Each year a different theme is chosen and each library plans programs and decorations around that theme. Weekly storytime themes support the overall theme. In 1995, 4,239 children became "Readers of the Roundtable." They journeyed to Camelot and other lands to be kings or queens or knights or even members of Robin Hood's band of Merry Men by reading over 47,000 books. The Society for Creative Anachronisms presented programs on life in the Middle Ages at each library to kick off the summer.
The 1996 Summer Reading Program for children has selected the theme "Choose Your Own Adventure." Contact your local library to find out how to adventure "Up, Up and Away" or go on a "Zoo Safari" and become a Summer Reader.