Saratoga Reads!
2025 Reading Season

This month’s book selection is inspired by our 2025 SaratogaREADS! selection, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune.

Students in grades 4-6 residing in the Saratoga Springs City School District are invited to participate in this 2-session Junior Discussion program in cooperation with Skidmore College. This is session 1 of 2.

Students in grades 4-6 residing in the Saratoga Springs City School District are invited to participate in this 2-session Junior Discussion program in cooperation with Skidmore College. This is session 2 of 2.

This month’s book was inspired by our 2025 SaratogaREADS! selection, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune.

Join us as local Saratoga performers, Vinyl Evolution, as they bring us the best songs featured in The House in the Cerulean Sea!

For kids in grades 4-6 who participated in the Saratoga Reads Jr Discussions, drop in between 3:00 and 4:00 for an in-person reception following our virtual discussions for SaratogaREADS! Jr.

Join us for a discussion of The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune.

Join us for an evening of painting inspired by the book cover of House in the Cerulean Sea.

Enjoy a cozy, comfortable book club group with light snacks and comfy loungewear!

Come meet adoptable cats from the Saratoga County Animal Shelter!

The Catskills are underrepresented in ecological research, unlike the Adirondacks and other mountain ranges. There are very few examples of Old Growth and First Growth forests in the Northeast. First growth are forests that has never been logged or disturbed, and old growth forests are ones that have been developed over a long period of time without disturbance.

This month we’re tying into the SaratogaREADS! selection by discussing All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson.

When placed in habitats that meet their needs, native plants tend to be well adapted to our climate and have few pest, disease or maintenance problems. This illustrated talk will describe the growth habit, preferred habitat, care required, food value, other users, aesthetic appeal and propagation techniques for over 25 native perennial plants you can include in your edible landscape.

Join us to paint your own mini garden gnome!

Join us for a discussion of Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune.

Inspired by our Saratoga Reads Jr title, come to a spooktacular story time!

Join us for an enlightening and thought-provoking program delving into the history of Native American boarding schools in the United States, led by Skidmore Professor Eric Morser. TJ Klune, the author of this year’s SaratogaREADS! selection, The House in the Cerulean Sea, has mentioned in interviews that his book was inspired by the concept of orphanages and group homes that segregated “different” children from society.

Zamora’s 2017 debut book of poems, recounting both the trauma and camaraderie of his having crossed the border as an unaccompanied minor, is the Saratoga Reads poetry companion to The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune.

Join us for a viewing of the 2019 action/adventure comedy “Shazam!” A fantastical superhero movie surrounded by the powers of imagination.

Join us for a discussion of Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune.

Welcome to Charon’s Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead. And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.

As we near the end of our SaratogaREADS! reading season, we hope many of you have had an opportunity to read our community selected title. Join us for one last book discussion with the rest of the SaratogaREADS community of readers!