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Click here for a video message from Katherine Applegate!
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We are thrilled to announce that
Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medalist and #1 New York Times-bestselling author,
is our
2025 Summer Reading Champion! You and your patrons have surely been touched by Katherine’s beloved and award-winning books for young readers, including Odder, Home
of the Brave, Crenshaw, Wishtree, Willodeen, and The One and Only Ivan. She is also the author of the Animorphs series,
a beginning reader series, Doggo and Pupper, illustrated by Charlie Alder, and
Dogtown, co-authored with Gennifer Choldenko. We know you love these books as much as your patrons probably do!
Our thanks to
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for partnering with us and to the author for sharing her time and passion to promote summer reading!
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Upcoming Free Event & Poster!
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Be inspired by Katherine Applegate, our
Summer Reading Champion, and be the first to hear about the Summer Color Our World Writing Contest! You will also learn about program ideas from our Manual Committee members. These experts will highlight some of the ideas
they came up with from our 2025
programming manual.
Register
here to attend live (limit 3,000 participants). If you cannot attend live, but would like to receive a link to the recording,
complete this form.
It's Katherine Applegate yawl! Can you tell we're excited?
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Thanks to our partner this year,
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, they produced 5,000 beautiful posters featuring our Summer Reading Champion for CSLP member libraries. If your library places an order after January 15, 2024, this full color 18"x24"
poster will be included automatically. This poster is all about Katherine Applegate's signature quote that "Books Change the World And So Can You". We believe it!
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