A.K. Smiley Public Library Blog

Serving the City of Redlands, California since 1894

“May freedom be seen, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to please, to do what is right.” — Rev. Peter Marshall, chaplain of the U.S. Senate, 1947

“The reader became the book; and summer night / Was like the conscious being of the book.” — from "The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm" by Wallace Stevens, 20th century American modernist poet

Participate and win! Adult Summer Reading Program now underway through August 2

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The grand prize is a $100 shopping spree at Gerrards Market in Redlands!

All you have to do is read and review books that you have checked out from A.K. Smiley Public Library and enter to win gift cards and goodies from your favorite local businesses!

Upon returning your book or books, pick up a review slip from the Circulation Desk, fill it out, and drop it in our raffle box at the Reference Desk.

Besides the Gerrards shopping spree, other prizes include those from Bricks and Birch, Saverino’s Italian Deli & Market, Olive Ave. Market, Oscar’s Mexican Restaurant, a la Minute Ice Cream, Martha Green’s The Eating Room, The Gourmet Pizza Shoppe, Carolyn’s Cafe, and Breakfast Shack.

So join in on some summer fun! The more you read, the better your chances of winning!