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Adult Reading Program
Libraryland -- Your Happy Place
June 9 - September 7, 2025
For ages 14 years and older
We're honoring the 70th anniversary of Disneyland with our own take on the happiest place on earth. Libraryland, our Adult Summer Reading Program, features 10 enticing areas of good books. Take a stroll down Main Street, USA, by reading a book set in a small town, take off to Tomorrowland with a sci-fi story, or pull into Dewey's Drive-In and watch a Disney classic. Book your trip starting Monday, June 9, 2025 at the Adult Reference Desk and enjoy the happiest place all summer through Sunday, September 7, 2025.
How to Participate
In Person
- Register at the Adult Reference Desk starting Monday, June 9, 2025.
- Pick up a Libraryland Map (log sheet) and Libraryland Guidebook (booklist of suggested titles).
- Read, watch, or listen to five (5) titles from five (5) different categories.
- Choose books from our displays or pick your own titles based on the category descriptions.
- Log each title you complete on your Libraryland Map.
- For each title you complete, fill out a prize ticket and drop it in one of the prize buckets located behind the Adult Reference Desk. The more you read, the more tickets you earn, the better your chances to win!
- When you've completed five (5) categories, request your program t-shirt at the Adult Reference Desk.
- Prize winners will be announced at our Wrap-Up Party in September. Stay tuned for details!
Online
- Starting Monday, June 9, 2025, log in or create a Beanstack account, then register for the Adult Reading Program.
- Log your books in Beanstack to earn online tickets to enter in our prize drawings.
- Print your Libraryland Map (log sheet). You must turn in a completed log sheet in person at the Adult Reference Desk to receive your program t-shirt, even if you log books online.
- View our Libraryland Guidebook (booklist) for reading suggestions for each category, or choose your own books based on category descriptions.
- After completing five (5) categories, request your program t-shirt in person at the Adult Reference Desk.
- Prize winners will be announced at our Wrap-Up Party in September. Stay tuned for details!
Wrap-Up Party: Disney Trivia
Sunday, September 21 at 2 pm - 4 pm
Lee Maternowski Room
Do you think you know all there is to know about the Wonderful World of Disney? Grab your mouse ears and join us for an afternoon of tantalizing trivia about the Happiest Place on Earth! Refreshments will be served. Following trivia, we will announce prize winners of the Adult Services Reading Program. Wear your Libraryland t-shirt to be entered in a special prize drawing. Open to ages 14 and older. Participation in the reading program is not required.
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Categories
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Adventureland
Read a book about a great adventure:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number Bitterfrost Bryan Gruley New Gruley, B. The Last Hamilton Jenn Bregman New Bregman, J. Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure Rhys Bowen New Bowen, R. The Trackers Charles Frazier Frazier, C. What Kind of Paradise Janelle Brown Brown, J. Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number Endurance: The Discovery of Shackleton's Legendary Ship John Shears New 919.8904 SHE The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions Amanda Bellows 910.922 BEL The Explorer's Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map Alex Hutchinson New 910.019 HUT Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali Cassidy Randall 796.522097983 RAN The Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides 910.92 SID Other Authors to Try
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Bayou Country
Read a Southern Noir or book set in the South:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number King of Ashes S.A. Cosby New Cosby, S. Nothing but the Bones Brian Panowich New Panowich, B. Ozark Dogs Eli Cranor Cranor, Eli Rednecks Taylor Brown Brown, T. The Reluctant Sheriff Chris Offutt New Offutt, C. Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number The Barn Wright Thompson 364.134 THO Furious Hours Casey Cep 364.15232 CEP The Mango Tree Annabelle Tometich 813.6 TOM Swamp Kings Jason Ryan Large Print 975.7970922 RYA Waste Catherine Flowers 363.728 FLO Other Authors to Try
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Dewey's Drive-In
Watch a classic Disney movie from the 1950s, 1960s, or 1970s:
1940s
Title Release Date Dumbo October 23, 1941 Bambi August 13, 1942 1950s
Title Release Date Cinderella February 15, 1950 Treasure Island July 29, 1950 Alice in Wonderland July 28, 1951 The Story of Robin Hood June 26, 1952 Peter Pan February 5, 1953 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea December 23, 1954 Lady and the Tramp June 22, 1955 Johnny Tremain June 19, 1957 Old Yeller December 25, 1957 Sleeping Beauty January 29, 1959 The Shaggy Dog March 19, 1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People June 26, 1959 1960s
Title Release Date Pollyanna May 19, 1960 Swiss Family Robinson December 21, 1960 One Hundred and One Dalmatians January 25, 1961 The Absent-Minded Professor March 16, 1961 The Parent Trap June 21, 1961 Babes in Toyland December 14, 1961 In Search of the Castaways December 21, 1962 Son of Flubber January 16, 1963 The Sword in the Stone December 25, 1963 The Misadventures of Merlin Jones March 25, 1964 The Three Lives of Thomasina June 4, 1964 The Moon-Spinners July 8, 1964 Mary Poppins August 29, 1964 That Darn Cat! December 2, 1965 The Ugly Dachshund February 16, 1966 Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. July 29, 1966 Follow Me, Boys! December 1, 1966 Monkeys, Go Home! February 8, 1967 The Jungle Book October 18, 1967 The Happiest Millionaire November 30, 1967 Blackbeard's Ghost February 8, 1968 The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit December 20, 1968 The Love Bug March 13, 1969 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes December 24, 1969 1970s
Title Release Date The Boatniks July 1, 1970 The Wild Country December 15, 1970 The Aristocats December 24, 1970 The Barefoot Executive March 17, 1971 The Million Dollar Duck June 30, 1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks December 13, 1971 Robin Hood November 8, 1973 Herbie Rides Again June 6, 1974 The Strongest Man in the World February 6, 1975 Escape to Witch Mountain March 21, 1975 The Apple Dumpling Game July 1, 1975 No Deposit, No Return February 5, 1976 Gus July 7, 1976 The Shaggy D.A. December 17, 1976 Freaky Friday December 17, 1976 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh March 11, 1977 The Rescuers June 22, 1977 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo June 22, 1977 Pete's Dragon November 3, 1977 Candleshoe December 16, 1977 Return from Witch Mountain March 10, 1978 The Cat from Outer Space June 9, 1978 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again June 27, 1979 Unidentified Flying Oddball July 26, 1979 The Black Hole December 21, 1979 -
Fantasyland
Read a fantasy, featuring vampires, dragons, or other fantastical elements:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number Can't Spell Treason Without Tea Rebecca Thorne Thorne, R. My Favorite Thing is Monsters Emil Ferris Adult Graphic Novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters v.1 The Spellshop Sarah Beth Durst Large Print Durst, S. The Sword Catcher Cassandra Clare Clare, C. Wooing the Witch Queen Stephanie Burgis On Order Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number The Book of Witches Jonathan Strahan 808.838766 BOO Dragons and Serpents Stefan Broennle 398.2454 BRO Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series James Hibberd 791.4572 GAM Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult Raphael Cormack New 133.9 COR The Little Encyclopedia of Enchanted Woodland Creatures: an A-to-Z Guide to Mythical Beings on the Forest Jason Lancaster New 398.24 LAN Other Authors to Try
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Frontierland
Read a Western or a book set in the Western U.S.:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number Bear Flag Revolt Robert Lee Murphy New Large Print Murphy, R. Deadly Betrayal James Clay New Large Print Clay, J. Nordic & Finn Peter Brandvold Large Print Brandvold, P. Siskiyou Trail B. N. Rundell New Large Print Rundell, B. The Woman Who Went for Broke C. K. Crigger New Large Print Crigger, C. Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number Finding the Wild West Mike Cox 917.804 COX Gentleman Bandit John Boessenecker Large Print 979.404092 BOE A Hell of a Storm David S. Brown 973.7113 BRO The Summer of 1876 Chris Wimmer 978.02 WIM A Woman Among Wolves Diane Boyd 599.773 BOY Other Authors to Try
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Main Street, USA
Read a book set in a small town or by an All-American author:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Kim Michele Richardson Richardson, K. This Other Eden Paul Harding Harding, P. Shotgun Lovesongs Nickolas Butler Butler, N. Us Against You Fredrik Backman Backman, F. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop Fannie Flagg Flagg, F. Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number Before It's Gone Jonathan Vigliotti New 363.7 VIG Fordlandia: the Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City Greg Grandin 981 GRA Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America Will Bardenwerper 796. 35764 BAR One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, An Unlikely Coach, and A Magical Baseball Season Chris Ballard 796.35762 BAL Rough Sleepers Tracy Kidder 362.592 KID Additional Titles
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Mystery Mansion
Read a mystery:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number Diavola Jennifer Thorne Thorne, J. Incidents Around the House Josh Malerman Malerman, J. Kill Your Darlings Peter Swanson New Swanson, P. This Book Will Bury Me Ashley Winstead New Winstead, A. With a Vengeance Riley Sager New Sager, R. Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number Eden Undone Abbott Kahler 307.77098665 KAH Home of the Happy Jordan LaHaye Fontenot 362.882092 LAH The Lady Vanishes Alison Sandy New 363.2336 SAN The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto Benjamin Wallace New 332.4 WAL No Human Involved Cheryl L. Neely 362.88082 NEE Other Authors to Try
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Safari Land
Read a book featuring a wild animal:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number Pearly Everlasting Tammy Armstrong Armstrong, T. Pod Laline Paull Paull, L. Raised by Wolves James Patterson Patterson, J. Tea with Elephants Robin Jones Gunn Large Print Gunn, R. West with Giraffes Lynda Rutledge Rutledge, L. Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number Gator Country Rebecca Renner 364.162859 REN Grizzly Confidential Kevin Grange 599.7840 GRA The Heartbreak of the Wild David Quammen 508 QUA A History of the World in 100 Animals Simon Barnes 590 BAR Sharks Don't Sink Jasmin Graham 597.3092 GRA Additional Titles
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Tomorrowland
Read a book set in or about the future:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number Hammajang Luck Makana Yamamoto New Yamamoto, M. The Mountain in the Sea Ray Nayler Nayler, R. Nether Station Kevin J. Anderson New Anderson, K. When Among Crows Veronica Roth Roth, V. When the Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi New Scalzi, J. Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number The Age of Melt Lisa Baril 551.311072 BAR How to Make a Spaceship: a Band of Renegades, An Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Space Flight Julian Guthrie 629.47 GUT Impossible City: Paris in the 21st Century Simon Kuper 944.361 KUP UFO: the Inside of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Garrett M. Graff 001.942 GRA The Universe: A Travel Guide Oliver Berry 523.1 BER Other Authors to Try
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World Showcase
Read a book set in or around one of these countries: Italy, Mexico, Japan, China, Canada, Great Britain, India, or Germany:
Fiction
Title Author Call Number Brightly Shining Ingvild H. Roshoi New Roshoi, I. The Dressmaker of London Julia Kelly New Kelly, J. The Lotus Shoes Jane Yang New Yang, J. Mademoiselle Eiffel Aimie K. Runyan New Runyon, A. The Romantic: The Real Life of Cashel Greville Ross William Boyd Boyd, W. Non-Fiction
Title Author Call Number The Antipodean Express Gregory Hill New 910.4 HIL How to Win at Travel Brian Kelly New 910.202 KEL In France Profound T. D. Allman New 944.75 ALL Love from Venice Gill Johnson New 945.31 JOH My Mexican Kitchen Eva Longoria New 641.5972 LON Additional Titles
- Canada: Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards
- China: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
- England: The Peepshow: the Murders at Rillington Place by Kate Summerscale
- Germany: The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri
- Ireland: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
- Mexico: The Anatomy of Magic by J. C. Cervantes
- Morocco: Watch Us Dance by Leila Slimani
- Norway: Killing Moon by Jo Nesbo
- Scotland: The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight