Summer Reading 2025

Kick off a colorful summer bursting with books, creativity, and endless fun at our biggest party of the year!

Sign up for the Summer Reading challenge and learn how to track your activities electronically or with a paper reading record. Enjoy vibrant crafts, photo-ops, games, and entertainment for all ages at any of our four kickoff parties. Branch activities may vary.

Friday, May 30, 5–8 pm

Draper, South Jordan, Taylorsville, Whitmore

June 1–July 31

Join the Challenge

Summer Reading is an all-ages challenge to explore new ideas, spark imagination, and celebrate the colors of our world while earning books and other prizes in the process.

Paint your summer in every shade of fun as you read, create, learn, play, and connect your way to prizes and discounted activities all season long!

How To

1. Begin

Pick up a reading record at your local branch, print one from this website or register and track online.

2. Record

Log your reading and activities either on your paper tracker or in the Beanstack app.

3. Finish

Return your completed reading record to any County Library branch for a prize.

4. Bonus Round

Pick up a bonus activity from your local branch to earn an additional book and further drawing entries.

Keep the summer fun going and earn even more chances to win!

  • Pick up a bonus activity at your local branch.
  • Choose your difficulty level and fill in the color key.
  • Color in shapes for minutes read.
  • When your picture is complete, return your bonus round to any County Library branch and claim your prize—a free book and prize drawing entry!
  • Max two bonus rounds.

Have Fun!

Prizes

Prizes include

  • A book of your choice
  • Entry into a prize drawing
  • A coupon sheet for local attractions

To claim your prize book

Visit your local branch to pick up your book.

Limit one prize book per finisher

Tell us your thoughts

Tell us your thoughts

Upon completion of the Summer Reading Challenge, please take the following survey to tell us what you thought. We'll use the feedback to improve future Summer Reading programs.

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