Get ready to get rocking with Atlantic County Library System’s 2018 Summer Reading Program.

Not just for kids, we encourage people of all ages to read for prizes and take part in special events happening at all our branches.

• Join storytimes, contests, talks, crafts and classes all designed to rock you. Complete ACLS event listings are available on our Calendar of Events. Advance registration may be required for some events.
• Sign up for a reading program at your local branch and keep track of all the great books you read to make you eligible to earn or win prizes. Ask at each branch for specific details.
• Share what you’re reading and doing with @ACLSLibrarian on social media using the hashtags #LibrariesRock and #ACLSRocks on Twitter and Instagram.

Still looking for a summer read? The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon was having that same problem and decided to start the first ever “The Tonight Show Summer Reads.”

Jimmy did the research – looked at the cover, read the inner flap, studied the reviews - and picked 5 titles for a viewer vote which was announced on his show, June 29. The winner was: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.¹ This summer, use your library card to "walk around with that book everyone’s got" and read the others while you wait or when you're done.

The 4 contenders were:

• The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong
• The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
• IQ by Joe Ide
• Providence by Caroline Kepness

Follow and interact with Jimmy Fallon and the Atlantic County Library System
on Instagram by posting pictures of yourself reading and your comments on the books
using #TonightShowSummerReads and #ACLSReadsWithJimmy.

¹ eBook and audiobook formats also available in our Overdrive and Axis 360 digital collections.

During National Library Week, the Atlantic County Library System joins libraries nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries lead their communities through the transformative services, programs and expertise they offer.

The Atlantic County Library System is more than a quiet place to study and check out books. Whether it is internet access, job training and resumé writing workshops for the unemployed, or programs to engage the next generation, our library is a modern community center that provides for the needs of every member of our community. It is a place where lives are transformed every day.

This week make it a point to stop in and peruse our catalog or shelves to find books, music and magazines, use our computers or join one of our programs or events. Some of the programs we offer include storytimes, book clubs, computer skills workshops, chess clubs, knitting groups, concerts, informative talks, and health & fitness workshops. Checkout our events calendar or ask our staff to discover what's going on in our branches. If you can't come by, you can access our online resources which are available 24/7. Download a book, music or magazines and use our databases to learn a language, do research, get homework help or just to learn something new.

Libraries also recognize their viability relies on patron and community use and support.
Help us celebrate by visiting your library and showing your support on social media
with the #NationalLibraryWeek & #LibrariesLead.