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Summer Reading 2025

June 14 – August 2
For all ages • at all library locations
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Upcoming program Color Therapy for Teens and Adults

Saturdays in June and July
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
South Regional Library

Upcoming program Tabletop Troupe

Tuesdays in June – 4-5 p.m.
South Regional Library
For ages 7-14
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Upcoming program Movie Mondays!

Mondays this summer – 2-4 p.m.
Southwest Regional Library
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Upcoming program Move and Groove with Preschool Rockstar

Saturday, June 28 – 10-10:45 a.m.
North Regional Library

NC Kids Digital Library. NC Kids Level Up.

Online resource NC Kids Digital Library & NC Kids Level Up

Ebooks, e-audiobooks, and video for kids and teens! Also available through the Libby app – add NC Kids Digital Library (for kids) or NC Kids Level Up (for teens and tweens) as a new library in your Libby settings for access.

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Upcoming program Be an Ally: Create a Pride Flag Pin!

Thursday, June 26 – 3-4 p.m.
South Regional Library
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Upcoming program Teen LGBTQ Book Club

Saturday, June 28 – 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Southwest Regional Library

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Bull City Stories

…is not a film festival.
July 14-19
Main Library

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Online resource LearningExpress Library

Test prep for the SAT, GED, ASVAB, occupational exams, and more. Skills building tools for students from elementary to adult. Basic computer classes. All free with your Durham County Library card!

Covers of books looking at the future and alternate realities through a Black cultural lens.

Book list Afrofuturism

Covers of books with strategies for managing the complexities of life that interfere with our ability to focus.

Book list Stay Focused

Covers of books featured on HBO's White Lotus.

Book list White Lotus

Covers of nonfiction books about tyranny and propaganda. Lots of red and black in the color scheme.

Book list On Tyranny

Cover art of the Two-Sided Tales anthology. On the left side is a group of mostly sinister-looking characters against a dramatic sunset sky with backlit shapes in the background covered with eyes. On the right side is a group of mostly friendly-looking characters on a green hill in front of a blue sky.

New! Two-Sided Tales: A Triangle Comics Creator Network anthology

There are two sides to every story! The newest anthology by the Triangle Comics Creator Network features 18 comics from 19 North Carolina artists.

This anthology was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Durham Library Foundation.

More about the Triangle Comics Creator Network >

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