign up using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/dS2Eb5ZHGuP54eAU8

This year you can log your reading using a paper log (contact Alex to request a copy) or you can join the Dobbs Ferry Teen Summer Reading book club on The StoryGraph and see what your friends are reading!

Have questions? Email teen librarian Alex at teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org.

Notable events:

  • Wednesday, 6/18 @ 3pm: Summer Reading Kickoff (Community Room, all ages). Add to a community mural that will be displayed in the library gallery all summer! Local partners to be announced.
  • Monday to Friday, 6/23 – 6/27 @ 12-4pm: Drop-In Craft Station (Children’s Room and Teen Space, all ages). Looking for something to do as school ends? Swing by to make a craft in the children’s room and teen space from some of our many materials!
  • Tuesday-Thursday, 7/8-7/10 @ 4pm: D&D Dungeon Master Academy (Community Room, ages 8-18). Learn to run your own D&D game with our expert volunteer, Alex Peck!
  • Wednesday, 8/6 @ 4:15pm: Draw Manga with Paige Monte (Community Room, ages 10-18). Love manga or anime? Learn to make art inspired by it with local art teacher Paige Monte, a FerryCon favorite!
  • Friday, 8/15 at 2pm: Outdoor Finale Party (Community Room/Plaza, all ages). Design a new cover for your favorite book while snacking at our sundae bar!

 

Potential prizes include free books; your pick of items from our Summer Reading Prize Bag; gift cards to Climbing Wolf Coffee, Rivertown General, ThePod, Ice Cream Social, Bloomy Cheese and Provisions, and more! Participation also enters you in the raffle for the mystery prize at the end of the summer!

Thank you to our Summer Reading partners: Climbing Wolf, Rivertown General, ThePod, Ice Cream Social, Scribble Art Workshop, Bloomy Cheese & Provisions

 

Summer Assignments for School

Looking for the DF MS/HS summer reading lists? We’ve got you covered. This will be updated as more of them come available.

Grade 6: Suggested Reading – TBD

Grade 7: Suggested Reading – TBD

Grade 8: Suggested Reading – TBD

Grades 9-12: English Summer Assignments – TBD