The Public Libraries of Suffolk County announced today that their 2025 youth summer reading initiative reached thousands of young participants ages 0-18. The program, Color Our World, which ran from late June through the end of August, saw 33,086 young readers register across 56 participating libraries. Participants read a total of 126,594 books and attended thousands of associated programs offered by participating libraries.

Of the 8,159 summer programs hosted by participating libraries, 166,895 children and teens attended. Suffolk’s 56 participating public libraries offered summer programs for kids and teens, many keeping with the theme of Color Our World. They included family concert performances, friendship bracelet making, life-sized Candy Land, 3D printing, escape rooms, jewelry mak

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