We also invite you to fill out our Summer at Altadena Libraries survey!

Summer at Altadena Libraries: June 2 - August 16, 2025

The theme this year is Level Up at Your Library, which we invite you to do at more than 100+ events. We also invite you to join our all ages summer reading/activities challenge.

Summer Reading/Activities Challenge

Level Up! at the Altadena Library District this summer! Log the minutes that you read and the activities that you complete. Completing this challenge requires 5 badges.

How do you earn badges? By completing 2 challenges in a given category. This summer's activity categories include opportunities to Level-Up in 5 ways: with self-care, in your community, yourself, through fun, and at the library.

Reading badges can be earned for every 100 minutes that you read. We challenge you to read 500 minutes this summer!

Help us reach our community reading goal of 250,000 minutes!

What are the prizes?

  • Registration Prize: Tote bag & book for adults and children and tote bag & a reading journal for teens ages 13-18

  • Completion Prize:

    • Children ages 0-12 at 5 badges: Prize from the treasure chest

    • Teens ages 13-17 at 5 badges: $5 gift card

    • Adults 18+ at 5 badges: $5 gift card

Completion prizes can be picked up starting June 16, 2025. You must earn a total of 5 badges to receive your completion badge to pick up your prize! All prizes are available while supplies last until August 30, 2025.

You can sign up for our summer reading challenge at the Main Library, during the Summer Reading Kickoff event on June 7, or online at AltadenaLibrary.Beanstack.org.

Sign Up for Summer Reading at Our Kickoff Event – June 7!

The easiest way to sign up for our summer reading/activities challenge is to join us at our Summer Reading Kickoff Event, Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Main Library, where you can sign up and enjoy a fun-filled morning of crafts, face painting, jumbo games, mini D&D, Syd Studios Photo Booth, Families in Schools book distribution (tk-3 grade), Bevel Coffee (for purchase), a seedling giveaway from Image Preschool in La Crescenta, a community board game swap, and from 12 to 1 p.m. a magic show with Robert Ramirez.

Lunch at the Library This Summer!

We are offering free lunches for kids & teens (ages 0-18) this summer. Lunch will be served:

11:30am – 12:30pm
Monday – Friday, June 9 – August 1, 2025 (except 6/19 & 7/4)
Altadena Main Library Community Room

You do not need to sign-up, show identification, or apply. Lunch will be served on a first come, first-served basis. The library offers these healthy meals in partnership with Pasadena Unified School District through the USDA Summer Food Service Program. We hope you will come for healthy lunches, summer reading, and free activities to help young minds and bodies grow and thrive.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. The Summer Food Service Program is a program of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, administered in California by the California Department of Education. Lunch at the Library is a project of the California State Library, supported with funds from the State of California.

We have more than 100 programs scheduled this summer. Pick up a printed catalog at our Main Library. You can also learn more about our summer events and register for specific programs at  www.altadenalibrary.org/programs.

A Case for Summer Reading

Summer reading programs are more important than ever. It is normal in summer months for students to experience “summer slide,” or learning loss, over the break from school.  The Altadena Libraries’ Summer Reading Program empowers students to build their literacy skills through encouraging the self-selection of materials and incentives. Eight out of 10 studies show that students who read for fun perform better in school than students who do not. This summer we encourage you to adopt new patterns that can change your life and the lives of your children. Let’s make reading fun this summer!

Teen Volunteers

Teens can also volunteer during the summer for service credit. All new volunteers must fill out our online application. You will receive an email with instructions on how to complete the Teen Volunteer Program Orientation. 

Stop by the Teen Space or visit our teen page to learn more about the summer volunteer schedule.