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# Brooklyn Public Library Celebrates Summer Reading Thursday
- URL: https://bklyner.com/brooklyn-public-library-celebrates-summer-reading-thursday-southslope/
- Published: 2013-06-05T20:31:41.000Z
- Updated: 2013-06-05T20:31:41.000Z
- Author: Christine Bush
- Tags: library, arts and crafts, Brooklyn Public Library, friends of park slope library, melaine hope greenberg, park slope branch library, summer reading, #API-Imported

![summer reading](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/summer-reading.jpg)

Public schools across the city are closed for [Anniversary Day](/blog/history/history-at-home-this-day-in-the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-17) on Thursday, June 6, but [Brooklyn Public Library](http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/?ref=bklyner.com) will be bursting at the seams with fun activities to celebrate the official kickoff of [Summer Reading](http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/summerreading?ref=bklyner.com). Here’s what you can look forward to at our Park Slope branch (431 6th Avenue at 9th Street):

2-2:30: Arts and Crafts  
2:30-3: [Suzi Shelton](http://www.suzishelton.com/?ref=bklyner.com) will sing stories  
3-3:30: Arts and Crafts  
3:30-4: [Melanie Hope Greenberg](http://www.melaniehopegreenberg.com/index.html?ref=bklyner.com), local author of Mermaids on Parade, about the Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Want to get a jump on those first fantastic books of the summer? The BPL has [reading lists](http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/summerreading?ref=bklyner.com) on their website for everyone in the family, so be sure to check it out before you go.

I*mage via [Brooklyn Public Library](http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/summerreading?ref=bklyner.com)*