Summer Reading

A fun way to encourage your children to keep reading this summer is to have them complete a "Summer Reading Calendar Log". Students who complete the "Summer Reading Calendar Log" and return it to Ms. Amy in August will receive a prize!

• "Summer Reading Calendar Log"

Click here to visit the Del Valle Libraries (East Travis Gateway Library District) website to learn more about the Garfield Library and Elroy Library. 

All students have an Austin Public Library card. If the APL card has been misplaced,  parents or guardians can get their child's APL card information by contacting Austin Public Library Customer Service via email at circ.link@austintexas.gov or by phone at (512) 974-7475. 

Not sure how to use your Austin Public Library Card online? Check out this video!

Click here to visit the Austin Public Library Youth Services website. 

We have hundreds of awesome ebooks that students love to read! They can all be accessed in MackinVIA. 

Click here for directions on how to access MackinVIA. 

ComicsPlus is a great online, reading resource for students who love to read manga, graphic novels, and comics. Click here to learn how to access ComicsPlus in MackinVIA. 

Lightbox eBooks are interactive, nonfiction, multimedia eBooks that students love to read. 

Click here for directions on how to access our Lightbox eBooks. 

Click here to view Unite for Literacy's wonderful, free ebooks. 

BookSpring publishes weekly reading themes that encourage families to read and interact with reading together. 

• Click here for BookSpring's weekly reading themes in English. 
• Click here for BookSpring's weekly reading themes in Spanish. 

There will be fun, free, safe activies and events in the Garfield and Elroy Libraries this summer. These events are a great opportunity to get out of the house as a family, have fun, and then check out free books.

Please click here to view the Youth Events Calendar. Click here to learn more details about the fun programs available at the Del Valle Libraries this summer. 

Please click here to view the Del Valle Libraries Mobile Library calendar. 

There will be fun, free, safe activies and events at all the Austin Public Library locations this summer. These events are a great opportunity to get out of the house as a family, have fun, and then check out free books.

Please click here to view the Austin Public Library calendar of events. Please click here to learn more about APL's summer reading challenge for students. 

We have a special partnership with the Ruiz Branch of the Austin Public Library. Please click here to learn about free, fun events at the Ruiz Library in June in English and here to learn about them in Spanish. Check out information about the Ruiz Library's special Animanga event on June 17th!

The Austin Public Library has an amazing Summer Reading Program. To learn more about it, click here.