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Carlsbad Library reports record Summer Reading Adventure: 3,133 participants and 1.5 million minutes logged
Summary
Jennifer Benson said the library’s Summer Reading Adventure drew 3,133 participants (a 20% increase over 2023), logged more than 1.5 million minutes, hosted 13 special events and relied on 82 teen volunteers who contributed 1,417 hours.
Jennifer Benson, co-chair of the Carlsbad Library’s Summer Reading Adventure, told the library board on Sept. 25 that this year’s program recorded 3,133 participants across four age groups and logged more than 1,500,000 minutes of reading.
“The number of participants overall increased by 20% over 2023,” Benson said during the board meeting. She reported participants by category: 437 in the birth–4 group, 1,495 in kindergarten through grade 5, 437 in grades 6–12 and 763 adults.
Benson outlined…
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