2023 Mythical Summer of Reading

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library for our 2023 Mythical Summer of Reading program! You’ll find great recommendations, you can earn a free summer reading t-shirt, meet some amazing authors, and enjoy summer’s last hurrah during our Summer Celebration at Soddy Municipal Park!

• Summer Reading Recommendations - We’ve created lists of great

books, chosen by a panel of librarians, educators, and book industry

professionals, for kids PreK-12 AND Adults as well.

• Summer Reading Program - Earn a great Mythical Summer Reading t-

shirt just for reading - adults too! Just download the appropriate Reading Journal, read the required number of books, turn in your completed journal, and the shirt is yours! Turn in your finished journals between

July 18 and August 4, 2023. 

Shirts will be available for pick up August 18

- 25 at the SDCL, and also during our Summer Celebration.

• Free Lunch for Kids 18 and under - this is our 5th year offering this

awesome program with the YMCA Mobile Fit program. Lunch is

available Monday - Friday, 12 noon - 2pm beginning May 30 and going through August 4th.

• Summer Lunch Programming:

Mindful Mondays - A literacy-based yoga exercise

Artsy Tuesdays - A different art project every week

Storytime Wednesdays - Great books, crafts, and a few surprises

Theater Thursdays - Movies, a puppet show, an author visit, the

Chattanooga Zoo, and more

Free Book Fridays (Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Fund) - Each Friday between June 1 and August 4,

during regular hours (11a - 4p), come into the SDCL to pick out a free

book to keep for your own personal library - adults too!

• Summer Author Events - We have 11 different author and speaker

events happening at your SDCL, ranging from children picture books to

adult mystery/thriller authors, a Native American storyteller, a Sale Creek historian and folklorist, and a special writing workshop!

• The Summer Celebration in the Park, Saturday, August 20, 2022 - It’s

time to take a walk on the WILD side, with free activities, games, a

scavenger hunt, vendors, food trucks, special entertainment, and more!

The event is family friendly and free to attend.