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Phoenix Public Library kicks off 2025 summer reading program May 1 with 'Color Our World' theme
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Phoenix Public Library announced its 2025 Summer Reading Program will run May 1–Aug. 1 with a goal of encouraging daily reading and free family programs across the city; registration opens May 1 and teen volunteer applications opened April 1.
The Phoenix Public Library’s 2025 Summer Reading Program will run May 1 through Aug. 1 with the theme “Color Our World,” library staff told the City of Phoenix Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee on April 9.
The program “is about stopping the summer slide,” said Wendy Resnick, Phoenix Public Library staff, noting studies that show students can lose the equivalent of two to four months of learning over summer. “On average, only 30 percent of third graders in Phoenix public schools are proficient readers,” Resnick said, and the program aims to help children maintain…
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