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
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!
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 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
Continue the summer fun
ZAP
Find free and low-cost activities going on all summer to keep your family enriched and engaged.
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Book Your Summer
Receive a $1,000 scholarship just for participating in the Summer Reading Challenge.
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