{"id":225943,"date":"2026-06-23T16:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225943\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:33:07","slug":"erie-county-public-library-kicks-off-summer-of-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225943\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County Public Library kicks off summer of reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Erie County Public Library kicked off a summer filled with reading on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Blasco Library held their annual summer reading celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Families explored the Idea Lab, read books, played games, got a sweet treat and learned from the library&#8217;s historical education exhibits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Werner Books supplied free books and Erie&#8217;s Public Schools helped prepare students for their summer reading projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Local artist paints mural in Warren;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/local-artist-paints-mural-in-warren\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Local artist paints mural in Warren\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year&#8217;s is theme is &#8220;Founding Stories,&#8221; celebrating and learning about history just in time for America 250.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Erie, as a community, we are historically low on literacy rates, so here at the public library, we take that personally, and we really want all of our community reading, because when we raise a community of readers, we raise the entire community,&#8221; said Alyssa Johnson, communication and outreach coordinator for the Erie County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With plenty of community resources and partners on site, organizers said the celebration helped readers gear up for a summer full of learning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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