We did it, Read City!
Together, we completed more than 100,000 literary missions! Thank you for all the adventures this year reading, listening, learning, playing, crafting, and discovering new stories.
Mayor Jacobs is so proud of our community for making reading a priority and most of all, making reading fun! The Library loves watching our patrons' curiosity and creativity grow. We can't wait to see what next year's challenge brings.
Read City Reads
Looking for something to read? Enjoy these library-recommended, thematic reads like Choose Your Own Adventure-style books, picture books, chapter books, and building for the future—teen fiction about college and careers.
Click through to the catalog, place a hold, and pick up at your favorite location!
Upcoming events
Merry Merry @ the Library: Santa Claus Visit
Construction Junction: Building for Young Engineers
Crafternoons
Print your own Read City activities
You build it with brick, stone, or bookshelf pattern blocks!
Choose your own adventure! Is your character dancing, running, playing? You decide, you design it.
Is your dragon friendly or vile? You choose the characteristics when you create this fun paper craft!
Read City USA
Led by Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, READ CITY USA is a collaborative initiative of Knox County Government, Knox County Public Library, Knox County Schools, and other community organizations to help all children learn to read early and well, thereby reaching their full potential in school and in life.