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Summer Reading Club Bags

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Islip Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Books and More, Food, General Interest, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Program details:

Teen Programs

Come help us put together our Summer Reading Club bags! *Teens will earn two hours of community service. 

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Book & Craft Buddies

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Islip Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Books and More, Volunteer
Registration Required
Program details:

Teen Programs

Come share some special reading time with kids as they practice their reading. You will receive one hour of Community Service. 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Book & Craft Buddies

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Children
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Islip Public Library
Room: Children's Space
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Books and More
Registration Required
Program details:

Children's Program

Teen volunteers will be on hand to read and listen as kids practice reading. Share some special reading time with a big kid and make some crafts too!

Disclaimer(s)

  • If you are registering more than one (1) person, please select ADD A SEAT and enter their name and age or grade. 
     
  • If you do not see an option for "ADD A SEAT" after registering one child, go back into the program to add additional sibling(s) to the waiting list after completing the initial registration.  

In-person and online: Begins on Tuesday, May 6 at 5:30 pm.

Phone: Begins on Wednesday, May 7 at 10:00 am.

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Get to Know the Teen Department

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Children, Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Islip Public Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Books and More, General Interest, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Program details:

Teen Programs

Stop in to meet Ms. Kelly and get to know the Teen Department before Summer Reading Club begins! You'll receive a tour of the Teen Room and learn about the Summer Reading Club, along with some exciting upcoming programs!

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Summer Reading Club

06/21/2025 @ 9:00am - 08/28/2025 @ 5:00pm
Teens
Library Branch: Islip Public Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Books and More, Events, General Interest, Summer Reading
Program details:

Teen Programs

Sign up for our Teen Summer Reading Program this summer! Read books and earn raffle tickets for super cool prizes!

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration Required
Library Branch: Islip Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books and More
Registration Required
Program details:

Adult Programs

Join Librarian Mark Irish for a lively discussion of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker, a literary and
romantic crime thriller set in a rapidly transforming 1970s America.

Disclaimer(s)

  • IN PERSON REGISTRATION: begins at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 6
     
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION: begins at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, May 6
     
  • PHONE REGISTRATION: begins at 9:30 am on Wednesday, May 7
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Books & Bites

12:00pm - 1:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Islip Public Library
Room: Off-site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books and More
Registration Required
Program details:

Adult Programs

Join Librarian Kelly Harvey at J&R’s Steakhouse for lunch and a book discussion.  We will be discussing Charlie Donlea’s Those Empty Eyes, where there is a dark, chilling twist at every corner! 

Disclaimer(s)

  • IN PERSON REGISTRATION: begins at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 6
     
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION: begins at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, May 6
     
  • PHONE REGISTRATION: begins at 9:30 am on Wednesday, May 7