Pippi, our resident Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.), is here to help kids with their reading. Reading with a dog has been shown to improve children's fluency and build reading confidence. Please fill out this form to set up a 20-minute reading appointment. Her hours are Monday-Friday from 3-5 pm. She'll come to your branch.

Ages 12-18

Puzzle fast, sip cocoa, repeat. Join us for a jigsaw puzzle race and a hot cocoa bar—winter fun just for teens.

• Coalville — Wednesday, 1/7 at 2:30 PM

• Kimball Jct. — Tuesday, 1/13 at 3:30 PM

• Kamas Valley — Wednesday, 1/14 at 3 PM

Mondays, February 2 - April 6 | Ages 18+

Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. This 9-week course, created by the Foreign Policy Association involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book on your own (approx. 15 pages a week), watching a 30 minute documentary together, then discussing what we have learned. Registration is required. Class size is limited, first come first served. All classes will be held in the Auditorium of the Kimball Junction Branch Library. Registration will open at 10 AM on Tuesday, January 6. Please call Murph at 435-336-3069 if you need help with registering.

• Register for Mondays, Afternoon Class at 2 PM

• Register for Mondays, Evening Class at 6 PM

Monday, January 19

All Summit County Library branches will be closed on Monday, January 19 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January 20. 

Tuesday, January 13 at 12 PM

Join us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply, in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?

Tuesday, January 20 at 12 PM

Be sure to jump start your new year with us as we chat virtually with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging.  

Wednesday, January 28 at 5 PM

We are thrilled to welcome Liz Moore to discuss her latest work, The God of the Woods, an instant New York Times bestseller and one of NPR’s 2024 “Books We Love” highlights.