Children, teens, and adults flocked to libraries all across the country for a variety of summer reading programs. "Xtreme Read," a summer program for teens, take off July 22 with BMX bike demonstrations (above) at Milwaukee Public Library's Tippecanoe branch. Sacramento (Calif.) Public Library Director Anne Marie Gold (left) receives a big hug from Monty, the mascot of the Sacramento Monarchs women's basketball team. Players joined the library in a June 2 kickoff for the Kids' Summer Reading Club and the Monarchs Reading Team Challenge. Local Shaolin Temple monks (bottom left) perform August 2 in one of their first public exhibitions during the annual Aspire Summer Fest Celebration held at Houston Public Library's Acres Homes branch. Young Mary Kelly (below) enjoys her ice cream sundae August 5 at the Friends of the Westlake (Ohio) Porter Public Library's annual Ice Cream Social, the grand finale to the library's Summer Reading Program.
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