2025 Summer Reading Highlights!

  • 1,024 Registered
  • 577 Total Participated
  • 532 Finished their First Reading Goal
  • 16,001 Total Books Read by Children
  • 1,964 Total Books Read by Adults
  • 303,245 Total Minutes Read by Kids
  • 217, 109 Total Minutes Read by Teens
  • 86 Events
  • 2,458 Attend Events
  • 47 Community Sponsors/Partnerships

Sponsor Summer Reading

Promote your business or organization during the Columbia Public Library’s 2025 Summer Reading Program “Plant a Seed, Read” with a sponsorship commitment. Every summer, Columbia Library hosts a reading program and educational events for all ages! We strive to keep these events free to the public. 

If interested in contributing to the 2025 Summer Reading Program “Plant a Seed, Read”, please contact 

Crystal Snyder

Assistant Director & Community Engagement Librarian

Email: columbialibrary.events@gmail.com

Phone: 618-281-4237 ext. 12.5