Join our hosts as we talk about Summer Reading and the fun kick off parties we have each year.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

00:07 – Book Recommendations from Arianne

07:44 – Guest Introductions – Nyssa and Heide

08:30 – Summer Reading Kick-off Parties

14:14 – Changes to kick-off parties over the years

20:02 – Where are the kick-off parties this year?

20:25 – How do we decide what branches host the kick-offs?

21:35 – What goes into planning the kick-off parties?

23:17 – What planning happens in the branch for the parties?

24:23 – Favorite part of planning the kick-off parties

25:35 – What do you like about summer reading as a staff member?

30:12 – What do you like about summer reading as a patron?

33:12 – Potatoes!

37:27 – Outro

Reader's Advisory:

Kids

Higgins, Ryan. We don’t Eat our Classmates. Disney-Hyperion, 2018.

Skeers, Linda. Dinosaur Lady. Sourcebooks, 2020.

Watts, Sophia. Dig! Uncover the secrets of the past with Archeology. Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2025.

Hoena, Blake, and Paul Sereno. Everything Dinosaurs. Illustrated by Franco Tempesta, National Geographic Society, 2014. National Geographic Kids, link.gale.com/apps/doc/KZEPTZ210448287/NGMK?u=salt82334&sid=bookmark-NGMK&xid=a5efe18b&pg=4. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

Walking with dinosaurs: the movie. Los Angeles, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2013.

How to Catch a Dinosaur (Read Along). Hoopla, Dreamscape Media. Mar. 2026, https://www.hoopladigital.com/movie/how-to-catch-a-dinosaur-read-along-pete-cross/12409906

Teens

Riordan, Rick. The Sword of Summer. Disney-Hyperion, 2017.

The Secret of Kells. Directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, performances by Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Christen Mooney, Mick Lally, Michael McGrath, Liam Hourican, Paul Tylak, Paul Young, Buena Vista International, 2009.

“History of the Vikings. From 793 to 1035”. World Book Timelines, Apr. 2026, https://www-worldbookonline-com.ulc.idm.oclc.org/wbtimelines/viewtimelines?source=WB&timelineId=5926e794e4b0de2b380e73c1

How to Train your Dragon. Directed by Dean DeBlois, performances by Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, T.J. Miller, Dreamworks Animation, 2010.

The Book of Kells. Dublin, Trinity College Library, Ms. 58 (A.I.6) Lucerne: Faksimile-Verlag, c. 1990 xND3359 K4 B65 1990

https://lib.utah.edu/collections/rarebooks/exhibits/past/Ornamental.php

Adults

Gong, Chloe. These Violent Delights. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020.

Novik, Naomi. His majesty’s dragon. Del Rey Books, 2006.

Sanderson, Brandon. Tress of the Emerald Sea. Tor Publishing Group, 2023.

The Mummy. directed by Stephen Sommers, performances by Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Jonathan Hyde, Kevin J. O’Conner. Universal Pictures, 1999.

The Da Vinci Code. Directed by Ron Howard, performances by Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.