Summer Reading 2026

Summer is here! Enjoy reading some great books this summer, on the beach, in the park, on your vacation abroad. Books can go where ever you do and take you to places you never knew existed.

These are some places to get your Summer Reading Books:

Queens Library Summer Reading

Sora

Read a Great Book This Weekend

 

They are predicting lots of snow this weekend. Instead of going outside, stay in and read a great book. This one is fantastic and available in SORA, and so are hundreds of other amazing eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines.

Summer Reading Queens Library

Summer is almost here and school is almost out! You have access to lots of Summer Reading through SORA and the Queens Public Library. Enjoy days at the beach, park or at home taking an adventure reading books! Enjoy your Summer!!!

Black History Month SORA

Celebrate Juneteenth All Month Long

Read, learn and celebrate Juneteenth in Sora! Sign-in with your NYCDOE email account and start reading.

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Orientation 2025-2026 Welcome to Your School Library!

Library Hours:

Monday thru Thursday Periods 1,2,4,5,6,7 and 8 

Friday Periods 1,2,Book Club,9 and 10

Please come during your lunch or free periods to read, borrow books, use Microsoft Office, play board games, use the Internet for research and for fun.

Borrowing Rules:

Your student ID is your Library Card. You may borrow one book for three weeks, however you may renew and place material on hold. 

Library Rules:

1. All students must show ID or Library Lunch Pass when entering the library.

2. There is no food, drinks or gum chewing allowed.

3. Students are allowed to use material in the makerspace, play computer games, watch videos and to use your personal devices on mute or with headphones. 

*****Note* School work takes priority over other activities on school computers. 

4. Please ask Mrs. Lewis before you print.

5. You must remain in the library the entire period.

6. No cell phone use allowed in the library.

7. You may borrow a laptop with your School ID card.

Resources:

• Destiny Discover- Access our school catalog including eBooks.
• Databases/Online Encyclopedias
• ProCon.org
  
• Sora- NYCDOE Citywide Digital Library available for all NYCDOE students. Borrow eBooks, AudioBooks and Magazines. 
• Book Club

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Outside Resources

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Borrow a tablet or Laptop at Queens Library

Have a Great Summer Reading

Take a book with you everywhere you go this Summer, including but not limited to the beach, the park and your own backyard. Many branches of the Queens Library are now open. You can also explore other reading options including Sora and Destiny which you can use your school email and password to access. 

Stay safe this Summer and read!!!

Instant Summer Reads in Sora

Make sure to log into Sora this Summer for access to instant reads. All you have to do is log in, select a book and start reading all Summer long.

Sora Summer 

More June Pride Month Sora Reads

Fun Friday's Free YouTube Movie

Read the graphic novel Tomb Raider in Sora at the Queens Library. Go on a quest with Lara Croft for the secret to immortality as she fights a lethal new enemy. You can also watch the free Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life movie on YouTube below. 

Tonight you can view a Juneteenth: Together We Triumph- A Soul of a Nation Special Event on ABC from 9pm-11pm. 

Juneteenth ABC Event Special

Sora Pride in June

Juneteenth Brooklyn Public Library

Today, to celebrate and encourage discussion about Juneteenth the Walt Whitman branch of the Brooklyn Library between 10am-2:45pm is providing weekly grab and go kits for children, teens and adults. No registration is required but supplies are limited. 

Juneteenth Grab and Go

You can also check out some of these Juneteenth related reads in Sora.

Book Trailer Crossed by Ally Condie

Fun Fridays Free YouTube Movie Alex Rider Stormbreaker

Stormbreaker is the first book of the Alex Rider series by author Anthony Horowitz. It's about an orphan turned super spy who is trying to save the world one mission at a time. If you like intrigue and adventure give read this book in Sora.  You can also watch the free YouTube movie too!

More June Pride

Fun Friday's The Crucible Free YouTube Movie

Read The Crucible by Arthur Miller in Sora. Based on the Salem witch trials it examines guilt, mass hysteria, and the complexities of being human. You can also see The Crucible for free on YouTube.

Book Trailer The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik

June is Pride Month!

Fun Friday's Free YouTube Movie Maximum Ride

Read all about fascinating Volcanoes including Vesuvius, Krakatau, Nevado del Ruiz, Kilauea and Mount St. Helens in Sora.  You can also watch the free Youtube movie Nature Unleashed: Volcano about a volcanologist trying to warn a town that a volcano is about to erupt.